Quiz 3 Flashcards
What are the categories of osseous facets?
flat facets and rounded facets
What is the definition of an osseous fissure?
an irregular slit like or crack like appearance between the surfaces of adjacent bones
What are the categories of rounded osseous facets?
articular heads and articular condyles
What bones form the axial skeleton
the skull, hyoid, vertebral column, sternum, ribs
What is the name given to the adult skull minus the mandible?
the cranium
What are the names given to the top of the adult skull?
the calvaria or calva
What are the categories of bone forming the typical adult skull?
the neurocranium, the facial skeleton (splanchnocranium or visceral skeleton) and the auditory ossicles
What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult skull?
28 bones
What bones form the neuro-cranium of the typical adult skull?
the frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid, and ethmoid
How many bones form the typical adult neurocranium?
8 bones
How many bones form the facial skeleton (splanchocranium or visceral skeleton)?
14 bones
What is the name given to the pre-sacral region of the typical adult vertebral column or spinal column?
spine
What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult spine?
24 bones
How many bones are in the typical adult sternum?
1 bone
How many ribs are present in the typical adult skeleton?
12 pairs of 24 ribs
What regions are present along the typical adult sternum?
the manubrium sterni, the corpus sterni, and the xiphoid process
What term is used to identify the study of ligaments?
syndesmology
What are the three histological classifications of joints?
fibrous, cartilaginous and synovial fluid
The ligamentous sacro-illiac joints (or most ligamentous joints of the vertebral column) are examples of which joint classification?
syndesmosis
Name a primary example of a syndesmosis joint?
ligamentous sacro-iliac joint (most ligamentous joints of vertebral column)
What are examples of the a permanent (AMPHIRTHROSIS) synchondrosis?
costochondral joints or the first sternochondral joint
Which example of a (amphiarthrosis) symphysis is temporary?
symphysis menti
What are the characteristics of a (amphiarthrosis) symphysis?
limited motion, median plane location, support ligaments ant and post to the joint, more permanent in longevity than synchodrosis and they occur between bones developing by endochondral ossification
