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Chapter 7: The Axial Skeleton Flashcards

1
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Total number of bones in the axial skeleton

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80

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Number of cranial cavity bones

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8

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Hyoid bone

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Does not articulate with any other bone. In place superior to thyroid membrane.
Considered part of the axial skeleton

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4
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Number of facial bones

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14

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5
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Number of auditory ossicles

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6

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6
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Number of bones in the vertebral column

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26

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7
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Number of bones in the thorax

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24 ribs
1 sternum

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8
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Total number of bones in the adult body

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206

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2 major types of surface markings on bones

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Depressions and openings
Processes.

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10
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Fissure

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Narrow slit between adjacent parts of bones. Allows vessels or nerves passage

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Foramen

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Opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass

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Fossa

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A shallow depression

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Sulcus

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Furrow along a bone that accommodates vessels, nerves, or tendons.

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Meatus

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A tubelike opening.

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Condyle

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A process. Large, round protuberance with a smooth Articular surface at the end of bone.

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Facet

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Process. Smooth, flat, slightly concave or convex Articular surface.

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Head

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Process. Usually a rounded Articular projection supported by the neck.

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Crest

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Process. Prominent ridge or elongated projection

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Epicondyle

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Process. Tissue attachment. Typically roughened projection above a condyle.

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Line

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Process. Long, narrow ridge or border (less prominent than crest)

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Spinous process

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Process. Sharp, slender projection

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Trochanter

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Process. Very large projection

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Tubercle

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Process. Variable sized rounded projection.

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Tuberosity

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Process. Variably sized projection that has a rough, bumpy surface.

25
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Bones of the cranial cavity

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1x frontal bone, 2x parietal bone, 2x temporal bone, 1x occipital bone, sphenoid bone, ethmoid bone.

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Facial bones of the skull

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2x nasal bone, 2x maxillae, 2x zygomatic bone, mandible, 2x lacrimal bone, 2x palatine bone, 2x inferior nasal concha, vomer.

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Sutures of the skull

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Coronal suture
Sagittal suture
Squamous suture
Lamboid suture

28
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Bones of the orbit

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Frontal
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Palatine
Zygomatic
Lacrimal
Maxilla

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Carotid canal

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Petrous portion of temporal bone. Internal carotid artery and SNS nerves for eye pass through.

30
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Hypoglossal canal

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Superior to base of occipital condyles.
CNXII, branch of ascending pharyngeal blood vessel

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Infraorbital

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Inferior to orbit in maxilla.
Infraorbital nerve and blood vessels, maxillary branch of CNV

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Jugular

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Posterior to carotid canal, between temporal and occipital bones.
Internal jugular vein, CNIX, X, and XI

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Lacerum

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Sphenoid, temporal, and occipital.
Branch of ascending pharyngeal artery.

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Foramen Magnum

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Occipital bone
Medulla and it’s meninges, CNXI, vertebral and spinal arteries.

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Mandibular foramen

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Ramus of mandible
Inferior alveolar nerve and blood vessels.

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Mastoid foramen

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Posterior border of mastoid process of temporal bone.
Emissary vein to transverse sinus, branch of occipital artery to dura mater.

37
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Mental foramen

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Mandible
Mental nerve and vessels.

38
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Cribriform foramen

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Ethmoid bone.
CNI

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Optic canal

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Between portions of small wing of sphenoid.
CNII, ophthalmic blood vessels.

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Foramen ovale

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Greater wing of sphenoid.
Mandibular division of CNV

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Foramen rotundum

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Junction or anterior and medial parts of sphenoid.
Maxillary division of CNV

42
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Stylomastoid foramen

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Between stylus and mastoid process of temporal.
CNVII, stylomastoid blood vessels.

43
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Supraorbital foramen

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Supraorbital margin of orbit.
Supraorbital nerve and blood vessels.

44
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Skull bones containing paranasal sinuses

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Frontal
Sphenoid
Ethmoid
Maxillae

45
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Fontanelles

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Anterior
Posterior
Anterolateral
Posterolateral

46
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Distribution of adult vertebrae

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7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar
1 sacrum (5 fused vertebrae)
1 coccyx (4 fused vertebrae)

47
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Vertebral sections containing primary curves

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Thoracic
Sacral

48
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Vertebral sections containing secondary curves

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Cervical
Lumbar.

49
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Sections of the sternum from superior to inferior

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Manubrium
Body
Xiphoid process.

50
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Vertebrosternal ribs

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Ribs 1-7. True ribs. Have costal cartilage that attach directly to sternum via sternocostal joints.

51
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Vertebrochondral ribs

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Ribs 8-10. False ribs. Cartilage attaches to the cartilage of true ribs.

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Vertebral ribs

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Ribs 11 and 12. False ribs. Considered floating ribs because they do not attach to the sternum.

Biol 230 Anatomy (18 decks)

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