Chapter 8: Head and Neck- Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
skull
formed by 22 bones
skull functions
- protect brain and organs of special senses
- form openings in which air, food, and fluids enter the body
- provide teeth and jaws for chewing
- provide surfaces for the attachment of the muscles that move the head, jaw, and eyes, muscles that produce facial expressions
hyoid
small bone found in neck
- does not articulate with any other bone
- ligaments bind it to the skull
- moveable base for tongue
- is an attachment site for muscles that move the larynx during swallowing
- has 10 muscles attached to it
bone markings
the openings, bumps, and depressions found on all bones
mastication
chewing
- partly voluntary
- partly reflexive
ex: voluntarily put food in our mouth and contract the muscles that close the jaw, the pattern and rhythm of continued jaw movement is reflexes
angul
an angle (in this case corner of the mouth)
atla
a mythological greek giant who held up the heavens
axi
an axle
bucc
the cheek
cleid
clavicle
crib
a sieve (strainer)
crist
a projection
dens
tooth-like
di
two
ethm
sieve like (strainer like)
frons
the forehead
gast
belly
labi
a lip
lacr
a tear
lambd
shaped like the greek letter lambda
leva
to raise
magn
large
masseter
a chewer
mast
breast shaped
metop
forehead
nas
of the nose
occip
the back of the head
ocul
eye
omo
shoulder
opt
the eye;vision
orbicularis
circular
ori
mouth
par
near
parie
a wall
rotund
round
sept
a wall
sell
a saddle
spin
a spine
stern
the breast bone
styl
long and pointed
turcica
turkish
vomer
a plow
condyl
knob
cruci
cross
fasci
bundle
icul
small
lemma
sheath
medull
marrow
menisc
crescent
myo
muscle
mys
muscle
sarco
flesh
cranial bones
surround (form the walls of) the cranial cavity
facial bones
form the foundation of the face and surround the oral cavity
both cranial and facial bones surround the _____ and ____
nasal cavity and the orbits
sutures
fibrous joints that bind all but one of the 22 skull bones
frontal bone
forms the forehead and a part of each orbit
parietal bone
are posterior to the frontal bone on either side of the midlien