Bones Flashcards
Connects the humerous to the Axial Skeleton
Pectoral Girdle
Long, Short, Irregular, Flat (Sesamoid - formed after birth)
4 Types of Bones
Grow to protect tendon from stress or strain, give mechanical advantage, run across joints and are formed after birth
Sesamoid Bones
7 Tarsel Bones of the Foot
Calcaneous. Talus. Cuboid. Navicular. Lateral, Medial, Intermediate Cuniforms.
Bones of the Pectoral Girdle
Left and Right Clavical. Left and Right Scapulae
Bones of the Hand
Carpals. Metacarpals. Proximal, Intermediate, and distal phalanges
Name and Function of distal lower extemity bones
Tibia - larger, bears weight. Fibula - Balance and muscle attachment
Forms ankle joint with tibia and fibula
Talus
Floating Ribs
Ribs 11 and 12, no cartiledge attachment to the sternum
Bones of the Vertebral Column
1-7 Cervical, 1-12 Thorasic, 1-5 lumbar, 1 sacrum and 1 coccyx
First 7 ribs (true ribs) connected by cartiledge to the
Sternum
Axial Skeleton
80 bones which form the vertical axis of the body skull, ossicles of the ear, hyoid bone, vertebral column and ribcage
Function of the Skeletal System
Makes blood cells, protects organs, stores minerals, gives shape and allows movement
Appendicular Skeleton
126 bones exisiting in pairs. Pectoral and pelvic girdle, upper and lower extremities and hands and feet
Connection point of Axial and Appendicular Skeletons
Pectoral and Pelvic Girdle