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Chapter 8 - Skeletal System Flashcards

1
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Functions

A
  • Support
  • Protection
  • Movement
  • Mineral storage
  • Hematopoisis
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Support

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Framework

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Protection

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Ribs (lungs and heart)

Skull (brain)

Vertebrae (spinal cords)

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Movement

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Muscles pull the bones

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Mineral storage

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Calcium is the most abundant

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Hematopoiesis

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  • Red marrow - stem cells

* Platelets

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Red marrow - stem cells

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Convert to RBC or WBC

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Platelets

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Red marrow in spongy bone and marrow of long bone of childern

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9
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Classification

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  • Spongy bone
  • Compact
  • Growth
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Spongy

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Strong

Has little structures
“Holes” and angles in it

•Supports weight but doesn’t weigh a lot 
•Made of 
   ~Trabecular 
   ~Red marrow 
   ~Lacunae and canal oculi openings
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Trabecular

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Bridges and strats

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Spongy bone

~~Red marrow

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Stem cells; make blood

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13
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Compact bone

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strong bone openings

•Can remodel/head itself 
•Haversion system 
     〰Lamella 
     〰Osteocytes 
     〰Lacunae
     〰Canaliculi 
     〰Haversion
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Lamella

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Ring of cells

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Osteocytes

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Bone cells

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Lacunae

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  • Little lakes

- where osteocytes live

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Canaliculi

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Tiny canals that carry nutrients to lacunae

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Haversion

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  • Central canal

- Carries blood vessels and nerves to lamella

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Growth

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-Inflamed by growth hormones and sex hormones
•over secretion ; gianlism
•under secretion ; dwarfism
(influenced some by genetics)
•injury - cause growth plates to fuse early ; stop
growth

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20
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Bone Shapes

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  • Short bones
  • Long bones
  • Flat bones
  • Irregular bones
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Short Bones

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  • Cube shaped
  • Wrist and ankles
  • Compact outer, spongy inner
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Long Bones

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-Arms, legs, fingers 
   •epiphysis
   •diaphsis
   •Cartilage 
   •Blood vessels
   •Marrow
   •Periosteum
   •Endometrium
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Epiphysis

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Ends of long bones

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Diaphsis

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Shaft of long bones

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Cartilage

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  • Articular, joins the bones to another surface

- Hyline : protects from rubbing, wears bone down (prevents)

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Blood Vessels

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very vascular

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Marrow

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  • Red Marrow

- Yellow marrow

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Marrow

〰Red marrow

A
  • Stems cells,

- makes RBC, WBC, and platelets

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Yellow Marrow

A

fat

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30
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Peritoneum

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Dense irregular tissue on the outside of bone

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31
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Endostrium

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Lines the inside of the bone

(medulla cavity)

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Flat

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  • Skull, sternum, scapulae, ribs

- Compact outer layer and spongy inner layer

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Irregular

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  • Face, vertebrae, hip bones

- Compact outer and spongy inner

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34
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Regions, Names, and Markings

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-Two main Regions 
   •Axial
   •Appendicular 
-Markings 
   •Bumps 
   •Fossa
   •Foramen
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Axial

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Skull, vertebra, ribs, sternum

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36
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Bumps

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-Structures where tendons attach
•Tuberosity/tubericle •Condyle
•Epiendyle •Trochanter
•Head •Facet
•Process •Spine

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Tuberosity/tubericle

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Knob-like projections that are smooth and round

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Condyle

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A large rounded knob that articulates with another bone

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Epienyle

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An enlargement near and above a condyle

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Trochanter

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Large tubercle or tuberosity found on the femur

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Head

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An large rounded endocbone

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Facet

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A small flattered surface

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43
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Process

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A promirent projection

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44
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Spine

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A sharp projection

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Fossa

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Shallow smooth flat surface for a fan shaped muscle to attach to depression or groove

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Foramen

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Hole, usually serve as passageway

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47
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Vertebral Column

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  • Cervical
  • Thoracic
  • Lumbar
  • Sacrum
  • Coccyx
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Cervical

A

(7)

  • Atlas C1
  • Axis C2
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Atlas

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Holds up head, allows you to nod your head

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50
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Axis

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Allows you to rotate your head

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51
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Thoracic

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(12)

-Attach to rib

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52
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Lumbar

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(5)

-Supports weight

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Coccyx

54
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Thoracic cage

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  • Sternum

- Rib Cage

55
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Sternum

A

Protect heart ❤
•Manubrium
•Body
•Xyphoid process

56
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Manubrium

A

Where clavicle attaches (sternum)

57
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Body

A

Blade (sternum)

58
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Xyphoid process

A

Tip of the sternum

59
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Rib Cage

A 
Protect lungs 
•True Ribs 
•False Ribs 
•Floating Ribs
•Costal Cartilage 
•Intercostal space
60
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True Ribs

A

Attach rib directly to sternum (7)

61
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False Ribs

A

Attach rib to cartilage bridge (8-10)

62
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Floating Ribs

A

Don’t attach rib to front (11-12)

63
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Costal Cartilage

A

Connect ribs to sternum

64
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Intercostal space

A

Space between ribs

65
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Skull

A
  • Cranium

- Facial Bones

66
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Cranium

A
  • Frontal
  • Parietal
  • Temporal
  • Occipital
  • Sphenoid
  • Ethmoid
67
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Frontal

