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Chapter 7 The Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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The skeletal system has how many bones?

A

206 bones, including cartilage

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Axial has how many bones?

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80 bones

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Appendicular has how many bones?

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216 bones

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Axial skeleton is made up of?

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°Head
°vertebral column
°thoracic cage (sternum & ribs)
°ossicles (in the ear)
°hyoid bone

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Appendicular skeleton is made up of?

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°pectoral girdle
°upper limbs
°pelvic girdle
°lower limbs

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Pectoral girdle

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Clavicle & scapula
Anchors upper limb to trunk

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Pelvic girdle

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Two coxal bones (pelvic)
Anchors lower limb to trunk

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8
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How many bones in the skull and the 2 groups?

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22 bones
Cranial bones
Facial bones

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Cranial bones (cranium)
How many bones and their names?
(Hint: STEP OFf my skull)

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8 bones
°Sphenoid 1
°Temporal 2
°Ethmoid 1
°Parietal 2
°Occipital 1
°Frontal 1

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Facial Bones
How many bones and their names?
(8 types of bones)

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14 Bones
°maxillary 2
°zygomatic 2
°nasal 2
°lacrimal 2
°palatine 2
°inferior nasal conchae 2
°mandible 1
°vomer 1

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Sinuses

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Air filled, membrane-lined spaces
These hollow cavities make the skull lighter

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Paranasal sinuses
(4 of them)

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°frontal
°ethmoid
°sphenoid
°maxillary

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13
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Orbit 7 fused bones, what are their names
(Hint: FLEZMS)

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°frontal
°lacrimal
°ethmoid
°zygomatic
°maxillary
°sphenoid
°Palatine bone

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14
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Fontanel (soft spot)

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Area of incomplete intramembranous ossification

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Fontanel
(4 of them)

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°anterior
°posterior
°sphenoid
°mastoid

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Hyoid

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° is c shaped
° does touch any other bones
Provide numerous muscle attachment points involved in swallowing and speech.

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17
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Vertebral column (spine)
How many bones?

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33 bones (vertebrae)

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Vertebral column (spine)
What are the 3 types of vertebrae, and how many of each are there? (Locations) (also 2 more extra structures)

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°Cervical vertebrae 7 - neck
°Thoracic vertebrae 12 - ribs
°Lumbra vertebrae 5 - lower back
°Sacrum 5 fused sacral
°Coccyx 3-5 coccygeal

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19
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Spinal curvatures

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C-shaped vertebrae column of new borns > S-shaped secondary curvatures as infant grows

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Primary curvature

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(Thoracic & sacral)
Present during fetal development.

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Secondary curvature

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(Cervical and Lumbar)
Develops after fetal period

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Spinal curvatures
(2 types)

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°Primary curvatures
°Secondary curvatures

23
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Abnormal spinal curvatures
(3 types)

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°scoliosis
°lordosis
°kyphosis

24
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Abnormal spinal curvatures
Scoliosis

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Abnormal lateral curvatures

25
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Abnormal spinal curvatures
Lordosis

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(Swayback)
Exaggerated Cervical and lumbar curvatures
(Seen in pregnant women and beerbelly males)

26
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Abnormal spinal curvatures
Kyphosis

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(Hunchback)
Exaggeration of thoracic curvatures

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Transverse foramina

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Allows passage of vertebral arteries and vein.

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C1- atlas

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° Lacks vertebral body
°articulates with occipital condyles and C2

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C2-axis

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°Dens (odontoid process) protudes from body
° Allow for rotational movement of head at neck (shaking head side to side)

30
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Thoracic vertebrae (12)

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°long spinous process
°superior & inferior costal facets (articulates with head of rib)
°transverse costal facets on transverse processes (articulates with tubercel of rib)

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Lumbar vertebrae (5)

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°largest and heaviest of all vertebrae (wt. Bearing)

32
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Sacrum

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5 fused sacral vertebrae
°sacral promontory
°sacral foramina

33
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Sacral promontory

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Top and anterior

34
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Sacral foramina

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4 pairs of holes allow for passage of spinal nerves

35
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Coccyx

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4 fused (3-5) vertebrae

36
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Intervertebral disc

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Fibrocartilage pad found between the bodies of vertebrae

37
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Nucleus pulposus

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Jelly like substances, shock absorber

38
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Annulus fibrosus

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Outer ring of Fibrocartilage
Herniated disc

39
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Herniated disc (slip disc)

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A tear in annulus fibrosus can allow nucleus pulposus to protude

40
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Thoracic cage
(3 parts)

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°sternum
°ribs
°Thoracic vertebrae

41
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Sternum
(The 3 parts)

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°manubrium
°body
°xiphoid process

42
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Rib cage

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12 pairs of ribs and their costal cartilages

43
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True ribs

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Ribs 1-7 (vertebrosternal ribs)
Attach to sternum via costal cartilage

44
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False ribs

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Ribs 8-12
Not attach directly to sternum

45
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Vertebrochondral

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Ribs 8-10
Attach to cartilage of 7th rib

46
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Floating ribs

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(Vertebral ribs)
Ribs 11 & 12
Are not attached to sternum

47
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Carpals bones
( 8 of them)

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°Scaphoid °lunate °triquetrum °pisiform °trapezium °trapezoid °capitate °hamate

48
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Metacarpals

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5 in each hand are long bones

49
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Phalanges

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14 in each hand are long bones

50
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Wrist fracture

A

Colles fracture

51
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Pelvis inlet

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Oval opening formed by sacrum and pelvic girdle

52
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Pelvic brim

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Bony ridge surrounding inlet that defines boundaries between greater and lesser pelvis

53
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Tarsals
How many bones? And there names

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7 short bones
° talus °calcaneus °navicular °3cuneiforms °cuboid

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