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Skeletal system Flashcards

1
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What are the two types of bone marrow?

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Red and Yellow bone marrow

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2
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What are the three types of cartilage?

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Cartilage, Articular cartilage, Meniscus

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3
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What are the three types of joints?

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Sutures, Symphysis, Synovial

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4
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How mamy bones does the human skeleton have in total?

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206 bones

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5
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How many axial bones and appendicular bones does the human body have?

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80 axial bones, 126 appendicular bones

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6
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Frontal bone

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forms the forehead

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7
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Parietal bone

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Forms most of the top and sides of skull

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Occipital bone

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forms back of skull

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9
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Temperal

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forms sides and base of skull

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Sphenoid bone

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forms floor of skull and lower parts of eye socket

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11
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Ethmoid

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Forms the nose, orbits of the eye sockets, and floor of skull

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12
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External auditory meatus

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opening to the external ear in the temporal bone

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13
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Zygomatic

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Cheek bones

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14
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Maxillary

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upper jaw bone

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15
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Palantine

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forms the roof of your mouth

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16
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Lacrimal

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inner aspects of the eye (tear ducts and glands)

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17
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Vomer

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forms base of nasal septum

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18
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Mandible

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lower jaw and only moveable structure of the skull

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19
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Hyoid

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U shaped/V shaped bone located in the soft tissue of the lower jaw

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20
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Thoracic cavity

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Rib cage

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21
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Rib bones

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12 pairs
7 “true” ribs attached to sternum
3 “false” ribs attached to sternum by cartilage
2 floating ribs

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22
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Sternum

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breast bone, front portion of rib cage

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23
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Pectoral Girdle

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shoulders

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24
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Clavicle

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collar bone

25
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Scapula

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shoulder blade

26
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Acromion

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high point to the shoulder

27
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Humerus

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Long upper arm bone

28
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Radius

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forearm bone that runs up the side of the thumb

29
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Ulna

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Larger bones of the forearm, forms elbow

30
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Olecranon Process

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funny bone, large projection from the ulna

31
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Carpals

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wrist bones

32
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metacarpal

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forms structure of the hand

33
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phalanges

34
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distal

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outer most from the body

35
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medial

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middle portion

36
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proximal

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closest to the body

37
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spinal column

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26 vertebrae
7 cervical
12 thoracic
5 lumbar

38
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Intervertebral Disks

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found between vertebrae, shock absorber

39
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Sacrum

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traingle shaped structure forming posterier side of pelvic area

40
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Coccyx

41
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ilium

42
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sacroiliac

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provides slight movement between sacrum and ilium

43
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ischium

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lowest part of pelvic girdle (pelvic area)

44
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Pubis

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anterior portion of pelvic area

45
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pubic symphysis

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cartilage joints of pelvic area

46
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acetabulum

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hollow socket, allows head of femur into the hip socket

47
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Femur

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Upper leg bone, largest in the body

48
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Patella

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boney anterior of the kneecap

49
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Popliteal

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posterior surface of the knee

50
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Anterior Cruciate Ligament

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ACL, ligament area in the knee

51
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Tibia

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large weight bearing bone of lower leg

52
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Fibula

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thin, non-weight bearing lower leg bone

53
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Tarsel

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bones that make up the ankle

54
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Malleolus

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round bump on each side of ankle

55
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Talus

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articlulates with tibia and fibula

56
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Calcaneus

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Clac, the heel

57
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Metatarsals

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bones of the feet

58
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lower phalanges

MA 1100 (7 decks)

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