Ch 8 Skeletal System Flashcards
Axial Skeleton
80 bones
Run along body’s midline
Appendicular Skeleton
126 bones
Bones away from the midline
Facial bones
14 bones
Nasal bones
Support superior portion of the bridge of the nose
Lacrimal bones
Form part of medial wall of the orbit (eye socket)
Palatine bones
Form the posterior portion of the hard plate
Zygomatic bones
Form part of the cheekbone
Maxillary bones
Support the upper teeth
part of 4 paranasal sinuses
Inferior nasal conchae
Increase epithelial surface area to warm area
Vomer
Forms the inferior portion of the bony nasal septum
Mandible
Lower jaw
Cranial bones
8 bones
Frontal bone
Frontal sinus
Part of paranasal sinuses
Sphenoid bone
Unites facial and cranial bones
Part of 4 paranasal sinuses
Looks like a butterfly
Ethmoid bone
Forms part of nasal septum and medial orbital wall
Parietal bones
Forms part of superior and lateral surfaces of the cranium
Occipital bone
Forms part of the posterior, lateral, and inferior surfaces of the cranium
Temporal bones
Form part of the lateral wall of the cranium
Sutures
Known as joints
Immovable
Bounds bounded together by dense fibrous connective tissue
Coronal
Attaches frontal to parietal bones
Squamous
Attaches temporal and parietal bones Part
Sagittal suture
Attaches parietal bones
Lambdoid
Attaches occipital to parietal bones
Hyoid bone
Attaches occipital to parietal acts as the attachment site for muscles of the tongue, pharynx and larynx
Auditory ossicles
Located within middle ear
3 bones
Malleus
Incus
Stapes
Vertebral column
Forms the head neck and trunk
24 bones
Cervical vertebrae
7 bones
C1 - C7
C1 (Known as Atlas) has hole that allows blood vessels to pass through up to brain
C2 is known at Axis (odorous process known as Dens)
C7 is known as vertebra prominems point straight
thoracic vertebrae
12 bones
T1-T12
Spinous process points down
Lumbar vertebrae
5 bones
L1 - L5
Sacrum bone
Under lumbar curve
Five fused vertebra