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skeletal system Flashcards

1
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what is the rib order from top to bottom

A

true
false
floating

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2
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How many true ribs are there

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7

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3
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How many false ribs are there

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3

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4
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how many floating ribs are there

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2

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5
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what are the ends that connect the ribs to the sternum called

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costal cartilage

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6
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what is the nose cavity called

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vomer

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7
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what is the list of vertebrae from top to bottom

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cervical
thoracic
lumbar
sacral

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8
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what is the girdle of the pelvis called

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illium

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9
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what is the middle (bladder) part of the pelvis called

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sacrum

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10
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what is the little tail end of the sacrum called

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coccyx

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11
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what is the inside bone to the lower arm

A

ulna

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12
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what is the largest bone in the body

A

femur

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13
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what is the inside bone of the lower leg called

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tibia

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14
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what is the upper arm called

A

humerus

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15
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what is the heel bone called

A

calcaneous

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16
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what is the axial skelton

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bones of skull, thorax, and vertebral column

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17
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what is the appendicular skeleton

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bones of the limbs, pectoral and pelvis girdle,

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18
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what type of bones are legs, arms, palms, fingers and toes)

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long

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19
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what type of bones are wrist and ankles

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short

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20
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what type of bones are roof of

the skull, sternum, ribs, scapulae

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flat

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21
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what type of bones are spinal vertebrae, pelvis, several skull bones such as the zygomatic bone)

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irregular

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22
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what type of bones is the patella

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sesamoid

23
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ossification/osteogenisis

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when cartilage is replaced by bone

24
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immature bone cells

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osteoblasts

25
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bone destroying bone cells

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osteoclasts

26
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mature cells

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osteocytes

27
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tissue surronding the bone

A

periosteum

28
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compact/cortical bone

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bone that makes up diphysis walls

29
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the epiphysis is made of

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spongy bone

30
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what is the function of red bone marrow

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where bllod cells & platelets are created

31
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yellow blood cell function

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contains lipids

32
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membrane within the bone that aligns the medullary cavity

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endosteum

33
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expanded area at the end of the bone

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epiphysis

34
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shaft of long bone

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diaphysis

35
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tissue that covers ends of bones where joints form

A

articular cartilage

36
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area of the bone that contains marrow

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medullary canal

37
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is the scapula axial or appen

A

axial

38
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what are facial bones

A

irregular

39
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when do primary curves come in and what are they

A

before birth, thoracic and sacral

40
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when do secondary curves come in and what are they

A

after birth, cervical and lumbar

41
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whats the importance of secondary curves

A

allow us to balance body weight

42
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what type of joint connects bones and doesnt move

A

synarosis

43
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what type of joint has little movement, connected by carilage

A

amphiathrosis

44
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which joint is freely movable, widest ROM

A

diarthrosis

45
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what do tendons to

A

move the bone

46
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what does a ligament do

A

attatch bone to bone

47
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which ribs dont articulate with the sternum

A

false ribs

48
Q

what is a lateral curvuture in the spine called

A

scoliosis

49
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what is it called when the spine has a humb,

A

kyphosis

50
Q

what is the most common bone cancer called

A

osteosarcoma

51
Q

what is the deformity of the foot called

A

clubfoot

52
Q

busitis

A

inflamatio of the bursa

53
Q

chondromalacia

A

softening of cartilage

54
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myeloma

A

bone marrow tumor

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