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Bones You Need to Know: Axial Skeleton Flashcards

1
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Frontal Bone

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Forehead to mid eye socket

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Frontal bone-coronal suture

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seperates front from parietals

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Parietal Bones

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bone behind the forehead that extends to the mid back of the skull

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4
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Parietal bones- sagittal suture

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separates parietal bones from each other

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5
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Parietal bones- lambdoid suture

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separates parietals from occipitals

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6
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Parietal bones squamous suture

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separates parietals from squamous temporals

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7
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Temporal Bone

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Large flat bone above the ear

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Temporal Bone- zygomatic process

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Froms posterior portion of zygomatic arch

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9
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Temporal bone- mandibular fossa

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froms temporomandibular joint with mandibular condyle

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10
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Temporal bone- external acoustic meatus

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external ear canal

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11
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Temporal bone-interal acoustic meatus

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route of CN VII

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Temporal bone- styloid process

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connects the lesser horn of hyoid bone, tongue and neck muscles (pointy bone that sticks out from where the internal acoustic meatus would be.

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13
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Temporal bone-mastoid process

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point of insertion of sternocleidomastoid

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14
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Occipital bone

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Just below the Parietal bone

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15
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Occipital bone- foramen magnum

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route of brainstem to spinal cord

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Occipital bone- occipital condyles

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“yes” joint between skull and atlas

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17
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Sphenoid bone

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Just below frontal bone behind eye socket

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18
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Sphenoid bone- sella turcica

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Protective recess of pituitary glad

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19
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Ethmoid bone

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Deep to the lacrimal bone

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20
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Ethmoid bone- cribriform late

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froms anterior cranial fossa with frontal bone

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21
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Ethmoid bone- crista galli

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anchoring site for brain

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22
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Ethmoid bone- superior and middle nasal conchae

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scroll-like bones of nasal passages

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Mandible

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Mandible- mandibular condyle

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From temporomandibular joint with mandibular fossa

25
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Maxillae

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Bone just above upper teeth the wraps almost up to the bridge of the nose

26
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Maxillae- hard palate

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roof of the mouth (with ethmoid bone)

27
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Maxillae- palatine process

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forms hard palate with horizontal plate of ethmoid

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Palatine bones

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rear of hard palate

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Zygomatic bone

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Inferior lateral part of eye socket

30
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Zygomatic bone- zygomatic arch

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Area of origin of masseter muscle, with temporal bone

31
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Lacrimal Bones

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Route of Tear duct from orbit to nasopharynx

32
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Nasal bones

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Bridge of nose

33
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Vomer

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Behind deep to the soft palate

34
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Inferior Nasal Conchae

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Lateral and superficial to the vomer on both sides.

35
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Hyoid bone

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Base of the tongue

36
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All vertebrae- body

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main articulation with adjacent vertebrae; forms “floor” of vertebral canal, anterior to spinal cord

37
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All vertebrae- spinous process

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origins of trapezius, latissimus dorsi, rhomboid muscles

38
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All vertebrae- transvese process

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Artiulates w/ ribs; origins of several deep back muscles

39
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All vertebrae- verebral canal

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comprises all the vertebral foramina to form the brainstem, spinal cord, and caudal equina

40
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All vertebrae- vertebral foramen

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each vertebra’s contribution to the vertebral canal

41
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Cervical Vertebrae (c1-c7)- transverse foramina

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route of verebral arteries

42
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Atlas (c1 only)- atlantoaxial joint

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“no” joint between atlas and axis

43
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Atlas- atlantooccipital joint

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“yes” joint between atlas and occipital condyles

44
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Axis (c2 only)- dens or odontoid process

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forms part of “no” joint with atlas (pivot type joint)

45
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Thoracic Vertebrae

46
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Lumbar vertebrae

47
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Sacrum (S1-S5, fused)- Apex

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Inferior aspect of sacrum; articulates with coccyx

48
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Sacrum- base

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superior to aspect of sacrum, articulates with L5

49
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Sacrum- body

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comprises fused bodies of sacral vertebrae

50
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Sternum-body

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forms sternocostal joints with ribs

51
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Sternum- manubrium

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forms sternocostal joint with first rib

52
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Sternum- ziphoid process

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landmark for 5th interstal space

53
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Ribs

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true ribs 1-7, false ribs 8-12, floating ribs 11 and 12

Biology 127 Lab (15 decks)

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