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Axial Skeleton Pt.3 Flashcards

1
Q

What is sinus?

A

Hallow spaces, Hollow mucus lined membrane in your skull

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2
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ID the sinus highlighted in blue

A

Frontal sinus

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3
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ID the sinus highlighted in purple

A

Ethmoidal air cells

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4
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ID the sinus highlighted in orange

A

Sphenoid sinus

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5
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ID the sinus highlighted in green

A

Maxillary sinus

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6
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ID fontanelle

A

Anterior fontanelle

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7
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ID the fontanelle

A

Sphenoid fontanelle

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8
Q

ID the fontanelle

A

Mastoid fontanelle

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9
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ID the fontanelle

A

Posterior fontanelle

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10
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What is a fontanelle?

A

Soft spot

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11
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Why babies have fontanelles?

A
  1. It allows compression of the head during childbirth to make it easier for the mother to pass the baby through
  2. It allows for brain growth ( during the 1st 2 years of life)
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12
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What happens when the fontanelle fuse too quickly?

A

It produces Craniosynotosiss

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13
Q

ID the bone

A

Hyoid bone

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14
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What two layers is the intervertebral discs composed of?

A

Anulus fibrosus & Nucleus pulposus

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15
Q

What is a hernia?

A

A hernia is just when one tissue pushes
through another that it shouldn’t.

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16
Q

ID the specific vertebrae

A

atlas (C1) cervical vertebrae

17
Q

ID the VERTEBRAE

A

axis (C2)

18
Q

What makes the cervical vertebrae unique from other types of vertebrae?

A

It has a foramen in each transverse process

19
Q

ID the bone

A

occipital bone

20
Q

ID the bone

A

frontal bone

21
Q

ID the bone

A

Temporal bone

22
Q

ID the bone

A

Zygomatic bone

23
Q

What vertebrae is closer to the neck?

A

Cervical vertebrae

24
Q

How many vertebrae does the cervical curvature have?

A

7 vertebrae

25
Q

How many vertebrae does the Thoracic curvature have?

A

12 vertebrae

26
Q

How many vertebrae does the Lumbar curvature have?

A

5 vertebrae

27
Q

ID the type of vertebra. Provide anatomical justification & Inferior spinous process

A

Thoracic vertebrae . It has Costal facet

28
Q

ID the vertebrae. Provide anatomical justification

A

Cervical vertebrae. 2 transverse foremen & bifurcated spinous foramen

29
Q

ID the type of vertebrae. Provide an anatomical justification.

A

Lumbar vertebrae. It has a large body

30
Q

ID the bone

A

Sacrum

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