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chapter 2 skeletal system Flashcards

skeletal system

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define crest

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sharp ride of the border, lilac crest

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define meatus

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tubelike or canal opening of the bone like external auditory meatus

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define facet

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flat or shallow surface articular surface

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ditch like groove than contain a nerve or a tendon

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groove

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5
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define line of bony landmarks

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less prominent ridge

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define turbercle

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small round projection

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define tuberosity

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large round projection

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trochanter

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very large prominence for muscles attachment

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define eminence

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projecting prominent part of bone

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define spine

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long thing projection like scapular spine

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define condyle

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rounded knuckle like projection like medial epicondyle of femur

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what are the axial skeleton?

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Trunk - Thorax
Vertebra
Skull

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what are the appendicular system

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Pelvis
Scapula
Upper & Lower Extremities

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14
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the function of the cancellous bone

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Porous & spongy= traveculae
Pores filled with marrow
Most of the articular ends

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the function of the compact bone

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Hard Dense outer shell
Thicker along the shaft,
flat bones & skull
Thinner at ends of the bone

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the function of the endosteum

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Important for bone resorption

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what are the characteristics of periosteum

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Thin fibrous membrane
Outside of the bone except for articular surface
Attachment for tendons & ligaments
Nourishment
Repair of the bone

18
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the function of the medullary canal

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Center of shaft
Bone marrow
Nutrient arteries
Lined by endosteum

19
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deine the diaphysis

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shaft of the bone
Mostly compact bone=strength

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what are the function of the trabeculae

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to add strength, mesh network of bone, related to stress applied

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what does osteoclasts mean

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to make new cells

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what does osteoblast mean

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to destroy old cells

23
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what are the function of periosteum

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to repair bone, nourishment, attachment for tendons and ligaments

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