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Vocab Flashcards

1
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Axial Skeleton

A

The skull and spine

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Appendicular Skeleton

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The rest of the skeleton

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Compact bone

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Dense, smooth bone

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Spongy bone

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small, needle like pieces of bone with lots of open space

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5
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Long Bones

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Bones that are longer then they are wide (Limbs)

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Short Bones

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Cube shaped and contain mostly spongy bone (Wrist and ankle)

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7
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Flat bones

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Thin, flattened and curved (Ribs)

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Irregular bones

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Do not fit into any other categories (hip and vertebrae)

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Diaphysis

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The shaft of a bone

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Periosteum

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fibrous connective tissue protecting the Diaphysis

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Epiphyseal line

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Thin line of bony tissue

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12
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Comminuted fracture

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Bone breaks into many fragments

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Compression fracture

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Bone is crushed

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14
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Depressed fracture

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Broken bone portion is pressed inward

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Impacted fracture

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Broken bone ends are forced into each other

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16
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Spiral fracture

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Ragged break caused by twisting forces

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17
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Greenstick fracture

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Bone breaks incompletely

18
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Hematoma

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Blood filled swelling when a bone breaks

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Cranium

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Your skull which is made up of 8 bones

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Occipital bone

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Most posterior bone of the cranium

21
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Vertebral column

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Your vertebrae in the pelvic bone

22
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Vertebrae

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The bones that make up your spine (33)

23
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Intervertebral discs

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Pads of flexible fibrocartilage between the vertebrae

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Cervical vertebrae

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C1-C7

25
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Thoracic Vertebrae

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T1-T12

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Lumbar vertebrae

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L1-L5

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Sacrum

A

5 fused vertebrae at the bottom

28
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Coccyx

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4 fused vertebrae (tailbone)

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Sternum

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Bone that your rubs connect into in the middle of your chest

30
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Ribs

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Twelve pairs of ribs

31
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Clavicle

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Your collarbone

32
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Humerus

A

Long arm bone

33
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Radius

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The lateral bone on the left side of the thumb

34
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Ulna

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Medial bone on the little finger side

35
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Carpal bones

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Bones in your wrist

36
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Metacarpals

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Bones in the palm of the hand

37
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Phalanges

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Finger bones

38
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Pelvic Girdle

A

Your hip bones

39
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Femur

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The bone in your thigh

40
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Tibia

A

The shinbone

41
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Fibula

A

Lies alongside the tibia

42
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Metatarsals

A

Bones of the foot

Skeletal System Vocab (1 decks)

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