Chapter 6 flashcards
What is the Axial Skeleton
- forms the longitudinal axis of the body
- consists of the bones of the skull, the vertebral column, and the thoracic cage
-protection, as they encase body cavities and protect the underlying organs
What is the Appendicular Skeleton
- consists of the bones of the upper and lower limbs and the pectoral and pelvic girdles
- motion and act primarily as levers and supportive structures to which muscles attach
Where do two bones meet/connect
at joints/ arrticulations
Depression markings
allow blood vessels and nerves to travel along a bone, or provide a place where two bones can articulate (form a joint)
Opening markings
enclose delicate structures and allow them to travel through bones
Projection markings
provide sites to which ligaments and tendons attach or where bones articulate
Facet
- depression marking
- shallow convex or concave surface where two bones articulate
- example: ribs
Fossa (Fossae)
- depression marking
- indentation in a bone in which another structure fits
- example: humerus
Fovea
- depression marking
- shallow pit
- example: femur
Groove (sulcus)
- depression marking
- long indentation along which a narrow structure travels
- example : rib
Canal (meatus)
- opening marking
- tunnel through a bone
- example: temporal bone
Fissure
- opening marking
- narrow slit in a bone or between adjacent parts of bone
- example: sphenoid bone, frontal bone
Foramen (formania)
- opening marking
- hole in a bone
- example: sphenoid, frontal bone
condyle
- projection marking
- rounded end of a bone that articulates with another bone
- example: mandible
crest
- projection marking
- ridge or projection
- example: ilium
head
- projection marking
- round projection from a bones epiphysis
- example: humerus head
tubercule and tuberosity
- projection marking
- small rounded bony projection, tuberosity is a large tubercule
- example: humerus (deltoid tuberosity)
epicondyle
- projection marking
- small projection usually proximal to a condyle
- example: humerus( medial epicondyle)
process
- projection marking
- prominent bony projection
- example; scapula (caracoid process)
spine
- projection marking
- sharp process
- example: scapular spine
protuberlance
- projection marking
- outgrowth from a bone
- example: occipital bone
trochanter
- projection marking
- large projection found ONLY on the femur
line
- projection marking
- long narrow ridge
long bones
- shape is LONGER than it is wide
- examples; humerus, hand and feet bones, fingers and toes
- shape rather than size
short bones (sandwich model)
- as LONG as they are WIDE
- examples: carpals, tarsals
- named for shape rather than size
- no diaphysis/epiphysis/medullary cavity, epiphyseal lines or plates
- instead, periosteum attached by perforating fibers and well supplied with blood vessels and nerves.
- outer layer of compact bone that surrounds the inner spongy bone.
flat bones (sandwich model)
- thin, broad, flat
- examples; most bones in the skull, ribs, sternum, pelvic bones
- no diaphysis/epiphysis/medullary cavity, epiphyseal lines or plates
- instead, periosteum attached by perforating fibers and well supplied with blood vessels and nerves.
- outer layer of compact bone that surrounds the inner spongy bone (diploe)
irregular bones (sandwich model)
- irregular shape
- examples: vertebrae and some skull bones
- no diaphysis/epiphysis/medullary cavity, epiphyseal lines or plates
- instead, periosteum attached by perforating fibers and well supplied with blood vessels and nerves.
- outer layer of compact bone that surrounds the inner spongy bone.
sesamoid bones (sandwich model)
- small, relatively flat, and oval-shaped bones located within tendons , give tendons mechanical advantage, provide muscle leverage, reduce wear and tear
- no diaphysis/epiphysis/medullary cavity, epiphyseal lines or plates
- examples: patella
- instead, periosteum attached by perforating fibers and well supplied with blood vessels and nerves.
- outer layer of compact bone that surrounds the inner spongy bone.
(long bone) periosteum
- composed of dense irregular collagenous connective tissue that is richly supplied with blood vessels and nerves
- periosteum is firmly attached to the underlying bone by collagen fibers
(long bone) perforating fibers
- collagen fibers
- penetrate deeply into the bone matrix, securing the periosteum in place
(long bone) diaphysis
- shaft
- very thick layer of compact bone
(long bone) epiphysis
- ends of long bones
- outer parts of the epiphyses are compact bone
- interior of the epiphyses consists of abundant spongy bone