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Ch 7 The Skeletal System (Part 1) Flashcards

1
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What is the skeletal system made of?

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bones, cartilages, and ligaments

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What is cartilage?

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lessen friction in joints and allow for expansion of bony frame

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What are ligaments?

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connect bone to bone at joints

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What are tendons?

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connect bone to muscle

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What are the functions of the bone and their characteristics?

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1) Support - holds up the body
2) Protect - soft tissue like brain
3) Movement - by coordinated action of muscle and bone
4) Electrolyte Balance - by storage of calcium and phosphate
5) Acid Base Balance - buffers blood against pH changes by absorbing/releasing alkaline (basic) salts
6) Blood Formation - red bone marrow is major producer of blood cells

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What are the classifications by shape and their characteristics?

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1) Long - femur, thigh bone, leg, arm
2) Short - carpal, wrist, ankle
3) Flat - parietal bone from roof of skull
4) Irregular - sphenoid bone from skull, vertebrae

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What is the long shaft of a bone called?

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diaphysis

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What are the 2 expanded ends of a bone called?

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epiphysis

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What does articular cartilage do?

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reduces friction

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What is the medullary cavity?

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shaft of long bone that has a hallow center

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What is marrow?

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soft connective tissue

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What are the 2 membranes?

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periosteum and endosteum

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What is the periosteum membrane?

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  • on outside of bone
  • glistening white double membrane
  • has osteoblasts and osteoclasts
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What are osteoblasts?

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builders, make bone

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What are osteoclasts?

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construction, collapse, break down bone

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What is the endosteum membrane?

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  • on inside of bone
  • delicate connective tissue
  • lines canals in bone
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17
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What is a compact bone?

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  • primarily in diaphysis
  • tough, tightly packed, no spaces
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What is a spongy bone?

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  • primarily in ephiphyses
  • covered by thin layer of compact bone
  • numerous branching bone plates with spaces between
  • spaces reduce bone’s weight
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What is trabeculae?

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the spaces between the branching bone plates

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What is an osteon?

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structural unit, tiny support pillars

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What is a central canal?

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central tube with nerves and blood vessels, connect with perforating canals at right angles

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What is a perforating canal?

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the channel between each central canal to connect them

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What is endosteum?

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the lining of canals

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What are osteocytes?

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mature cells in lacunae

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What are canaliculi?

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connect lacunae with each other and the central canal, allow for passage of nutrients and wastes

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What are lamellae?

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concentric rings within the osteon

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What are the 2 types of bone?

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intramembranous and endochondral

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28
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What is intramembranous bone?

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  • forms broad, flat bones of skull
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What is the special connective tissue cells?

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  • Differentiate into osteoblasts > become active > deposit bony matrix around themselves
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What is endochondral bone?

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  • develops from masses of hyaline cartilage
  • cartilage acts like a model
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What is the bone development?

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  • hyaline cartilage model forms bone collar
  • cavity forms in hyaline cartilage
  • periosteal bud invades > spongy bone
  • medullary cavity forms (spongy bone broken down)
  • epiphysis ossify > only growth plates remain as cartilage > site of future long bone growth
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32
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T or F: Bone is not static.

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True

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33
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What are the 2 steps in remodeling?

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1) bone deposit - new bone continually laid down by osteoblasts
2) bone resorption - old bone continually broken down by osteoclasts, mostly done to get calcium

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34
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What are the triggers of bone remodeling?

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hormonal (blood calcium levels) and mechanical (break or bruise)

35
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What is calcium homeostasis?

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  • Skeletons body’s major reservoir of calcium
  • Body maintains Ca2t ion level within marrow units
  • Osteoporosis
36
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What is osteoporosis?

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worn out bone not replaced with new bone fast enough, or too much existing bone is reabsorbed, or both

37
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What are the body’s 2 calcium reservoirs?

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1) a large pool which is in a form not readily exchanged with blood
2) exchangeable calcium which is easily released into blood when blood calcium levels drop

38
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What are the normal ion values?

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Calcium > 10mg / 100mL
Phosphorus > 4mg / 100mL

39
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What happens when blood calcium is high?

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thyroid releases calcitonin
- reduces calcium reabsorption by kidneys > more calcium is excreted in urine
- increases calcium deposit in bone

40
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What happens when blood calcium is low?

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parathyroid releases parathyroid hormone
- stimulates release of calcium by bone
- stimulates calcium reabsorption by kidney and with vitamin D increases calcium uptake in intestines

41
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What is nondisplaced vs. displaced fracture?

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ends in normal position or not?

42
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What is complete vs. incomplete fracture?

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bone broken through or not?

43
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What is open (compound) vs. closed (simple) fracture?

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skin broken or not?

44
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What is a greenstick fracture?

