Ch 8: Skeletal System Flashcards
Axial skeleton
Central supporting axis. includes the skull and spine
Appendicular skeleton
Includes limbs pelvis shoulders and clavicle
Eight bones of the cranium
-Parietal bones (2)
-Occipital bone
-Temporal bones (2)
-Frontal bone
-Ethmoid bone
-Sphenoid bone
Structures of the temporal bones
-External auditory meatus
-Mastoid process
-Zygomatic arch
-Styloid process
Hyoid bone
Located at the throat, it doesn’t connect to another bone
Maxillae
Two bones that meet to form the upper jaw
Zygomatic bones
Two bones that shaped the cheeks and formed the outer edge of the orbit
Mandible
-The largest bone in the face
-Only facial bone that can move
Auditory ossicles in order from outer to inner
-malleus (hammer)
-incus (anvil)
-stapes (stirrup)
Sphenoid sinus
Located posterior and inferior to your eyes inside the sphenoid bone
Frontal sinus
Located superior and anterior to your eyes right above your eyebrows
Ethmoid sinus
Honeycomb structures in the ethmoid bone
-Posterior to the bridge of your nose
Maxillary sinus
Located inferior to the eyes This is the largest set of sinuses
Vertebral column: cervical
-top of spine (neck)
-7 bones
Vertebral column: thoracic vertebrae
-Top of spine around shoulders
-12 Vertebrae