Lecture Q3 Flashcards
25% of human bones are…
In the feet
The only human bone not connected to another is….
Hyoid bone
The longest bone is ….
Femur /thigh bone
Smallest bone is ….
Stapes/ in middle ear
Hardest part of our body
ENAMEL (teeth)
Axial Skeleton
Skull, Thoracic Cage, and Vertebral Column
Appendicular Skeleton
Skeleton elements withing the limbs, pectoral , and pelvic girdle
Skeleton consists of …
Bones, cartilage, joints, and ligaments
Articulations is
.. another word for Joints
Axial Skeleton has how many bones?
80
Appendicular Skeleton has how many bones?
126
Long bones…
bones are longer than they are wide, ( arms, legs)
Short bones…
usually square in shape, (wrist, anlkles)
Flat bones…
Flat curved, (skull, sternum)
Irregular bones…
odd shapes, Vertebrae, pelvis
Structure of long bone…
Epiphysis( outer spongy end of long bone),
Metaphysis (nearest to epiphysis portion of long bone),
Diaphysis, (center portion of long bone/ in between metaphysis)
Skull consists of how many bones?
22 ( 8 cranial , 14 facial skeleton bones)
Coronal Suture…
runs in the coronal plane