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Skeletal System Flashcards

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Cranium

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Your skull

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Hematopoiesis

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The process of producing blood cells in the red bone marrow

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Frontal

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The bone that is anterior on your skull

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Parietal

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The bone that runs across the top of your skull

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Occipital

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The bone that is on the posterior portion of your skull

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Temporal

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The cranial bone that is located above your ears

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Mandible

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Your lower jaw bone

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Maxillae

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The top jaw bone

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Cervical vertebrae

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The vertebrae located within the cervical curve

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Thoracic vertebrae

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The vertebrae located in the thoracic curve

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Lumbar vertebrae

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The vertebrae located within the lumbar curve

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Sacral vertebrae

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The vertebrae located within the sacral curve

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Coccygeal vertebrae

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The bottom of the two vertebrae that is located in the sacral curve

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Sternum

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The breastbone

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Ribs

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The bones that cover your heart and Lungs

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Humerus

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The bone located at the very top of your arm

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Radius

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The rotating bone that is located by your thumb

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Ulna

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The arm bone that goes off of your pinky

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Carpals

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Wrist bones

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Metacarpals

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The bones located under your fingers and above your carpals

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Phalanges

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Fingers and toes

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Ilium

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The top bone of the pelvic girdle

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Ischium

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The middle bone of the pelvic girdle

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Pubis

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The lowest bone of the pelvic girdle

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Femur

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Your thigh bone

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Tibia

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Your shin bone

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Fibula

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The bone that is the smaller of the two leg bones

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Tarsals

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Ankle bones

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Metatarsals

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The bones located above the toes and under the carpals

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Articulation

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A joint where two or more bones are meeting up

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Ligaments

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Connective tissue that holds things together

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Fracture

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A break in a bone

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Scoliosis

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A disease where your back is malformed.

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Osteoarthritis

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The breakdown and loss of cartilage in the joints

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Sprain

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The stretching and tearing of ligaments

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Calcaneus

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The heel bone

Intro to Health Sciences (10 decks)

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