Ch.7 The Skeletal System Flashcards
Axial Skeleton
- 80 bones
- skull
- vertebral column
- Thoracic cage = ribs and sternum
The skull
Axial Skeleton
- 22 bones
- facial bones form the anterior
- cranial bones form the posterior
Functions of the skull
- Anchors the teeth
- Houses the special sense organs
- Protects the brain
- Forms the face
- Attachment of muscles
- Forms openings to the respiratory and digestive systems
Cranium bones
8 bones:
- 2 temporal
- 2 parietal
- 1 frontal
- 1 occipital
- 1 sphenoid
- 1 ethmoid
Cranium Features
- Vault: calvera or skull cap covers the brain
- fossa: shadow depressions
- Base: cranial floor
– Brain sits on it
– Forms the posterior, middle, anterior fossas
Sinus’s
- Frontal sinus
- Etmoidal sinus
- Sphenoidal sinus
- Maxillary sinus
- spaces inside of bones
- lined with a mucous membrane
- lighten the skull
- warm and moisten air
- act as resonance chambers in speech
Frontal bone
- Frontal Squama - forehead
- Houses the frontal sinuses
Forms:
1. the brow ridge, supraorbital foramen (vessels & nerves)
2. the superior aspect of the orbit
3. the anterior cranial fossa (supports frontal brain lobe)
Parietal Bone
- Forms superior and lateral aspects of cranium
Sutures:
1. Coronal – separates parietal/frontal
2. Sagittal – separates R. & L. parietals
3. Lambdoidal – separates parietal/occipital
4. Squamous – separates parietal/temporals
Occipital Bone
- Forms the posterior, inferior aspects of cranium
- Posterior cranial fossas (cerebellum sits in them)
- Foramen magnum (for spinal cord)
- Occipital condyles (articulates with first vertebra)
- Hypoglossal canals (allows cranial nerve XII to pass)
Squamous
Temporal Bone Region
contains zygomatic process & mandibular fossa
Tympanic
Temporal Bone Region
contains external acoustic meatus & styloid process (hyoid bone)
Mastoid
Temporal Bone Region
contains mastoid sinus, mastoid process
Petrous
Temporal Bone Region
houses the middle and internal ear structures, contains the carotid canal, forms part of the jugular foramen & middle cranial fossa
Sphenoid Bone
Has a Body & Three sets of processes:
1. greater wings
2. lesser wings
3. pterygoids
- Body contains a sinus & forms sella turcica (pituitary gland sits in it)
- Forms the superior orbital fissure (opening for cranial nerves)
- Forms the optic foramen (optic nerve passes through it)
Ethmoid Bone
- Lateral masses (contains sinuses)
- Perpendicular plate (forms the superior part of the nasal septum)
- Olfactory foramina (for olfactory nerves)
- Crista gali for attachment of the brain meninges
- Superior and middle nasal conchae (protrude into nasal cavity)
Holes in the Skull
- optic foramen
- superior orbital fiisure
- foramen rotundum
- foramen ovale
- foramen spinosum
- foramen magnum
- foramen lacerum
- jugular foramen
Facial Bones
14 bones:
- 1 mandible
- 1 vomer
- 2 maxillae
- 2 zygomatic
- 2 nasal
- 2 lacriminal
- 2 palatines
- 2 inferior nasal conchae
Mandible
- Contains lower teeth sockets
- Has a body and rami
Rami have: - Anterior coronoid process (for attachment of chewing muscles)
- Posterior mandibular condyles (which articulate with mandibular fossas of the temporal bone)
Maxillae Bones
- Forms the upper teeth sockets
- Has the palatine process (which forms the anterior portion of the hard palate)
- Contains sinuses
Zygomatic Bones
Contains the temporal process (which articulates with the zygomatic process of the temporal bone to form the zygomatic arch = cheek bone)
Nasal Bones
form the bridge of the nose
Lacrimal Bones
with the lacriminal fossa
Palatine Bones
forms the posterior portion of the hard palate
Vomer
forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum
Inferior nasal conchae
forms part of the nasal cavity walls
Hyoid Bone
- Located inferior to mandible
- Does not directly articulate with any other bones
- Attaches to the styloid process of the temporal bone
- Supports the tongue, is an attachment for neck muscles and the muscles that move the voice box
The Vertebral Column Functions
- Protect the Spinal Cord
- Supports the head
- Attachment for ribs
- Attachment for skeletal muscles
The Vertebral Column Structure
- 26 irregular vertebrae
- Extends skull to pelvis
- Posterior & anterior ligaments
- Five regions:
1.Cervical (7)
2.Thoracic (12)
3.Lumbar (5)
4.Sacral (1)
5.Coccyx (1)