Ch 7 Axial Skeleton Flashcards
What composes the axial skeleton
- Skull
- Cranial bones
- Facial bones
- Hyoid bone
- Thoracic cage
- Vertebral Column
How many cranial cavity bones are there
8
How many facial bones are there
14
How many vertebral bones are there
24
How many bones are there in the spinal column
26
How many rib bones are there
24
These surface marking allows for passages soft tissues (blood vessels, nerves, and ligaments and tendons)
Depressions and openings
This surface marking is a projection or growth, forms joints, and allows for attachment
Processes
This type of depression and opening is a narrow slit between adjacent bones
Fissure
This type of depression and opening opens for blood vessels, nerves and ligaments
Foramen
This type of depression and opening is a shallow depression
Fossa
This type of depression and opening is a furrow (groove) along a bone to accommodate a blood vessel, nerve or tendon
Sulcus
This type of depression and opening is a tube like opening
Meatus
This type of processes is large, round protuberance
Condyle
This type of process is above the projection of the condyle
Epicondyle
This type of processes is a smooth, flat surface
Facet
This type of processes is a long, narrow ridge
Line
This type of processes is a prominent ridge
Crest
This type of processes is a sharp, slender projection
Spinous process
This type of processes is a very large projection
Trochanter
This type of processes is a rounded projection
Tubercule
This type of processes is a projection with a rough, bumpy surface
Tuberosity
Another name for cheekbones
Zygomatic Process
This is where the TMJ is located
Mandibular fossa
This temporal structure is where neck muscles attach to
Mastoid Process
This temporal bone is a sharp projection and attaches several muscles of the tongue
Styloid Process
This bone is known as the base of the skull, has the foramen magnum occipital condyles
Occipital Bone
This bone is a butterfly shape, articulates with all cranial bones, it is the bottom of eye orbit
Sphenoid bone