Skeletal Structure Flashcards
2 parts of skeleton
Axial
Appendicular
5 parts of Axial skeleton
Skull inner ear ossicles hyoid chest (thoracic cage) vertebral column
primary purpose of axial skeleton
to protect body’s most vital organs
No of bones in axial skeleton
80
3 bones in inner ear ossicles
hammer, stirrup, anvil
How many times does Hyoid move in a lifetime
1 x girls - babies suckle/breathe same time until 3 month
2 x boys - puberty, voice drops
The skull forms what 2 structure?
Cranium
face
Skull bones are joined with -
sutures
What do sinuses do
lighten bones
immunity
linked to nose
resonate voice
What are the soft spots in a baby’s skull
fontanelles
purpose of fontanelles
head fits trough birth canal
when do fontanelles ossify
12-18 months old
what treatment recommend to all new babies
cranial sacral
dipping fontanelle can indicate
dehydration (unless normal)
bulging fontanelle indicates
meningitis
tumour
etc etc
Vertebral column split into 5 parts -
Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacrum Coccyx
How many cervical vertebrae
7
how many thoracic vertebrae
12
how many lumbar vertabrae
5
function of vertebral column
protects spinal cord
movement
supports skull
axis of trunk
What are C1 and C2 known as -
c1 - atlas
c2 axis with raised ‘dent’ for atlas to sit on
how many intervertebral discs in column
24
which part of vertebral column has no discs
sacrum
how to intervertebral discs change shape along spine?
progressively thicker at bottom