Chapter 7 The Skeletal System Flashcards
The skeletal system has how many bones?
206 bones, including cartilage
Axial has how many bones?
80 bones
Appendicular has how many bones?
216 bones
Axial skeleton is made up of?
°Head
°vertebral column
°thoracic cage (sternum & ribs)
°ossicles (in the ear)
°hyoid bone
Appendicular skeleton is made up of?
°pectoral girdle
°upper limbs
°pelvic girdle
°lower limbs
Pectoral girdle
Clavicle & scapula
Anchors upper limb to trunk
Pelvic girdle
Two coxal bones (pelvic)
Anchors lower limb to trunk
How many bones in the skull and the 2 groups?
22 bones
Cranial bones
Facial bones
Cranial bones (cranium)
How many bones and their names?
(Hint: STEP OFf my skull)
8 bones
°Sphenoid 1
°Temporal 2
°Ethmoid 1
°Parietal 2
°Occipital 1
°Frontal 1
Facial Bones
How many bones and their names?
(8 types of bones)
14 Bones
°maxillary 2
°zygomatic 2
°nasal 2
°lacrimal 2
°palatine 2
°inferior nasal conchae 2
°mandible 1
°vomer 1
Sinuses
Air filled, membrane-lined spaces
These hollow cavities make the skull lighter
Paranasal sinuses
(4 of them)
°frontal
°ethmoid
°sphenoid
°maxillary
Orbit 7 fused bones, what are their names
(Hint: FLEZMS)
°frontal
°lacrimal
°ethmoid
°zygomatic
°maxillary
°sphenoid
°Palatine bone
Fontanel (soft spot)
Area of incomplete intramembranous ossification
Fontanel
(4 of them)
°anterior
°posterior
°sphenoid
°mastoid
Hyoid
° is c shaped
° does touch any other bones
Provide numerous muscle attachment points involved in swallowing and speech.
Vertebral column (spine)
How many bones?
33 bones (vertebrae)
Vertebral column (spine)
What are the 3 types of vertebrae, and how many of each are there? (Locations) (also 2 more extra structures)
°Cervical vertebrae 7 - neck
°Thoracic vertebrae 12 - ribs
°Lumbra vertebrae 5 - lower back
°Sacrum 5 fused sacral
°Coccyx 3-5 coccygeal
Spinal curvatures
C-shaped vertebrae column of new borns > S-shaped secondary curvatures as infant grows
Primary curvature
(Thoracic & sacral)
Present during fetal development.
Secondary curvature
(Cervical and Lumbar)
Develops after fetal period