Topic 8 Skeletal System: Organization of Vertebrate System Flashcards
1
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- Basic framework of the skeleton that includes the skull, vertebral column, and rib cage
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Axial Skeleton
2
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- Bones of appendages, pectoral and pelvic girdles, and everything else that isn’t in axial skeleton
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Appendicular Skeleton
3
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- Structures
- Moveable Joints
- Others
- Disorders
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Bone Organization
4
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- immoveable joins that hold together the bones of the skull
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Structures
5
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- bones that move relative to each other
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Moveable Joints
6
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- Ligaments
- Tendons
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Types of Moveable Joints
7
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- bone to bone connectors that strengthen joints (the ACL ligament connects the femur to tibia and limits rotation)
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Ligaments
8
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- dense connective tissue that connect muscle to bone and bend skeleton at moveable joints
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Tendons
9
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- The joint at the shoulder is a ball and socket joint (movement in all planes), and the knee is a hinge joint (movement in one plane only)
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Note
10
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- point of attachment of muscle to stationary bone
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Origin
11
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- point of attachment of muscle to bone that moves
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Insertion
12
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- straightening of joint
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Extension
13
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- bending of joint
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Flexion
14
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- opening in bone that allows for passage of nerves (foramen magnum in skull allows for the passage for spinal cord)
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Foramen
15
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- Osteoarthritis
- Rheumatoid arthritis
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Types of Disorders
