Skeletal System Flashcards
Name the functions of the skeleton
- Support
- Movement
- Protection
- Muscle Attachment
- Blood Production
Name the bones in the axial skeleton
- Skull
- Spine
- Ribs
- Sternum
- Sacrum
- Coccyx
Name the bones in the appendicular skeleton
- Clavicle
- Scapula
- Arms
- Hands
- Pelvis
- Legs
- Feet
What two parts is the skull made of?
The cranium and the mandible.
Name the bones in the skull
- Frontal
- Nasal
- Maxilla
- Mandible
- Zygomatic
- Sphenoid
- Temporal
- Occipital
- Parietal
Name the sutures in the skull
- Coronal
- Sphenofrontal
- Sphenoparietal
- Sphenosquamosal
- Squamosal
- Lambdoid
- Sagittal
Name the three type of vertebrae bones
- Cervical
- Thoracic
- Lumbar
Vertebrae - CERVICAL
Triangular in shape.
7 in total (5 standard and 2 specialised).
Specialised called atlas and axis.
Vertebrae - THORACIC
Only one with rib facets.
12 in total.
Vertebrae - LUMBAR
Largest of the vertebrae.
5 in total.
Sacrum and Coccyx
Joins the axial and appendicular skeleton. Can be very different from one person to another.
Sternum
Joins the ribs at the front of the body.
Ribs
12 pairs.
1st rib looks very different.
Ribs 11 and 12 don’t join at the front.
Provide protection for vital organs.
Radius
On the thumb side of the arm.
Top looks like a bottle top.
Ulna
Opposite side of radius. ‘U - shaped’.
Bones in the hand
- Carpals
- Metacarpals
- Phalanges (proximal, intermediate, distal)
Specific bones in the hand (ACRONYM)
Some - Scaphoid Lovers - Lunate Try - Triquetral Positions - Pisiform That - Trapezium They - Trapezoid Can't - Capitate Handle - Hamate
Pelvis
Singular - Os Coxa
Plural - Ossa Coxae
Made up of - Illium, Ischium and Pubis
Tibia
Bigger bone in the leg. On the inside of the leg.
Fibular
Smaller bone in the leg. On the outside of the leg.
Bones in the feet
- Tarsals
- Metatarsals
- Phalanges (proximal, intermediate and distal)
Specific bones in the feet
Calcaneus (heel bone)
Talus (above the heel bone)
