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Skeletal system Flashcards

1
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Coxae

A

Hip

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Os

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Bone

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2
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Inter

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Between

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3
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What are the functions of a skeleton

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Protects soft tissues, bears weight and acts as a lever to facilitate movement

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4
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What is the axial skeleton

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Brain, spine chord, ribs

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5
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What is the appendicular skeleton

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everything else (including hips)

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6
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What is a ligament

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Join bones together

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7
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What is a tendon

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Joins skeletal muscle to bone

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8
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What are bone features

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Partsof a bone

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9
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What is an articulating surface

A

Ligament surface

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10
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What is a malleolus

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Anklebone

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11
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What are the boundaries of the thoracic cavity

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ribs

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12
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what is the scapula

A

shoulder bone

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13
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what is the clavicle

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collarbone

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14
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What is the os coxae and what bones are fused together to form it

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hip bones - lilium, ischium and pubus fused together to form the hip bone

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15
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What is the humerous

A

The arm bone

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16
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what is the radius

A

froearm bone

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17
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What is the ulna

A

forearm bone

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18
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What are the carpals

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palm bones

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19
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What are metacarples

A

lower finger bones

20
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What are the phalanges

A

upper finger bones

21
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What is the femur

A

thighbone

22
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What is the patella

A

the weird knee bone

23
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what is the fibula and tibia

A

lower leg bones

24
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What are the metatarsals

A

Lower toe bones

25
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What are the phalanges

A

Upper toe bones

26
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What are the factors affecting stability

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Mobility, size, muscle points of attachment and ligament attachment (more ligament = more stability)

27
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What is a multiaxial diarthrotic joint

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can move in multiple planes and is freely movable

28
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Whereis the sacroilliac joint

A

between the sacrum and illium

29
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What is the amphiarthrotic joint

A

limited movement

30
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What is the acetabulum

A

junction between three bones

31
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What is common with all vertebrates

A

Has a backbone

32
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Why is the spinal chord so protected

A

because the spinal chord is part of the CNS

33
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What is a face that are the difference between superior and inferior vertebrae

A

Small
C1 - C6 have transverse axis to protect the brain blood supply

34
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What are the thoracis vertebra

A

Long spinous process

35
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What is a spinal process

A

pointy thing on the vertebra

36
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What is the lumbar vertebra

A

short process, big and heavy

37
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What are sacral bones

A

fused vertebra

38
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What are the structure of bones

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Compact outside vs spiny inside

39
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What happens when bone stops growing

A

Plate turns into a line

40
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What are compact bones made of

A

Central canal with centrixes around it

41
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Why do compact bones have a multitude of shapes

A

For strength meaning there are no lines of stress

42
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What is a lacuna

A

space with an osteocyte in it (bone cell)

43
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What is the spongy bone made of

A

Matrix where marrow resides

44
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What are osteoblasts

A

Builds bones

45
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What are osteocytes

A

Function as a bone cell

46
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What are osteoclasts

A

Destroy bones via bone resportion

47
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What is a tubercle

A

Bone feature that attaches tendons/muscles

Biomedicine Specialised Core Subjects (20 decks)

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