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1
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How many bones does a baby have?

A

300

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2
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Skeletal System

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consists of around 206 bones in an adult, along with cartilage, joints, and ligaments.

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3
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What percentage of the total body mass does the skeletal system account for

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20% percent of the body mass. However it can vary depending on factors such as age, sex, and overall body composition

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4
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2 sections of the human skeleton

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Axial and Appendicular Bones

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5
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Axial Bones

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Includes skull and torso (vertebral column, and thoracic cage)

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6
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Appendicular Bones

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Limbs

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7
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How many bones are present in skull

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22 bones

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8
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Differentiate Cranial Bones and Facial Bones

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Cranial bones: protect the brain
Facial bones: give structure to the face

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9
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What types of bones does the skull mainly consist of?

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Flat bones

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10
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Fibrous joints that connect the bones of the skull

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Sutures

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11
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Cranium consists of:

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a vault (calvaria) and a base (top-down view)

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12
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Three fossae of the base (cranium) that produce the cranial cavity

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Anterior Cranial Fossa
Middle Cranial Fossa
Posterior Cranial Fossa

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13
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House of the brain

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Cranial cavity

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14
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3 other cavities in the skull

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Orbit, Ear, and Nasal Cavity

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15
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8 Cranial Bones

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Frontal
2 Parietal
2 Temporal
Occipital
Sphenoid
Ethmoid

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16
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What are the sutures in brain?

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Coronal
Sagittal
Lambdoid
Squamous
Occipitomastoid

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17
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Connects Frontal and Parietal

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Coronal Suture

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18
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Connects the 2 Parietal

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Sagittal Suture

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19
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Connects Temporal and Occipital

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Lambdoid Suture

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20
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Suture between the occipital bone and the mastoid portion of the temporal bone

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Occipitomastoid Suture

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21
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Paired bilateral cranial suture that connects the temporal and parietal bones

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Squamous Suture

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22
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Holes that nerves, arteries, and veins pass through

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Foramina

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23
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Foramen magnum

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hole for the spinal cord in the skull that allows the spinal cord to pass through and connect with the brainstem

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24
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14 facial bones

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2 Nasal
2 Lacrimal
2 Inferior Nasal Concha
2 Palatine
2 Maxillary
2 Zygomatic
Mandible
Vomer

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25
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A bone that sits below the mandible and is not connected to any other bone

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Hyoid

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26
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Other term for Vertebral column

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Spinal column, spine

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27
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Vertebral column

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Bones in the spine that forms S shape to support everything from the skull to the pelvis

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28
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How many bones are there in spine?

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26 irregular bones.

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29
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5 Sections of the Spine and the bones

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7 Cervical Vertebrae (C1-C7)
12 Thoracic Vertebrae (T1-T12)
5 Lumbar Vertebrae (L1-L5)
1 Sacrum (5 fused vertebrae)
1 Coccyx (Tailbone)

30
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Major Ligaments in spine

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Anterior longitudinal ligament
Posterior longitudinal ligament
Intervertebral Disc

31
Q

Cushiony pads between vertebrae, made of nucleus pulposus and anulus fibrosus. Acting as shock absorbers

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Intervertebral Discs

32
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A small opening in each of the bones that make up your spine for spinal cord passage

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Vertebral Foramen

33
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Protrusion on vertebrae for muscle attachment

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Spinous Process

34
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Extend laterally from vertebrae for muscle attachment

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Transverse Process

35
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Individual Vertebra consists of

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body and vertebral arch

36
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Vertebral Arch is made up of

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2 Lamina and 2 Pedicle

37
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First seven vertebrae in the neck region

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Cervical Vertebrae

38
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Middle twelve vertebrae connected to ribs

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Thoracic Vertebrae

39
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Lower five vertebrae supporting more weight

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Lumbar Vertebrae

40
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Fused vertebrae below lumbar region

41
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Tailbone made of fused tiny vertebrae

42
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Comprised of sternum, ribs, and costal cartilage

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Thoracic Cage

43
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A flat bone right in the middle of thorax

44
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3 bones of sternum

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Manubrium, Body, Xiphoid Process

45
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How many pairs of ribs are there?

46
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True ribs

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1-7. Attach directly to the sternum via costal cartilage

47
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False ribs

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8-10 = Attach indirectly to the sternum via costal cartilage to cartilage from ribs above

11-12 = floating ribs

48
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true ribs gets _______ going from 1 to 7, and false ribs going ______ from 8-12

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longer, shorter

49
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Pectoral girdle is

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bones that attaches the upper limbs to the axial bones

50
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Pectoral Girdle comprised of

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Clavicle
Scapula

51
Q

Collarbone with sternal end (connects to manubrium) and acromial ends (connects to scapula)

52
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Thin, flat bone with superior, medial, and lateral borders

53
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Upper limb

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Arm, forearm, hand

54
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Long bone in the arm with specific parts like trochlea and capitulum

55
Q

Forearm consists of?

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Radius and Ulna

56
Q

Bone in the forearm with radial tuberosity and styloid process

57
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Bone in the forearm longer than radius, with olecranon and coronoid process

58
Q

Connects Radius and Ulna

A

Interosseous membrane

59
Q

Wrist made of eight short carpals

60
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Eight short carpals

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Scaphoid
Lunate
Triquetrum
Pisiform
Trapezium
Trapezoid
Capitate
Hamate

61
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Metacarpals

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(thumb to pinky)
I
II
III
IV
V

62
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Phalanges

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Finger bones, 14 per hand, with distal, middle, proximal phalanges. Thumb has only two; no middle p.

63
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Pelvic Girdle

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attaches lower limbs to the axial skeleton

64
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Hip Bones

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Ilium, ischium, and pubis, fused from three separate bones at birth

65
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Thigh bone, largest in the body, with parts like greater trochanter and patella

66
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Leg consist of

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Fibula and Tibia

67
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Tibia

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Thicker bone in the leg with features like medial malleolus and tibial tuberosity

68
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Fibula

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Thinner bone in the leg with head and lateral malleolus

69
Q

Foot are comprised of

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Tarsus, Metatarsals

70
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Tarsal bones

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Talus, Calcaneus, Cuboid, Navicular, Medial Cuneiform, Intermediate Cuneiform, Lateral Cuneiform

71
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Metatarsals

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I
II
III
IV
V

72
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Phalanges (toes)

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14 per foot, 3 per toes with distal, middle, proximal phalanges. Thumb has only two; no middle p.

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