Skeletal System Flashcards
What are the bones in the axial skeleton?
- skull
- hyoid bone
- vertebral column
- Thoracic cage (ribs and sternum)
What are the bones in the appendicular skeleton?
- pectoral girdle
- pelvic girdle
- upper limb (arm, forearm, hand)
- Lower limb (thigh, leg, foot)
Name the 8 bones of the cranium.
- frontal
- left parietal
- right parietal
- right temporal
- left temporal
- Ethmoid
- Sphenoid
- Occipital
Name the 14 facial bones.
- Mandible
- right nasal
- left nasal
- right inferior nasal conchae
- left inferior nasal conchae
- left zygomatic
- right zygomatic
- right maxillae
- left maxillae
- left palatine
- right palatine
- right lacrimal
- left lacrimal
- vomer
Name the 3 auditory bones.
- Stapes
- Malleus
- Incus
Name the five sections of the vertebral column.
- cervical (7)
- Thoracic (12)
- Lumbar (5)
- Sacrum
- Coccyx
C1 and C2 are atypical vertebrae, what are their names?
C1 = atlas
- no body or spinous process, articulates with occipital condyles of the skull
- allows for nodding motion
C2 = Axis
- dens (odontoid process), pivot joint allows for swivel
- allows for shaking of the head
What are the two curvatures of the spinal column?
- Cervical and lumbar
- curved convex anteriorly and concave posteriorly - Thoracic and sacral
- curved convex posteriorly and concave anteriorly
What are the three abnormal curvatures of the spine?
- Scoliosis
- Kyphosis - exaggerated thoracic curve
- Lordosis - exaggerated lumbar curve
Name the three parts of the sternum.
- Manubrium
- body.
- Xiphoid process
Which ribs are considered to be false? As they are not attached to the sternum directly or by cartilage.
Ribs 11 and 12
Name the parts of the pectoral girdle.
- clavicle - articulates with the scapula at the acromion process and the sternum at the manubrium
- scapula - glenoid fossa articulates with the humerus and the coracoid process is where many muscles for the arm and chest connect
Name the parts of the pelvic girdle
- ilium - articulates with the sacrum
- ischium - most inferior part - ischial tuberosity
- pubis - left and right joined by the pubic symphysis
- Acetabulum - articulates with the head of the femur
Name the bones of the upper limb.
- humerus
- radius
- ulna
- carpals (8)
- metacarpals (5)
- Phalanges (14)
Name the bones of the lower limb.
- femur
- patella
- tibia (medial)
- fibula (lateral)
- tarsals (7)
- talus articulates with the tibia
- calcaneus is the heel bone - metatarsals (5)
- phalanges (14)