BOOOONESSS Flashcards
What is the most anterior bone in the skull?
Frontal bone
What is the most posterior bone in the skull?
Occipital bone
How many parietal bones are in the skull?
Two
What bones are located on the inferior and lateral sides of the skull?
Two temporal bones
What are the cheekbones called?
Zygomatic bones
What bone contains the top teeth?
Maxilla
What is the jawbone known as?
Mandible
What bone forms the bridge of the nose?
Nasal bone
Which bone contains the nasal turbinates?
Ethmoid bone
What does the sphenoid bone contain?
Sella turcica
What are the three auditory ossicles?
Malleus, incus, stapes
What bone forms the hard palate of the mouth?
Palatine bone
How many cervical vertebrae are there?
Seven
What are the names of the first two cervical vertebrae?
Atlas and axis
How many thoracic vertebrae are in the vertebral column?
Twelve
How many lumbar vertebrae are there?
Five
What is the sacrum made up of?
Five fused bones
What is the coccyx made up of?
Three or four fused bones
What is another name for the breast bone?
Sternum
How many pairs of ribs are there?
Twelve pairs
What are ribs 1 through 7 called?
True ribs
What are ribs 8, 9, and 10 called?
False ribs
What are ribs 11 and 12 called?
Floating ribs
What is unique about the hyoid bone?
It does not articulate with any other bone
What is the anterior portion of the shoulder girdle called?
Clavicle
What is the posterior portion of the shoulder girdle called?
Scapula
What is the name of the upper arm bone?
Humerus
What is the lateral bone in the forearm?
Radius
What is the medial bone in the forearm?
Ulna
How many carpal bones are in the wrist?
Eight
How many metacarpal bones make up the hand?
Five
How many phalanges are in one upper extremity?
Fourteen
What is the superior bone of the pelvis called?
Ilium
What is the inferior bone of the pelvis called?
Ischium
What is the anterior bone of the pelvis called?
Pubic bone
What is the socket that the head of the femur inserts into called?
Acetabulum
What is the thigh bone known as?
Femur
What is the knee cap called?
Patella
What is the shinbone of the leg called?
Tibia
What is the lateral bone of the lower leg called?
Fibula
How many tarsal bones make up the ankle?
Seven
How many metatarsal bones make up the foot?
Five
How many phalanges are in one lower extremity?
Fourteen
What are fibrous joints?
Joints held together by fibrous connective tissue.
What is a suture?
A type of fibrous joint found in skull bones.
What is a gomphosis?
A type of fibrous joint that connects teeth.
What is a syndesmosis?
A type of fibrous joint held together by interosseous ligaments between the radius and ulna and the tibia and fibula.
What are cartilaginous joints?
Joints held together by fibrocartilage and hyaline cartilage.
What is a synchondrosis?
A type of cartilaginous joint, such as epiphyseal plates (growth plates in the metaphysis).
What is a symphysis?
A type of cartilaginous joint found in the pubic symphysis and intervertebral joints.
What are synovial joints?
Freely movable joints surrounded by a synovial capsule.
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
A type of synovial joint, such as the hip joint and shoulder joint.
What is a hinge joint?
A type of synovial joint, such as the elbow joint and knee joint.
What is a pivot joint?
A type of synovial joint, such as the proximal portion of the radius and ulna or the atlantoaxial joint.
What is a saddle joint?
A type of synovial joint, such as the thumb (carpal and metacarpal joint).
What is a condyloid joint?
A type of synovial joint, such as the wrist (radiocarpal joint).
What is a gliding joint?
A type of synovial joint, such as the carpal bones of the wrist and tarsal bones of the ankle.
