Skeletal System Flashcards
C1
Atlas
C2
Axis
Number of Ribs
12 Pairs
Number of Floating ribs
2 Pairs
Bone that is bellow the temporal bone and behind eye orbits (resembles bat wings)
Sphenoid Bone
Bone that is behind the nasal cavity
Ethmoid Bone
Bone at the end of the nasal septum
Vomer
Suture separating the occipital and parietal bones
Lambdoid Suture
Suture separating the parietal and temporal bones
Squamous Suture
Suture separating the Parietal and frontal bones
Coronal Suture
Suture separating the two parietal bones
Sagittal Suture
Bone just above the larynx and below the mandible, only bone not forming a joint with another bone. Suspended by ligaments of the styloid process of the temporal bone
Hyoid Bone
Number of Cervical Vertebrae
7
Number of Thoracic Vertebrae
12
Number of Lumbar Vertebrae
5
Total number of vertebrae
24
Another name for an open fracture
Compound Fracture
Another name for a closed fracture
Simple Fracture
Mastoiditis
Inflammation between air spaces within mastoid portion of the temporal bone. (behind the ear)
Chronic Otitis Media may lead to this
Mastoiditis
Otitis Media
Middle ear infection
Sway back (lumbar region curves in back to push in and stomach push out)
Lordosis
Hunchback (increased roundness in the thoracic curvature)
Kyphosis
Side to Side curvature of the spine
Scoliosis
Scheuermann Disease
Kyphosis that develops in children at puberty
Milwaukee Brace is is used to treat what?
Scoliosis
Craniosynostosis
Incomplete closing of sutures of the skull
