Chapter 7 A&P- Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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What are the 2 principal divisions of the human skeleton?

A

Axial and Appendicular

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2
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What does the axial skeleton contain?

A
  • Skull
  • Vertebrae
  • Ribs
  • Hyoid bone
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3
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What does the appendicular skeleton contain?

Hint: (append)icular

A

Appendages- cones of upper and lower limbs

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4
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Which division does the clavicle, scapula and hip bones belong to?

A

Appendicular

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5
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Which division contains more bones?

A

Appendicular (126)

Axial (80)

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6
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What are the 5 main shapes bones are classified into?

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  1. Long (greater seed length than width)
  2. Short (cube)
  3. Flat (thin layers of parallel plates)
  4. Irregular (complex shapes)
  5. Sesamoid (shaped like a sesame seed)
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7
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What are the two major types of surface markings?

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  1. Depressions and openings
  2. Processes
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8
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What is the purpose of the processes bone marking?

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  • projections of outgrowths that form joints
  • serve as attachment points for ligaments and tendons
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9
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What is the purpose of depressions and openings when it comes to bone markings?

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  • allow the passage of soft tissues
  • form joints
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10
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What is a fissure?

A

Narrow slit between bones for passage of blood vessels or nerves

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11
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What is a foramen?

A

Hole for passage of blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments

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12
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Technical term for “shallow depression”

A

Fossa

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13
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Which surface marking is a furrow on the bone for passage of blood vessel, nerve, or tendon?

A

Sulcus

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14
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What is a meatus?

A

Tubelike opening

(think of a tube of meat. kind of gross, but it works.)

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15
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What is a condyle?

A

A rounded projection with a smooth articular surface

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16
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Which marking is a smooth, flat, slightly concave articular surface?

A

Facet

17
Q

When referring to bone surface markings, what is a head?

A

Usually rounded articular process supported on a neck

18
Q

What is this pointing at?

A

Crest. It is a prominent ridge or elongated process. This particular one is called the “median sacral crest”

19
Q

What is the marking: epicondyle?

A

Usually roughened projection on a condyle

20
Q

What is the marking called when it is a ridge or border, but less prominent than a crest?

A

A line

21
Q

What is this process?

A

Spinous process: sharp, slender projection.

22
Q

What is a very large projections found ONLY on the femur?

A

Trochanter

23
Q

What is a tubercle?

A

Variably sized rounded projection

24
Q

What is a tuberosity?

A

Variably sized projection with rough, bumpy surface

25
Q

How many cavities are there in the skull and what are they?

A

5

Cranial, Orbital, Oral, Nasal, Paranasal sinuses

26
Q

What is another word for cranial cavity?

A

Endocranium

27
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What are the arrows indicating?

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28
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What are the arrows indicating?

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29
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What are the arrows indicating?

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30
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What are the arrows indicating?

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31
Q

What is #1 pointing to?

A

Coronoid process

32
Q

What is #3 pointing to?

A

Ramus

33
Q

Where are the parietal bones?

Hint: think Home Alone

A
34
Q

What is the line pointing to?

A

External occipital protuberance- prominence on the posterior aspect of the skull

35
Q

What is (1) and (2)?

A

(1) Foramen magnum
(2) Occipital condyles