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Bones Flashcards

1
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Long longitudinal axes and expanded ends

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Long bones

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2
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Examples of long bones

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Femur, radius, ulna, fingers, toes

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3
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Somewhat cube like bones with lengths/ widths equal

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Short bones

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4
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Examples of short ones

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Wrist, ankle

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5
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Plate like bones with broad structures

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Flat bones

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6
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Examples of flat bones

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Ribs sternum scapulae

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7
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Bones with variety of shapes

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Irregular bones

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8
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Examples of irregular bones

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Vertebrae mandible facial bones

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9
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Small and modular bones

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Sesamoid bones

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10
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Example of sesamoid one

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Knee cap

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11
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Join dislocation, abnormal separating where two or more bones meet

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Luxation

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12
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Partial dislocation

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Subluxation

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13
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Fractures are classified by

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Cause and nature of break

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14
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Different causes of fractures

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Traumatic spontaneous pathologic

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15
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Fracture involving the entire cross section or the bone

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Complete

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16
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Fracture that doesn’t entirely destroy the continuity of the bone

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Incomplete

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17
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Fracture where on side is somewhat broken and the other is bent

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Green stick fracture

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18
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Is green stick fracture complete or incomplete

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Incomplete

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19
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Inflammation of muscles tendons bone tissues around the tibia

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Shin splints

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20
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Crack extending from a surface but not through the bone

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Fissured fracture

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21
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Is a fissured fracture complete or incomplete

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Incomplete

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22
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Fracture where the bone shatters

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Comminuted

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23
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Fracture where the bone is split at a right angle

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Transverse

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24
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Fracture where the break occurs at any angle other than right

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Oblique

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25
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Fracture caused by excessive twisting of a bone

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Spiral

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26
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Bone breaks into fragments which are driven into each other

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Compression fracture

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27
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Fragment of the bone tears away from the main mass of bone

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Avulsion

28
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Fracture where bulging occurs

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Buckle fracture

29
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Disorder where due to an injury the body creates bones instead of bruising

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Myositis ossificans

30
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Muscles, ligament, tendons turn to bone when damaged

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Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva

31
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Rounded smooth articular surface

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Condyle

32
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Small flattened surface

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Facet

33
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Soft spot in the skull

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Fontanel

34
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Opening in a bone

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Foramen

35
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A deep depression

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Fossa

36
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A tube like passage way within a bone (tunnel)

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Meatus

37
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A prominent projection on a bone

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Process

38
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A cavity within a bone

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Sinus

39
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A knob like process or bump

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Tubercule

40
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What are the auditory bones in order

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Malleus
Incus
Stapes

41
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Small openings which blood vessels and nerves pass through to the fore head

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Supraorbital foramen

42
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Reduce school weight and increase voice intensity by serving has resonant sound chambers

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Two frontal sinuses

43
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What is the suture that fuses as a baby how along the front of your four head called

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Metopic suture

44
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What is the suture that fuses the two parietal bones together called

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Sagittal suture

45
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What is the suture called that fuses the parietal bones to the frontal bones

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Coronal suture

46
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Premature fusion of sutural lines of cranial bones

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Craniosynostosis

47
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Extra bone pieces that may occur within a suture in the cranium

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Wormian bones

48
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The suture that joins the parietal bones and the occipital bone

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Lambdoid

49
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Nerve fibers pass from the brain to become part of the spinal cord through this whole

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Foramen magnum

50
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Articulates with the first vertebrae

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Occipital condyles

51
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What is the name of the first vertebrae

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Atlas

52
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Attachment site for neck muscles

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Occipital protuberance

53
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Four curved ridges on the external surface of the occipital bones

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Nuchal lines

54
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The suture that joins the parietal bone to the temporal bone

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Squamous suture

55
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Tube which leads inword to parts of the ear

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Auditory meatus

56
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Depression that articulates with condyles of the mandible

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Mandibular fossae

57
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Attachment site for neck muscles on the temporal bone

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Mastoid process

58
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Anchors the tongue muscles

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Styloid process

59
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Projects anteriorly from the temporal bone creates the prominence of the cheek

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Zygomatic process

60
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Saddle shaped feature which is occupied by the pituitary gland

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Sella turcica

61
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Optic nerve passes through this foramen

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Optic canal

62
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Attachment site for muscles of mastication

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Pterygoid process

63
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Hole in the sphenoid bone below the sella turcica

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Sphenoid sinus

64
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Thin bone which makes up part of the roof of nasal cavity. The foramen allow what

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Cribriform plate

Nerves to send smells to the brain

65
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Separates the nose into two different holes

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Perpendicular plate

66
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Sharks fin that anchors the meninges

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Crista galli

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