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The Axial Skeleton Ch 3 Flashcards

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Axial Skeleton

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The framework of the body that includes the skull, auditory ossicles, hyoid bones, vertebral column, ribs and sternum

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Appendicular Skeleton

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The framework of the body that consists of the extremities, shoulder, and pelvic girdle

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Append

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Add or hang

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Cranium

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The portion of the skull that encloses the brain

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Frontal

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Forms the front of the cranial cavity or “front” or cranial portion of the skull

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Parietal

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Paired bones that form the roof of the caudal cranial cavity

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Occipital (Ohck-sihp-ih-tahl)

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Forms the caudal aspect of the cranial where the foramen magnum, or the opening for the spinal cord, is located

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Foramen

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An opening in bone through which tissue passes

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Magnum

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means large

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Temporal

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Paired bone that form the sides and base of the cranium

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Sphenoid

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Paired bones that form part of the base of the skull and parts of the floor and sides of the bony eye socket

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Ethmoid

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Forms the rostral part of the cranial cavity

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Incisive

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Forms the rostral part of the hard palate and lower edge of nares

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Ptergoid (tahr-ih-goyd)

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Forms the lateral wall of the nasopharynx

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Zygomatic

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Forms the orbit and cheekbone; projections from the temporal and zygomatic bone form the zygomatic arch (cheekbone)

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Zygomatic Arch

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The cheekbone

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Maxilla

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Forms the upper jaw

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Mandible

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Forms the lower jaw

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Palatine

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Forms part of the hard palate

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Lacrimal

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Forms the medial part of the orbit

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Nasal

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Forms the bridge of the nose

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Vomer

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Forms the base of the nasal septum

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Nasal Septum

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The cartilaginous structure that divides the two nasal cavities

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Hyoid

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Bone suspended between the mandible and the laryngopharynx

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Vertabral Column (spinal column or backbone)

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Supports the head and body and protects the spinal cord

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Vertebra (plural vertebrae)

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Individual bones that the vertabral column consists of

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Vertebr/o or spondyl/o (combining form)

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Vertebra (plural vertebrae)

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The ‘body’ of the vertebra

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The solid portion ventral to the spinal cord

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The ‘arch’ of the vertebra

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The dorsal part of the vertebra that surrounds the spinal cord

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The lamina (lahm-ih-nah)

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The left or right dorsal half of the arch. Processes project from the vertebra

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Process

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Projection

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Spinous Process

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A single projection from the dorsal part of the vertebral arch

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Transverse Processes

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Project laterally from the right and left sides of the vertebral arch

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Articular Process

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Paired cranial and caudal projections located on the dorsum of the vertebral arch

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Foramen

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Means Opening

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Vertebral Foramen

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The opening in the middle of the vertebra through which the spinal cord passes

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Intervertebral discs

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Cartilage discs that cushion and separate the vertebrae from each other

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Disc/o (combining form)

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‘Cervical Vertebral region’

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Neck area ‘C’ of the vertebra

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‘Thoracic Vertebral region’

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Chest area ‘T’ of the vertebra

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‘Lumbar Vertebral region’

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Loin area ‘L’ of the vertebra

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‘Sacral Vertebral region’

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Sacrum area ‘S’ of the vertebra

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‘Coccygeal (also known as caudal) Vertebral region’

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Tail area ‘Cy’ or ‘Cd’

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Atlas

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C1 or Cervical vertebra one - the first vertebra

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Axis

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C2 or Cervical vertebra two - the first vertebra

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Ribs

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Paired bones that attach to the thoracic vertebrae

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Cost/o (combining form)

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Costals

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Sternum

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(Breastbone) Forms the midline ventral portion of the rib cage (Divided into 3 parts)

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Manubrium (mah-nu-bre-uhm)

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The cranial portion of the sternum

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The ‘body’ of the sternum

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The middle portion

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Xiphoid Process

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The caudal portion of the sternum

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Thoratic Cavity (rib cage)

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Protects the heart and lungs. Boundaries made up of the ribs, sternum and thoracic vertebrae

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