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A&P I > Ch 7 Axial Skeleton > Flashcards

Ch 7 Axial Skeleton Flashcards

1
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What composes the axial skeleton

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  • Skull
  • Cranial bones
  • Facial bones
  • Hyoid bone
  • Thoracic cage
  • Vertebral Column
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How many cranial cavity bones are there

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3
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How many facial bones are there

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How many vertebral bones are there

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24

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5
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How many bones are there in the spinal column

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26

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6
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How many rib bones are there

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24

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7
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These surface marking allows for passages soft tissues (blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments and tendons)

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Depressions and openings

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8
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This surface marking is a projection or growth, forms joints, and allows for attachment

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Processes

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9
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This type of depression and opening is a narrow slit between adjacent bones

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Fissure

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10
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This type of depression and opening opens for blood vessels, nerves and ligaments

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Foramen

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This type of depression and opening is a shallow depression

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Fossa

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12
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This type of depression and opening is a furrow (groove) along a bone to accommodate a blood vessel, nerve or tendon

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Sulcus

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13
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This type of depression and opening is a tube like opening

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Meatus

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14
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This type of processes is large, round protuberance

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Condyle

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15
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This type of process is above the projection of the condyle

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Epicondyle

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16
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This type of processes is a smooth, flat surface

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Facet

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This type of processes is a long, narrow ridge

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Line

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18
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This type of processes is a prominent ridge

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Crest

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This type of processes is a sharp, slender projection

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Spinous process

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20
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This type of processes is a very large projection

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Trochanter

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21
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This type of processes is a rounded projection

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Tubercule

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22
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This type of processes is a projection with a rough, bumpy surface

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Tuberosity

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23
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Another name for cheekbones

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Zygomatic Process

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24
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This is where the TMJ is located

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Mandibular fossa

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25
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This temporal structure is where neck muscles attach to

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Mastoid Process

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26
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This temporal bone is a sharp projection and attaches several muscles of the tongue

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Styloid Process

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27
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This bone is known as the base of the skull, has the foramen magnum occipital condyles

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Occipital Bone

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28
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This bone is a butterfly shape, articulates with all cranial bones, it is the bottom of eye orbit

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Sphenoid bone

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29
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This sphenoid bone is a saddle shaped structure for the pituitary gland

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Sella turcica

30
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This bone forms the nasal cavity and is an irregular bone

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Ethmoid Bone

31
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This bones forms the bridge of the nose

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Nasal Bone

32
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This bone are two small bones that is under the eye orbit

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Lacrimal bones

33
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This bones forms the posterior part of the hard palate

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Palatine bone

34
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This happens when failure of fusing the palatine bone

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Cleft Palate

35
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Name the cranial bones

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  1. Middle Nasal Concha
  2. Zygomatic
  3. Frontal
  4. Temporal
  5. Maxilla
36
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Name the cranial bones

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  1. Parietal
  2. Occi[ital
  3. Temporal
  4. External auditory Meatus
  5. Mandible
  6. Maxilla
  7. Zygomatic Bone
  8. Sphenoid
  9. Frontal
37
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Label the Spinal Region

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  1. Cervial (7)
  2. Thoracic (12)
  3. Lumbar (5)
  4. Sacral (1)
  5. Coccygeal (1)
38
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what are the features of the vertebral bones

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  1. Spinous Process
  2. Tansverse Process
  3. Facet
  4. Spinal Canal
  5. Vertebral Body
39
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what are the features of the atlas

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  1. Facet
  2. Posterior Arch
  3. Transverse Process
  4. Transverse Foramen
  5. Anterior Arch
40
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These are 2 bones fused to form the upper jaw, upper teeth and upper portion of hard palate?

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Maxilla Bone

41
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This bone is the only freely moveable joint for the skull muscles for chewing attach here, TMJ joint

42
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This skull feature is where ossification has not completed at birth these turn into sutures of the skull

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Fontanels (soft spots)

43
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This suture fuses the frontal & parietal bones

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Coronal suture

44
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This suture fuses the left and right parietal bones

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Sagittal suture

45
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This suture fuses the parietal & occipital bones

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Lambdoil Suture

46
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This suture fuses the parietal and temporal bones

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Squamous Suture

47
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This skull feature is a hollow space/cavity inside the skull bones

48
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what is the purpose of sinuses for the nasal cavity

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helps filter air and help with sound production

49
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what are the 4 sinuses of the skull

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  1. Frontal
  2. Ethomiod
  3. Sphenoid
  4. Maxillary
50
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This bone does not articulate with any other bone and its used for muscle attachment

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hyoid bone

50
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This bone does not articulate with any other bone and its used for muscle attachment

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hyoid bone

51
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what seperates each vertabrae of the spinal column

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Cartilaginous discs

52
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what is the feature called

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intervertebral foramen

53
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what is this feature called

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Intervertebral disc

54
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the sacral curve is formed by how many bones being fused

55
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what are the primary curves called and what are their regions

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  1. Kyphosis (concave)
  2. Thoracic & sacral regions
56
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This secondary curve helps to look up to the Lord and where are the regions located

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  1. Lordosis (convex)
  2. Cervical & Lumbar regions
57
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this spinal disease causes curvature to the side

58
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What is the other name for Vetebral arch

59
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Name the labeling

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  1. Vertebral body
  2. Vertebral Arch
  3. Transverse Process
  4. Spinous Process
60
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which cervical bone does not have a body and has depressions for occipital bones

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Altas (C1)

61
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Which cervical bone acts as a pivot for the rotating head

62
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This region of the spinal column articulates with the ribs

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Thoracic Region

63
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which region of the spinal column is the largest and strongest of the vertebral column

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Lumbar Region

64
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how many bones fused in the coccyx region

65
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This region of the spinal column is the foundation of the pelvic girdle

66
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what are the 3 parts of the sternum

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  1. Manubrium
  2. Body
  3. Xiphoid Process
67
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Another name for the sternum

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Breastbone

68
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What ribs are considered true ribs

69
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What ribs are the false ribs

A&P I (13 decks)

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