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Lesson 5, Chapter 3 Flashcards

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Axial Skeleton

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The part of the skeleton that consists of the bones that support your head, neck, and trunk

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Appendicular skeleton

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The part of your skeleton that consists of your upper limbs, lower limbs, pectoral girdle, and pelvis

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Pectoral Girdle

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The girdle of bones that is composed of your clavicles and your scapulae

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Clavicles

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Your collarbones

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Scapulae

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Your sholderblades

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Frontal bone, parietal bones, temporal bones, occipital bones

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The bones that cover the lobes of your brain

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Maxilla and mandible

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The bones that form your jaw

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Zygomatic bones

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The bones that form your cheekbones

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Orbits

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Your eye sockets

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The sphenoid, lacrimal and ethmoid bones

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Three bones that help you form your orbits (eye sockets)

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Nasal bone

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The bone that connects the external structure of your nose to your skull

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Vomer bone

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The bone that divides your nasal cavity into two separate spaces

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Palatine bone

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The bone that forms the hard palate of the roof of your mouth

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Zygomatic arches

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Arches of bone which connect your zygomatic bones to your temporal bones

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Paranasal sinus cavities

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Spaces in the bones of your skull that reduce its weight and act as resonating chambers for your voice

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Vertebral column

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The column of vertebrae that form your spine and protect your spinal cord

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cervical vertebrae

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The five vertebrae in your neck

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Thoratic vertebrae

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The twelve vertebrae in your trunk area

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Lumbar vertebrae

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The five vertebrae in your lower back

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Sacrum

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The large bone just below your lumbar vertebrae

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coccyx

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the small bone at the end of your vertebrae column

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Vertebral body

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the thickest part of each vertebra

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certebral foramen

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The hole in each vertebra which your spinal cord passes through

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intervertebral discs

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Discs of cartilage which separate your vertabrae from each other

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Herniated disc

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An intervertebreal disc that is ruptured

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Superior articular processes and inferior articular processes

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Projections of bones in the vertebrae that allow them to connect to each other

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Transverse processes

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Two processes of bone that come off the side of each of your vertebrae

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Spinous process

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A process of bone that comes of the back of each of your vertebrae

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Thoracic cage

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A cage of bone formed by your sternum and 12 pairs of ribs

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Thoracic cavity

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A space in the chest area that contains the lungs and heart

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Costal cartilage

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Cartilage that is attached to ribs

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Articulates

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Forms a joint

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True ribs

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The first seven ribs

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False ribs

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The last five ribs

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Floating ribs

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The last two ribs; also considered a type of false rib

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External intercostals

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A set of muscles between the ribs that pull your ribs outward when you forcefully inhale

37
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Internal intercostals

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A set of muscles between the ribs that pull your ribs inward when you forcefully exhale

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Inhale

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breathe in

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exhale

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breathe out

40
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Humerus

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The largest bone of your upper arms

41
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radius and ulna

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The two bones of your forearms

42
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Carpals

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The bones in your wrists

43
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Metacarpals

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The bones which connect your wrist to your fingers

44
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Phalanges

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The bones of your fingers and toes

45
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Pelvic girdle

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The girdle of bone formed by your two pelvic bones and your sacrum

46
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Femur

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The largest bone in your thighs

47
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Tibia and fibula

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The two bones in your lower legs

48
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Patella

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The kneecap

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Tarsals

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Your ankle bones

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Metatarsals

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Bones of the forefeet

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