Skeletal System Flashcards
Joint capsule
Fibrous sac that holds bone ends together
Articuler cartilage
Thin layer of cartilage in moving joints
Ball and socket
Allows rotation and bending
Hinge joints
Motion restricted to flexion and extension
Skull
28 bones
4 main cranial bones and where they are
Frontal, at the front
Temporal, at the temple
Parietal, top of head and side above temporal
Occipital, most posterior
Base of cranium passageway for spinal cord
Foramen magnum
Maxillae
Upper jawbone
Mandible
Lower jaw bone
Cheek bones
Zygotes
Eye socket bone
Orbit
Spinal column
33 vertebrae
Cervical spine
C1-c7
Thoracic spine
T1-t12
Lumbar spine
L1-5
Sacrum
S1-5
Coccyx
Last 4 all fused tailbone
Thorax
Chest, contains heart lungs esophagus and great vessels formed by 12 thoracic vertebrae and the 12 ribs
Midline chest bone (breastbone)
Sternum
Uppermost section of sternum
Maubrium
Largest sternum section
Sternum body
Inferior tip of sternum
Xiphoïde process
Shoulder girdle
Clavicle scapula ax joint
Biggest arm bone
Humerus
Lateral arm bone
Radius
Medial arm bone
Ulna
Bones of the wrist
Carpals
Palm bones
Metacarpals
Finger/ toe bones
Phalanges
Pelvic girdle
Coxae sacrum coccyx
Fox’s includes
Ilium ischium pubis
Hip joint
Acetabulum
Longest leg bone
Femur
Kneecap bone
Patella
Shinbone
Tibia
Smaller leg bone
Fibula
Ankle and foot bones
Tarsals metatarsals phalanges calva us talus
Heel bone
Calcaneus