Lesson 5, Chapter 3 Flashcards
Axial Skeleton
The part of the skeleton that consists of the bones that support your head, neck, and trunk
Appendicular skeleton
The part of your skeleton that consists of your upper limbs, lower limbs, pectoral girdle, and pelvis
Pectoral Girdle
The girdle of bones that is composed of your clavicles and your scapulae
Clavicles
Your collarbones
Scapulae
Your sholderblades
Frontal bone, parietal bones, temporal bones, occipital bones
The bones that cover the lobes of your brain
Maxilla and mandible
The bones that form your jaw
Zygomatic bones
The bones that form your cheekbones
Orbits
Your eye sockets
The sphenoid, lacrimal and ethmoid bones
Three bones that help you form your orbits (eye sockets)
Nasal bone
The bone that connects the external structure of your nose to your skull
Vomer bone
The bone that divides your nasal cavity into two separate spaces
Palatine bone
The bone that forms the hard palate of the roof of your mouth
Zygomatic arches
Arches of bone which connect your zygomatic bones to your temporal bones
Paranasal sinus cavities
Spaces in the bones of your skull that reduce its weight and act as resonating chambers for your voice
Vertebral column
The column of vertebrae that form your spine and protect your spinal cord
cervical vertebrae
The five vertebrae in your neck
Thoratic vertebrae
The twelve vertebrae in your trunk area
Lumbar vertebrae
The five vertebrae in your lower back
Sacrum
The large bone just below your lumbar vertebrae
coccyx
the small bone at the end of your vertebrae column
Vertebral body
the thickest part of each vertebra
certebral foramen
The hole in each vertebra which your spinal cord passes through
intervertebral discs
Discs of cartilage which separate your vertabrae from each other
