The Dinosaur Skeleton Flashcards

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Compression

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Pushing together an example is gravity

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Vertebrate skeleton

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A compromised structure because of the need for support versus the need for movement

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Tension

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Pulling apart an example is hanging

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Shear

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Causes layers or parts to slide up on each other in opposite directions

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Bone

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Composite composed of collagen and hydroxyapatite it’s best at resisting compression

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Joints

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Determine limits of movement

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Cartilage

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Light flexible covers joints

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Muscles

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Attached to the bone

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Tendons

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Transfer muscle to a small attachment point

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Ligament

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Attach bones to bones strap like

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Sclerotic bones

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Ring in eyeball, preserves shape under pressure

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Dermal scutes

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Bones floating in skin

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Holes in the skull

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Nares, mandibular fenestra, antorbital fenestra, orbit, supratemporal fenestra, infratemporal fenestra

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Types of vertebra

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Cervical, dorsal, sacrum (fused), caudal

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14
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Parts of a vertebra

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Neural spine, transverse processes, neural canal, centrum, haemal arch (chevron)

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Pectoral girdle

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Scapula, coracoid

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Pelvic girdle

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Ilium, ischium, pubis, acetabulum

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Front legs

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Humerus, ulna(elbow), radius, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges

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Hind legs

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Femur, fibula (back), tibia (shin), tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges