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CH # 7: Skeletal System Flashcards

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Slightly moveable joints

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Amphiarthroses

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Bones that r attached 2 the body

Upper and lower extremities

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Appendicular skeleton

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Growth resulting from material being deposited on the surface

Example: the growth in diameter of long bones

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Appositional growth

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Thin layer of hyaline cartilage that covers the end of long bones in joints

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Articular cartilage

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A joint

The area of contact between 2 bones

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Articulation

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Bones of the head, neck and trunk

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Axial skeleton

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The long straight shaft of a long bone

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Diaphysis

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2 names 4 a freely moveable joints characterized by a joint cavity

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Diarthroses

Synovial joint

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Membranous lining of a cavity w/in a bone

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Endosteum

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The remnant of the epiphyseal plate after the cartilage calcifies and growth ceases

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Epiphyseal line

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The cartilaginous plate between the epiphysis and diaphysis of a bone

Reponsible 4 the lengthwise growth of a long bone

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Epiphyseal plate

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12
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The end of a long bone

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Epiphysis

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13
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Production of blood or its cells

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Hematopoiesis

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14
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Bone-forming cells

Immature cells

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Osteoblasts

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Cells that destroy, break down, or resorb bone tissue

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Osteoclasts

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Mature bone cells

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Osteocytes

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17
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2 names 4 the formation of bone

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Osteogenesis

Ossification

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Structural unit of bone

Haversian system

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Osteon

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19
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Attachment 4 the upper extremities in the chest region

Clavicle and scapula

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Pectoral girdle

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Attachment 4 the lower extremities

Bones collectively shaped like a basin

Ilium, ischium, pubis

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Pelvic girdle

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21
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Tough white outer membrane that covers a bone

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Periosteum

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22
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Immovable fibrous joints between the flat bones of the skull

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Sutures

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23
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Immovable joinst

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Synarthroses

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24
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The skeletal system consists of bones, cartilage, tendons and ?

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Ligaments

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25
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Bones r relatively light weight compared 2 their ?

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Strength

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26
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What protects the heart and lungs?

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Rib cage

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27
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Bones and muscles work 2gether 2 produce ?

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Body movement

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28
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What mineral is needed 4 vital metabolic processes in the skeletal system?

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Calcium

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29
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Fat is stored in the?

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Yellow bone marrow

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30
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If a bone is not being used, the body doesn’t store as much calcium in it and the skeleton?

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Weakens

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31
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In an adult, red marrow is only found in bones of the skull, ribs, sternum, clavicles, vertebrae and?

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Pelvis

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32
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Blood cell 4mation is called?

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Hematopoiesis

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33
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Blood cell 4mation takes place mostly in the?

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Red bone marrow

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34
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The microscopic unit of compact bone is an?

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Osteon

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35
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What is the balance of processes in the human body called?

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Hemostasis

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36
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Concentric rings of calcified matrix that surrounds osteonic canals r called?

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Lamellae

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37
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W/in both compact and spongy bone, osteons r round w/blood vessels in the center surrounded by a?

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Hard matrix

38
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There r small channels through the matrix called?

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Canaliculi

39
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Spongy (cancellous) bone consists of plates of bone called?

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Trabeculae

40
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The thigh (femur), leg (fibula, tibia), and forarm (radius, ulna) r all part of what classification of bone?

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Long bones

41
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The bones of the wrist and ankle r part of what classification of bone?

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Short bones

42
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The sternum and most of the bones of the crainum r part of what classification of bone?

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Flat bones

43
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The vertebrae r part of what classification of bone?

44
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The shaft of a long bone is called?

45
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What type of tissue is found in the medulla cavity?

46
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The expanded portion at the end of a long bone is called?

47
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Bones grow in length at the “growth plate” which is also called?

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Epiphyseal plate

48
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Thin connective tissue membrane that lines the medullary cavity is the?

49
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The process of bone 4mation is called?

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Osteogenesis

50
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What type of cell division does the epiphyseal plate grows by?

51
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The skull is made up of how many bones

52
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The large opening on the lower surface of the occipital bone where the spinal cord passes through is called?

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Foramen magnum

53
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What is the name of the depression that articulates w/the mandible?

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Mandibular fossa

54
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Which bone projection helps form the prominence of the check?

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Zygomatic process

55
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What is the protuberance behind the ear?

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Mastoid process

56
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What bones form the upper jaw?

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Maxillary bones

57
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Which bone forms the posterior portion of the hard plate and lateral walls of the nasal cavity?

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Palatine bones

58
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Lacrima means?

59
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What bones help 2 form the nasal septum?

60
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What is the name of the U shaped bone in the neck located between the mandible and the larynx?

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Hyoid bone

61
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The vertebral column consists of how many vertebrae?

62
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What is found between each pair of vertebrae, that allow the spine 2 bend?

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Intervertebral discs

63
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What r the 2 vertebral columns curvatures convex anteriorly?

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Cervical and lumbar

64
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What r the 2 vertebral columns curvatures concave anteriorly?

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Thoracic and sacral

65
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How many cervical vertebrae r there?

66
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How many thoracic vertebrae r there?

67
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How many lumbar vertebrae r there?

68
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The part of the vertebra can b felt from the back is?

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Spinous process

69
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Which part of the vertebrae project laterally from the vertebral arch?

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Transverse processes

70
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What part of the vertebra does the spinal cord run?

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Vertebral foramen

71
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What forms the posterior wall of the pelvic cavity?

72
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What is the tailbone called?

73
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The sternum is connected 2 the ribs by the?

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Costal cartilage

74
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The top part of the sternum that articulates w/the clavicles and the 1st 2 pairs of the ribs is called?

75
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What is the name of the inferior notch of the sternum?

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Xiphoid process

76
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Which ribs meet the sternum indirectly by joining w/cartilage of the ribs above?

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Vertebrochondral

77
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The shoulder is formed by the articulation of the clavicle, acromian process of the scapula and the top of the?

78
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The head of the humorous articulates w/a depression in the scapula called the?

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Glenoid cavity

79
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Which fossa is where the ulna fits w/the humerus 2 form the elbow joint?

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Olecranon fossa

80
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There r various words 4 protrusions of bones, including the tubercle, process, condyle, epicondyle, and?

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Tuberosity

81
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What is the name of the large depression where the 3 bone of the pelvic girdle meet?

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Acetabulum

82
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The greater and lesser trochanters r sites 4?

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Muscle attachment

83
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Which lower leg bone is on the lateral side of the leg?

84
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Which lower leg bone is on the medial side of the leg?

85
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Which projection is at the distal end of the tibia and forms the medial bulge of the ankle?

A

Medial malleolus

86
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Which ankle bone articulates w/the tibia?

87
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The bones of the toes r called?

88
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The knee cap is also called the?

89
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Immovable joints like the sutures of the skull r called?

A

Synarthroses

90
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Slightly moveable joints like the symphysis pubis r called?

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Amphiarthroses

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