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Anatomy And Physiology > Chapter 7: 7.1 - 7.3: The Skeletal System > Flashcards

Chapter 7: 7.1 - 7.3: The Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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What are the parts of the axial skeleton?

A

Skull, vertebral column and thoracic bones

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2
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Describe skull

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22 bones, 8 cranial and 14 facial

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3
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Describe the vertebral column?

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33 bones; 24 individual vertebra that protect the spinal cord

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Describe the thoracic / rib cage

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12 pairs of ribs, sternum and part of the vertebral column

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What body parts are NOT considered axial?

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Girdles

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What parts of the body are appenclicular?

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Pectoral girdle, upper limb, pelvic girdle, lower limb

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7
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What is pectoral girdle comprised of?

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Scapula and girdle

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What are the parts of the upper limb?

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It has 3 parts: arm ( humerus) forearm (radius and ulna ) and wrist and hand (carpals, metacarpals and phalanges)

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What are the parts of the pelvic girdle?

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Two pelvic bones and sacrum, called the pelvis altogether

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What are the parts of lower limb called?

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Thigh (femur) leg ( tibia and fibula) and ankle and foot (tarsals, meta tarsals and phalanges)

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What are the cranial bones?

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PEST OF 6 - parietal, ethmoid. Sphenoid, temporal, occipital and frontal

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What are the single cranial bones?

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Frontal, occipital, ethmoid and sphenoid

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13
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What are the 2 paired cranial bones?

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Temporal and parietal bones

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14
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Where do parietal bones meet?

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At the sagittal suture

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What are the facial bones?

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Maxillary, zygomatic, nasal, lacrimal, palatine, inferior nasal conchal, mandible and vomer - Virgil is now making my Pet zebra laugh

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16
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What are the paired facial bones?

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Maxillary, zygomatic, nasal, lacrimal ‘, palatine and inferior nasal conchal bones

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What are the single facial bones?

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Mandible and vomer

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18
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What’s the only bone that isn’t fused at a suture?

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Mandible

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19
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Difference between fontanels and sutures?

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Fontanels are membranous (soft) areas between fetal cranial bones present until 18 to 24 months while sutures are immovable joints in the skull

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20
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What is the hole that the spinal cord goes through in the skull called?

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Foramen magnum

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21
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What bone doesn’t articulate with any skull bones but is still considered one because of proximity?

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Hyoid bone

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What are the parts of the vertebrae?

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Coffee at 7 tea at 12 and lemonade at 5 - 7 cervical, 12 thoracic and 5 lumbar

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23
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What are the fused parts of vertebrae?

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5 fused sacral/ sacrum by 30

3-5 fused coccygeal / coccyx

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24
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What is the Altas?

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The first cervical bone, large and tear drop-shaped hole, lacks vertebral body and spinous process

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25
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What’s the axis?

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Second cervical vertebrae, supports the odontoid process

26
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Facet

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Shallow concave surface where 2 bones connect

27
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Fossa

A

indentation in a bone which another structure fits

28
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fovea

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shallow pit

29
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what is the foramen magnum?

A

the hole in the occipital bone that the spinal cord travels through

30
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what is behind the maxilla?

A

the sinuses

31
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What does the aveolar process of the maxilla do?

A

Holds the teeth in place behind the gums

32
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What bones contribute to the formation of the orbits?

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The frontal, ethmoid and sphenoid bones

33
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Where is the temporal bone, where mastoidis can affect?

A

The ear

34
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What bone do you get sense of smell from?

A

The ethmoid bone

35
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What are the differences between the female and male skulls?

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males is sloped, females is straight, mastoid process of males is larger and more prominent

36
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What does cervical curvature do?

A

Lets you hold your head up

37
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What are the primary curvatures?

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Thoracic and sacral

38
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What are the secondary curvatures?

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cervical and lumbar

39
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How many intervertebral discs are there?

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23

40
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What are the kinds of ribs?

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True, false and floating

41
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True rib

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First 7 that attach to the sternum

42
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False rib

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Ribs 8 to 12 that aren’t directly attached to the sternum

43
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Floating ribs

A

last 2 not attached to the sternum

44
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What is found in between vertebrae?

A

Figrocartilage

45
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What is the function of appendicular Skelton?

A

Movement

46
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Where’s the aveloli?

A

Right below and above the teeth, surface feature

47
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What bones house the teeth?

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Maxilla and mandible

48
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Where’s the mastoid process?

A

Right behind the ear

49
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What’s the hole in the occipital bone that the spinal cord travels through called?

A

Foramen magnum

50
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When should sutures osssify?

A

18 to 24 months

51
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What bones form the orbit?

A

Frontal, sphenoid and ethmoid

52
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What is craniostenosis?

A

Premature fusion of skull bones

53
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To prove strangulation , what bone must be broken?

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Hyoid

54
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What’s the only vertebrae with transverse process?

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Atlas

55
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What’s the site for muscle attachment?

A

Spinous process

56
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What’s another word for false ribs?

A

Vertebralchondral

57
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Another name for true ribs?

A

Vertebralsternal

58
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What’s the order of the arm?

A

Humerus, ulna, radius, metacarpals, carpals and phalanges

59
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What’s a synonym for humerus?

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Brachium

60
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Why is there 14 phalanges?

A

3 in each and 2 in thumb

61
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What bones fuse during childbirth?

A

Ilium, ishium and pubis

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