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usually seen in children, bone is fractured only on one side

45
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What is a spiral fracture?

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break is caused by a twisting force, difficult to treat, common causes: skiing, football, soccer, in children - may be a sign of abuse

46
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What is a compression fracture?

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the bone is crushed, causing the broken bone to be wider or flatter in appearance

47
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What is the healing of fractures?

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  • hematoma formation (blood clot)
  • fibrocartilages callus formation
  • bony callus formation
  • bone remodeling
48
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What is the skeleton?

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  • greek word meaning “dried up body” or “mummy”
  • accounts for 20% of body mass which includes bones, cartilages, joints, ligaments
49
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What does the axial skeleton contain?

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skull, hyoid, vertebral column, sacrum, coccyx (tailbone), and thoracic cage

50
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What does the appendicular skeleton contain?

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pectoral girdle, upper limb, pelvic girdle, and lower limb

51
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What is a pectoral girdle?

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scapula and clavicle

52
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What is a girdle?

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ring of tissue

53
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What is the skull?

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  • 22 bones > 8 cranial and 14 facial
  • most are flat bones
  • all connected by suture lines except movable mandible (lower jaw)
  • brain occupies cranial cavity > all bones that enclose it are called “cranial vault”
54
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What is the cranium?

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  • encloses and protects brain
  • attachment point for muscles of massification (chewing) and head movement
  • has sinuses
55
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What are sinuses?

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  • air filled spaces
  • mucous membrane lining
  • reduce skull weight
  • increases resonance of voice (echo)
56
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What are sutures?

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an immovable joint of the skull (the line between bones)

57
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What is the frontal bone?

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  • supraorbital foramen
  • 2 frontal sinuses
58
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What is the supraorbital foramen?

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blood vessels and nerves > tissues of forehead

59
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What are frontal sinuses?

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  • above the eyes
  • lighten skull
60
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What are parietal bones?

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  • behind frontal bones
  • forms sides and roof of cranium
  • fused at sagittal suture
  • meet frontal bone at coronal suture
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What is the occipital bone?

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  • joins parietal at lambdoidal suture
  • forms back of skull and base of cranium
62
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What is foramen magnum?

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large hole on base for passage of spinal cord from brain

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What are occipital condyles?

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  • rounded knobs on either side of the foramen magnum that articulate with 1st vertebrae (the atlas)
  • holds up the most important part of the body and helps nod head yes
64
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What is external occipital protuberance?

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knob on back of skull, muscle attachment

65
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What are temporal bones?

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  • joins parietal bone at squamosal suture
66
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What is external acoustic meatus?

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leads to inner ear

67
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What is mandibular fossa?

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articulate with condyles of the mandible

68
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What is the mastoid process?

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attachment for muscles of neck

69
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What is the styloid process?

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attachment for muscles of tongue

70
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What is the zygomatic process?

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part of cheekbone

71
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What is a sphenoid bone?

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  • cornerstone of skull
  • forms base of cranium, sides of skull, sides and base of orbits of eye
  • 2 sphenoidal sinuses
72
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What is a sella turcica?

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  • “horses saddle”
  • depression for pituitary gland
73
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What makes up an ethmoid bone?

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  • cribriform plate
  • crista galli
  • perpendicular plate
  • conchae
  • ethmoidal sinuses
74
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What is the cribriform plate in an ethmoid bone?

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roof of nasal cavities, has olfactory foramina for olfactory nerves

75
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What is crista galli in an ethmoid bone?

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“rooster’s comb”, dura mater (brain covering) attaches here to help secure the brain

76
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What is a perpendicular plate?

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forms top half of nasal septum

77
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What is a conchae?

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project into nasal cavities to swirl air before it enters respiratory tract

78
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What is the infantile skull?

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  • allows for some compression as baby passes through birth canal
  • skull bones thinner and more flexible than in an adult > fewer fractures during falls + room for brain growth
79
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What are fotanels?

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membranous areas where ossification is not complete, soft spots

80
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What is craniosynostosis?

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  • premature closure of cranial sutures
  • limits growth of skull if left untreated
  • may cause mental disabilities
  • can be surgically repaired
81
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What are facial bones?

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  • there are 14 bones
  • unpaired are mandible (lower jaw) and vomer
  • paired are maxillary (fused upper jaw), zygomatic (cheekbones), nasal, lacrimal, palatine, and inferior nasal conchae
82
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What is the nasal cavity?

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  • bone + hyaline cartilage
  • roof of nasal cavity = cribriform plate of ethmoid
  • nasal septum = left vs right
  • paranasal sinuses = lighten skull
83
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What is a hyoid bone?

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  • not really part of the skull
  • only bone of body with no direct articulation, which means it does not touch another bone
  • anchored by ligaments to styloid process
  • attaches to neck muscles; helps raise/lower larynx in speech

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