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Chapter 3: Bones and joints Flashcards

1
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Occipital

A

Lower back/bottom of skull

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parietal

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“wall” of brain case on either sides and top of skull

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frontal

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top of eyes all the way to top of head

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temporal

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where ear is

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5
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nasal

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nose

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6
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zygomatic

A

cheek bones

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7
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maxilla

A

upper lip to cheek bones - up to nose (big bone for face)

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mandible

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lower jaw bone

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hyoid

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doesn’t articulate (form joint) by adam’s apple - tongue rests on this

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mastoid process

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behind ear - sticks out

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styloid process

A

sharp and pointy end of bones

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12
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suture

A

sticking/ sewing you up

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13
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foramen magnum

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large hole - brain stem comes out of big hole in skull

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14
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cervical vertebrae

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7
neck area

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15
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thoracic

A

12
upper back - ribs connect

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16
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lumbar

A

5
lower back

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sacrum

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lower back - fully fused at 25

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18
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coccyx

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below sacrum - tail bone
makes you not poop your pants

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19
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spinous process

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the one sticking out the back of vertebrae

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20
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body (vertebrae)

A

main part of bone

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21
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atlas

A

holds up skull

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axis

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connects to atlas - spins

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transverse process (vertebrae)

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the ones sticking out of side - muscles attach

24
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vertebral foramen

A

big hole in middle of vertebrae

25
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sternum

A

bone in middle by ribs

26
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xiphoid process

A

lower part of sternum

27
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true ribs

A

ribs that connect to sternum

28
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false ribs

A

connects with other ribs and cartilage to sternum

29
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floating ribs

A

don’t connect at all to sternum

30
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clavicle

A

collar bone - fixed point at sternum

31
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scapula

A

forms shoulder joint

32
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humerous

A

upper arm bone

33
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ulna

A

pinky side - lower arm

34
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radius

A

-lateral
-thumbs side
-spinous process forms

35
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carpals

A

little blood supply - base of hand

36
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metacarpals

A

palms of hands - above carpals

37
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phalanges

A

fingers and toes

38
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ilium

A

hip bone

39
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ischium

A

bony butt

40
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pubis

A

front - where they meet - pubic area

41
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acetabulum

A

socket in hip bone - ball femur goes in

42
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femur

A

biggest bone - big on ends for joint stability

43
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tibia

A

connects to femur

44
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malleolous

A

point at end of tibia - both point in

45
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fibula

A

lateral to tibia - forms lateral malleolous

46
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patella

A

knee cap

47
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phalanges

A

toes

48
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tarsals

A

upper foot bones

49
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metatarsals

A

lower foot bones

50
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fibrous (joints)

A

nonmoveable - held by fibers
ex. suture, teeth

51
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cartilaginous

A

slightly moveable/held by cartilage
ex. vertebrae, ribs

52
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synovial

A

fluid - freely moveable
ex. tarsels and carpels

53
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ball and socket

A

hip and shoulder - more mobility and strength

54
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hinge

A

elbow and knee

55
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saddle

A

thimb

56
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pivot

A

neck (atlas and axis)
radius - by elbow

57
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ellipsoid or condyloid

A

phalange on medacarple

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