Lab Chapter 7 The Axial Skeleton Flashcards
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Sutures ____ immovable connections
between most cranial bones
Lambdoid Suture: Arches across inferior posterior cranial,
connects the Parietal bones to the Occipital bone
The Coronal Suture:
attaches the Frontal to the Parietal bone
The Sagittal Suture:
from Lambdoid to the Coronal, between the Parietal bones
Occipital bone _____
is Posterior inferior of the cranial
Foramin Magnum : connects cranial cavity to _____
the vertebral canal
Foramin Magnum surrounds the connection between the brain ____ spinal cord
And
The 4 Sutures _____:
Lambdoid, Coronal, Sagittal and Squamous
The Cranium bones are:
Occipital, 2 Parietal bones, Frontal bone, 2 Temporal bones, Sphenoid ____ Ethmoid bone
Frontal bone contains ____
the Frontal Sinus
The Auditory Ossicles are
within the Temporal bone
Test - Zygomatic Arch: formed ____
by the Temporal Process and Zygomatic Process
7 bones form _____ Orbital Complex
the
Nasal Complex includes:
Nasal Cavity and Paranasal Sinus
Fontanelles: Non Ossified fibers that
allow rapid brain growth in infants + children
4 Vertebral Column flexible Spinal Curves:
Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar and Sacrum-Coccyx
Sacrum and Coccyx ____
are fused
Skull has
8 Cranial, 14 Facial and 6 Auditory / 1 Hyoid bone (associated bones)
Mastoid and Styloid Process: muscle attatchment processes
Thoracic Cage: Vertebrae are
heart shaped, 24 ribs and 1 Sternum
Thoracic Cage: Sternum, 24 Ribs, 12 each side and _____
1-7 are True Ribs, 8-12 are false ribs, 11-12 float
Typical Rib:
head, neck, tubercle and body
Spinal ailments: Kyphosis, Lordosis and Scoliosis
Scoliosis can be repaired.. caused by poor posture
Axial Skeleton has 80 bones, in the
head and trunk, 40% of bodies bones.