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Skeletal System Flashcards

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Frontal Bone

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Forehead

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Nasal Bone

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Bridge of Nose

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Parietal Bone

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Side of head

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Occipital Bone

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Back of Skull

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Sphenoid Bone

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Temple and back of eye

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Temporal bone

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Bottom allow side of head. (Temporal lobe)

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Lacrimal Bone

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Side of Eye/Nose

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Zygomatic bone

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Cheeck

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Maxilla

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Under nose and allow top of mouth

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External Acoustic Meatus

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Ear

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Mandible

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Jaw, Under mouth

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Vomer

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In-between Nose

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Malleous

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Hammer, first part of the ear

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Incus

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Anvil, second part of the ear

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Stapes

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Stirrup, Last part of the ear, look like a stirrup.

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Tympanic Membrane

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Ear drum, before all the bones

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Sternum

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Middle of chest, hold ribs

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Manubrium

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Top of the sternum

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Body

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Middle of the sternum

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Xiphoid Process

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Last part of the sternum

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Vertebrosternal

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Attaches directly to sternum (top ribs)

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Vertebrochondral

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Attaches to sternum indirectly by cartilage (Middle ribs)

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Vertebral

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Don’t attach to the sternum, (floating ribs) (bottom)

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Cartilage that connects the Sternum and ribs

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Hyaline Cartilage

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Cervical

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Top of the Spine

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Thoracic

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Middle of the Spine

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Lumbar

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Bottom of the spine

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Sacrum

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Fuse bone at the bottom of the spine.

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Hyoid bone

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Below the mandible Does not attach to another bone, Tongue attaches to it,

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Coccyx

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Bellow the sacrum more fuse bones, (Tail bone)

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Centrum (body)

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Middle of the vertebrae

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Transverse Process

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Bone sticking out to the side of the vertebrae

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Spinous process

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Middle bone sticking out of a vertebrae.

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Vertebral Foramen

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Hole in the vertebrae.

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Atlas

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Supports the skull (nod yes)

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Axis

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Support (shake head no)

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Dens

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Bone fragment sticking out of the Axis.

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Phalanges

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Fingers, and toes (bottom)

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Metacarpals

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Bones in palm

40
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Carpals

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Wrist bones

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Humerus

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Large bone in Upper arm

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Radius

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Larger bone on thumb side of arm.

43
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Ulna

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Smaller bone on pinky side

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Metatarsals

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Bones in the top flat of your foot

45
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Tarsals

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Ankle bones

46
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Calcaneus

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Large bone bottom of your foot

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Talus

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Big bone on top of Calcaneus

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Hallux

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Big toe

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Scapula

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Shoulder blade

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Clavicale

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Caller bone

51
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Acromion

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Hold clavicle to scapula

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Glenoid Cavity

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Hole between humerus and scapula

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Illiac crest

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Crest of the pelvis (Hands on hips)

54
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Illium

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“Body” of the pelvis

55
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Pubis

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lower end of the pelvis

56
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Obturator foramen

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Hole in the pevis for blood vessels

57
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Ischium

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Very bottom of the pelvis (Different angles for male and female)

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Head Femur

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Ball of the femur

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Neck Femur

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Long part connecting the head of teh femur

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Greater Trochanter Femur

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Part of the “top” of the femur

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Lesser Trochanter

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Small bump on inside of the femur near the top.

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Patella surface

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Indent for knee

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Patella

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Knee cap

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Lateral condyle

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Swirls on end of the bone, both sides

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Lateral epicondyle

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Side of the femur

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Medial Epicondyle

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Middle of the femur.

67
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Tibia

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Larger bone in leg

68
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Fibula

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Smaller bone in lower leg

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Medial Malleoulus

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Points in the bone toward the middle of the leg (tibia)

70
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Lateral Malleoulus

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Point in the bone (fibula)

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Zygomatic Process

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Bridge between zygomatic bone and the temporal bone.

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Spine

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Down middle of back made up of vertebrae

73
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Femer

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Top of the leg, very strong thick bone

74
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Vertebrae

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Bones that make up the spine, split into sections
(26) (24 free, 2 fused)

75
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Sternum

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Bone in the middle of the chest

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Styloid process

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On Ulna and Radius it is the little hitch/bone fragment sticking out of the bone on the end.

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Olecranon Fossa

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A dip in the bone of the Humerus between the Lateral and Medial Epicondyle

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Coracoid Process

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Stick at the top of the Scapula

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Suprascapular Notch

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Notch between the spine and the Coracoid process

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Intercondylar Eminence

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Very top of the tibia a little stick.

81
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Trochlea

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At the end of the Humerus a sick in the middle of the huero=us

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Capitulum

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Notch at the end of the Humerus near the side. Opposite the medial epicondyle.

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Acromial End (feet)

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Part of the clavicle. On the end closest to the zig zag.

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Sternal end (facet)

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Flat end of the clavicle, opposite the acromial end.

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Tibia tuberosity

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Top of the tibia, right before the body.

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Pubic Symphisis

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Tiny bone at the very bottom of the sacrum, In between the Ischium

87
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Deltoid Tuberosity

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On the Humerus in the middle where the muscle connects.

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Olecranon Process

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Top part of the ulna (like the head)

89
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Ossicles

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All the ear bones

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Head of the Humerus

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Ball at the top of the Humerus

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Os Coxae

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The whole pelvis

92
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Acetabulum

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A crater, part of the hip joint, Femur sit in it.

Human Anatomy (14 decks)

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