The axial and appendicular skeleton

Question 1

What are the functions of the skeleton?

Answer 1

• Support
• Protection of organs
• Facilitates movement
• Storage of minerals

Question 2

What are the functions of the skull?

Answer 2

• Protects the brain
• Shapes your face
• Strongly associated with identity

Question 3

List the 8 cranial bones.

Acronym.

Answer 3

-Frontal
-Parietal(2)
-Sphenoid
-Temporal(2)
-Occipital
-Ethmoid
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Question 4

List the 14 facial bones.

Answer 4

-Vomer
-Maxilla(2)
-Mandible
-Nasal(2)
-Palatine(2)
-Lacrimal(2)
-Zygomatic(2)
-Inferior nasal concha(2)
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Question 5

What are the functions of the vertebral column?

Answer 5

Protects the spinal cord and spinal nerves.
Carrying the superior portion of the body.
Allows the body to resist gravity.
Absorbs shock through curves and vertebral discs.

Question 6

List the 33 bones of the back

Answer 6

• Cervical(7)
• Thoracic(12)
• Lumbar(5)
• Sacral(5) - Fuses to 1 by 25 years old
• Coccygeal(4) - Fuses to 1

Question 7

What are the curvatures of the spine and at what age do they first develop?

Answer 7

• Cervical lordosis - Begins at three months old when babies lift their heads
• Thoracic kyphosis
• Lumbar Lordosis - Begins when babies begin to learn to stand

Question 8

Describe the typical vertebral parts.

Answer 8

Refer to one note

Question 9

Describe a type of spinal implant and the condition it is used to treat.

Answer 9

Scoliosis correction - Lateral allignment

Question 10

What shape is the scapula? How many fossa does it have?

Answer 10

Triangle

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Question 11

Which two structures meet at the shoulder joint?
What prevents friction at this joint?
What type of joint is the shoulder?
What happens in patients with arthritis of the shoulder?
Name two types of prosthetic shoulder joints?

Answer 11

The glenoid cavity and the head of the humerus are covered in cartilage that prevents friction at the shoulder joint.
Ball and socket
There is no space between the glenoid cavity and the head of the humerus.
Total shoulder replacement. Reverse shoulder replacement

Question 12

List the parts of the elbow joint.

Answer 12

Humerus: Capitulum and Trochlea
Proximal radius bone (Head and neck)
Proximal ulna bone (Olecranon and Coronoid process)

Question 13

List the bones of the wrist. Acronym.

Answer 13

-Scaphold
-Lunate
-Triquertrum
-Pisiform
-Hamate
-Capitate
-Trapezoid
-Trapezium
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Question 14

Prosthetic joint for elbow?

Answer 14

Humero-Ulnar articulation

Question 15

What type of joint is the wrist?

Answer 15

Biaxial, ellipsoid-type joint

Question 16

List the bones of the lower limb (excluding ankle and foot)

Answer 16

• Hip(2)
• Femur(2)
• Patella(2)
• Tibia(2)
• Fibula(2)

Question 17

Describe the parts of the Hip and Pelvis

Answer 17

Ilium, pubis and Ischium form the pelvic bone.

Sacrum - Upper, back part of the pelvic cavity

Question 18

What type of joint is the hip joint?

Answer 18

Ball and socket

Question 19

What two structures meet at the hip joint?

What lubricates the joint?

Answer 19

The acetabulum and the femoral head

The synovial membrane

Question 20

Name two types of prosthetic hip joints?

Answer 20

Hemiathroplasty

Total hip replacement

Question 21

What type of joint is the knee joint?

Answer 21

Hindge

Question 22

What three structures meet at the knee joint?

Answer 22

Femoral condyles, medial and lateral tibial plateau and intercondylar eminence

Question 23

Name types of knee deformities

Answer 23

Genu varum/Genu Valgum

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Question 24

List the bones of the foot.

Acronym.

Answer 24

-Talus
-Calcaneus
-Navicular
-Medial, Intermediate, Lateral Cuneiforms
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Question 25

List bones beyond midfoot

Answer 25

• Metatarsals(5)

- Phalanges(14)(Each toe has three except innermost which has two)