Bones 5 Flashcards

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Axial skeleton

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Longitude axis of body the skull,vetebral column(spine),rib cage (thoracic cage),hyoid bones in the neck

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Appendicular skeleton

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Limbs and girdles(shoulders and pelvic)

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The skull are formed by two sets of bones

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The cranium encloses and protects the fragile brain tissue.The facial bones form a cradle for the eyes that is open to the anterior and allow the facial muscles to show feelings through smile

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Cranium

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The box likes cranium is composed of eight large flat bones

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Frontal cranial bone

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Forms the forhead,bony projections under eyebrow, and superior part of eye orbit

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Parietal bones

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Form the superior and lateral walls of cranium,the saggital suture is at the midline’s where the two partial bones meet and coronal structure is where the paired bones meet the frontal bone

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External acoustic meatus

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Is the canal the leads to the eardrum where sound enters the ear

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Styloid process

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Neck muscles attachment point

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9
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Zygomatic

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Thin bridge of bone that joins with cheekbone

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Occipital bone

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Makes the back of the cranium

The base of the bone is foramen magnum a large opening that allows the spinal cord to connect with brain

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The sphenoid bone

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In the skull connects with many other bones the butterfly of the skull and it protects the piturity gland for hormones and helps the eyes move and has holes that let nerves pass through to help with things like vision and chewing

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Ethmoid bone

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Forms roof of the nasal cavity,helps shape the eye socket and it has hole that allows for smell nerves,conchae which helps filter the breathing

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Facial bones

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Fourteen bones make up the face.twelve are paired and only mandible and vomer are single

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Maxillae

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Fuse to form the upper jaw and all facial bones except the mandible join the maxille

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Palatine bones

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Form the posterior part of the hard palate failure of these cause them to fuse causing a cleft palate

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16
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Zygomatic bones

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Cheekbones

17
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Lacrimal bones

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Passageway for tears

18
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Nasal bones lower part of skeleton

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Is made up of cartilage

19
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Vomer bone

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Septum which separates the two nostrils

20
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Mandible or lower jaw

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Largest strongest bone of face
Joins temporal bones on each side of face
Freeing only movable joints in the jaw

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Hyoid bone

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Is special because it doesn’t connect to any other bones directly but is instead suspended in the neck

It is important with swallowing and speaking since it provides base for the tongues and allows the larynx to move with the help of attached neck muscles