Unit 1 Axial Skeleton Flashcards
1
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Skull Neurocranium Bones
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- Frontal
- Occipital
- Parietal
- Sphenoid
- Temporal
2
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Foramen Magnum
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- Opening in occipital bone
- Spinal cord comes through
3
Q
Temporal Bone
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- Internal auditory meatus
4
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Sphenoid Bone
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- Stella turcica
- Lesser wing
- Greater wing
5
Q
Coronal Suture
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- Between frontal & parietal bones
6
Q
Sagittal Suture
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- Separates left & right parietal bones
7
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Lambdoid Suture
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- Between occipital & parietal bones
8
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Squamoid Suture
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- Between temporal & parietal bones
9
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Fontanelles
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- Posterior
- Posterolateral
- Anterior
- Anterolateral
10
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Fontanelle Development
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- Fuse overtime
- Flexibility in fetus cranium
11
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Anterior Fontanelle
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- Replaced by coronal suture
12
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Anterolateral Fontanelle
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- Extends into posterior & posterolateral
13
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Skull Viscerocranium Bones
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- Ethmoid
- Inferior Nasal Concha
- Lacrimal
- Zygomatic
- Vomer
- Maxilla
- Nasal
- Palatine
14
Q
Nasal Bone
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- Nose bridge
15
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Zygomatic Bone
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- Cheek bone
16
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Maxilla Bone
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- Above top teeth
- Edges of nose
- Forms most of hard palate
17
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Lacrimal Bone
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- Interior eye corner
18
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Lacrimal Gland
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- Produces tears
- Next to lacrimal bone
19
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Ethmoid Bone
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- Posterior to lacrimal bone
- Extends back into nose
20
Q
Vomer Bone
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- Base of nose
21
Q
Palatine
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- Replaces maxilla at back of nose
22
Q
Inferior Nasal Concha
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- Within nose
23
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Spine Contents
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- 24 Vertebrae
- 1 sacrum
- 1 coccyx (tailbone)
24
Q
Vertebrae Breakdown
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- 7 cervical (top)
- 12 thoracic (middle)
- 5 lumbar (base)
- 5 fused (sacrum)
25
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Newborn Spine
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- Kyphotic spine
- One curve from cranium to sacrum