Skeletal System Flashcards
Occipital bone
Foramen magnum
Occipital condyles
Saggital crest(spine)
Parietal bones
Temporal bones
External acoustic meatus
Zygomatic process
Tympanic bulla
Frontal bones
Turbinates
Incisive bones
Nasal bones
Maxillary bones
Palatine
Lacrimal (tear duct) bones
Zygomatic bones
Zygomatic process of temporal bone
Mandible
Mandibular symphysis
Body
Ramus
Coronoid process
Condyloid process
Angular process
Masseteric fossa
Scapula
Glenoid cavity
Spine (acromion process)
Acromion process
Neck
Subscapular fossa
Supraspinous fossa
Infraspinous fossa
Humerus
Head
Neck
Greater tubercle
Shaft/body
Lateral epicondyle
Medial epicondyle
Olecranon fossa
Trochlea
Capitulum
Ulna
Olecranon process
Trochlear notch
Anconeal process
Radial notch
Coronoid process
Shaft/body
Ulnar styloid process
Radius
Head
Neck
Shaft/body
Radial styloid process
Carpus
Metacarpals
Digits
Distal phalanx
Medial phalanx
Proximal phalanx
Sutures
Joints between skull bones (fused)
Bone functions
Support
Protection
Leverage
Storage=calcium
Blood cell formation- hematopoiesis
Bone structures
Cancellous- spongy bone
Compact-shaft of long bones& outside of all bones
Axial skeleton
Skull, hyoid bone, spinal column, ribs and sternum; all lie on or near median plane
Appendicular skeleton
Thoracic and pelvic limbs
Bone shapes
Long-femur
Short-cube like
Flat- ribs
Irregular-vertebra
Process
Prominence or projection on a bone
Articulate surface
Area where bones come in contacts/each other to form a joint
Articulate projections
Processes that are a part of the joint- smooth surfaces
Types of articulate projections
Head
Condyle
Trochlea
Facet
Non-articular projections
Usually rough irregular surfaces
Types of non-articular projections
Tuberosity
Tubercle
Trochanter
Epicondyle
Spine
Crest
Depressions
Can be articulate or non-articular
Types of depressions
Cavities
Notch
Facet
Fovea
Fossa
Foramen
Canal