Skeletal System Flashcards
Axial Skeleton
Made up of eighty bones
Appendicular skeleton
Comprises the upper and lower extremities
Compact bone
Denser bone tissue
Spongy bone
Pieces of bone that look like a honeycomb
Long bones
Has shaft and two ends
Short bones
Shaped roughly like a cube
Flat bones
Two thin layers of bone with spongy bone in between
Irregular bones
Vary in shape and structure, it’s miscellaneous.
Diaphysis
Shaft of a bone
Periosteum
Fibrous sheath that covers bones
Epiphyseal line
Epiphyseal plate that has become rigid
Hematoma
Pool of clotted blood
Cranium
Bones that form the head
Occipital bone
Most posterior and cranial bone
Vertebral column
Spinal column
Vertebrae
Back bones
Intervertebral discs
Cushion of fibrocartilage
Cervical vertebrae
Seven vertebrae
Thoracic vertebrae
Twelve vertebrae
Lumbar vertebrae
Five movable vertebrae
Sacrum
Base of the lumbar vertebrae
Coccyx
Triangular bone at the base of the spinal column
Sternum
Long bone that forms the center of the chest
Ribs
Series of slender curved bones
Clavicle
Slightly curved bone that connects arm to the body
Scapulae
Shoulder blade
Humerus
Upper arm bone
Ulna
In conjunction to the radius
Radius
One of the long bones that make up the antebrachium
Carpal bones
Bones of the wrist
Femur
Upper leg bone
Pelvic girdle
Ring-like bone that is located in the lower part of the trunk
Tibia
Thicker lower leg bone
Fibula
Thinner lower leg bone