68
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Parietal

A

(2)

-Upper sides

69
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Temporal

A 
(2)
-Sides close to ears 
•Mastoid process 
•Zygomatic process 
•Styloid process
•Auditory mealus
70
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Auditory mealus

A

Ear opening

71
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Occipital

A

Back
•Foreman magnum
•Condyles

72
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Foreman Magnum

A

For spinal cord (occipital)

73
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Condyles

A
  • Bumps around foreman

- Sits on top C1

74
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Sphenoid

A

Butterfly shape

75
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Ethmoid

A

Between eye orbit and supports nasal cavity

76
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Facial Bones

A
  • Mandible
  • Maxilla
  • Zygomatic bones
77
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Mandible

A

-Lower jaw
-Single bone
•TMJ
•Mental Foreman

78
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TMJ

A

Temporal mandibular joint

79
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Mental Foreman

A

Hole for blood vessels and nerves

80
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Maxilla

A
  • Upper jaw
  • Connects in middle
  • Forms palate
81
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Zygomatic bones

A
  • Cheek bone

- Form orbit of eye

82
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Clavicle

A

Collarbone

•Most commonly broken bone

83
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Scapula

A 
Shoulder blade 
•Spinous process                   \
•Supra spinous fossa                >    Dorsal
•Infraspinous fossa                /
•Caracoid process
•Acromoin process
•Glenoid cavity
•Subscapular
84
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Spinous process

85
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Supra spinous fossa

A

Flat part above spine

86
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Infraspinous fossa

A

Flat part below spine

87
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Caracoi process

A

Points down

88
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Acromoin process

A
  • Curves around to front

- Articulates with clavicle

89
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Glenoid cavity

A

Forms socket for humerus

90
Q

Subscapular fossa

A

Underside of scapula “hidden”

(touches ribs)

91
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Humerus

A 
Funny bone 
•Head 
•Greater tuberosity 
•Lesser tuberosity 
•Intertuberele groove 
•Deltoid tuberosity 
•Radial groove 
•Medial and lateral epidondyles 
•Olecranon fossa
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Humerus Head

A

Round balls at top

93
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Greater tuberosity

A

Big bump (humerus)

94
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Lesser tuberosity

A

Smaller bump (humerus)

95
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Intertuberele groove

A
  • Groove between tuberositie

- Where bicep tendon attaches

96
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Deltoid tubersoity

A

Where deltoid muscle attaches

97
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Radial groove

A

Radial nerve space back side of bone (humerus)

98
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Olecranon fossa

A

Part where elbow bends

99
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Ulna

A

Olecranon process

100
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Olecranon process

101
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Radius

A
  • Radial Head
  • Radial tuberosity
  • Styloid process of the radius
  • Ulnar notch
102
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Radial Head

A

Flat round top

-Rotates and connects thumb side

103
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Radial Tuberosity

A

Bump by the radial head

104
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Styloid process of the radius

A
  • Pointy bottom

- Doesn’t connect to ulna

105
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Ulnar Notch

A

Where the ulna attaches

106
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Hand

A
  • Carpals
  • Metacarpals
  • Phalanges
107
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Carpals

108
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Metacarpals

109
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Phalanges

A

Digits (14)

  • Distal, middle, proximal
  • Pollex
110
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Pollex

A

Tip of the thumb

111
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Pelvic Girdle

A

Gut bucket

-Coxal bone

112
Q

Coxal Bone

A

Hip bone

  • Ilium
  • Pubis
  • Ishium
  • Acetabulum
  • Sacrum
  • Coccyx
113
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Ilium

A

Wing top of hip bone

114
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Pubis

A

Front lower portion

  • come together at pubis symphysis
  • Pubis symphysis
115
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Ishium

A

Circle, points downward

  • What you sit on
  • 2 holes : orbturator foreman
116
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Acetabulum

A

Socket for femur

117
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Femur

A

Strongest bone ; weight bearing

  • Head and neck
  • Greater trochanter
  • Lesser trochanter
  • Gluteal tuberosity
  • Medial and lateral condyles
  • Intercondyle notch
  • Linea aspeia
118
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Greater Trochanter

A

“king” Top

119
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Lesser Trochanter

A

“Queen” Below greater trochanter

120
Q

Medial and Lateral condyles

A

Bottom bumps

121
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Linea aspeia

A

Spiny ridge on back of femur

122
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Tibia

A 
Thick Inner Bone 
-Weight bearing 
•Tibral Plateau 
•Tibial Tuberosity 
•Anterior Crest 
•Medial malleolus 
•Lateral malleolus
123
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Medial malleulos

A

Bottom, longer point

124
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Lateral malleulos

A

Bottom, shorter point

-Connects to fibula

125
Q

Fibula

A

Long skinny outer bone

  • non-weight bearing
  • Muscle attachment
  • Lateral malleolas
126
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lateral malleolas

A

Pointy side on bottom

127
Q

Patella

128
Q

Foot

A
  • Tarsals
  • Metatarsals
  • Phalanges
129
Q

Tarsals

130
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Metatarsals

A

Body of foot (5)

131
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Phalanges

A

Digits/Toes

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