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51 Cards in this Set
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Fn of skeletal system |
Support Protection Assistance in mvmt Mineral homeostasis Erythrocyte production Triglyceride storage |
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Long bones |
Longer than they are wide (humerus) |
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Short bone |
Almost equal in length & width (trapezoid, wrist bone) |
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Flat bone |
Relatively flat but may be curved (sternum) |
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Sesamoid |
Develop where there is friction, tension, stress (patella) |
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Irregular |
Complex shape (vertebra) |
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Sutural |
Located between some cranial bones (formed between sutures) |
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Sutural bone |
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Axial skeleton |
80 bones Support & protect organs of head, neck & torso |
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Appendicular skeleton |
126 bones Make up upper & lower limbs & bones of girdles |
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Fissure |
Narrow slit between adjacent parts of bone through which blood vessels or nerves pass |
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Foramen |
Opening through which blood vessels, nerves, or ligaments pass |
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Fossa |
Shallow depression |
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Sulcus |
Furrow along bone surface that accomodates blood vessel, nerve or tendon |
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Meatus |
Tubelike opening |
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Condyle |
Lg, round protuberance w/ smooth articular surface at end of bone |
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Facet |
Smooth, flat, slightly concave or convex articular surface |
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Head |
Usually rounded articular projection supported on neck of bone |
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Crest |
Prominent ridge or elongated projection |
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Epicondyle |
Typically roughened projection above condyle |
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Spinous process |
Sharp, slender projection |
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Trochanter |
Very lg projection |
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Tubercle |
Variably sized rounded projection |
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Tuberosity |
Variably sized projection has rough, bumpy surface |
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Parietal bones |
Red |
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Temporal bones |
Purple Features: external auditory meatus, zygomatic process, styloid process, mastoid process, mandibular fossa |
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Frontal bone |
Blue |
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Occipital bone |
Orange Features: foramen magnum, external occipital protuberance & occipital condyles |
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Ethmoid bone |
Features: crista galli, cubiform plate, olfactory foramen, superior nasal conchae, middle nasal conchae, perpendicular plate |
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Sphenoid bone |
Features: sella turcica, lesser wings, greater wings, optic foramen |
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Maxilla |
Yellow Features: alveoli, palatine processes |
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Mandible |
Features: body, ramus, condylar process (mandibular condyle), coronoid process, mental foramina, alveoli |
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Zygomatic |
Red Features: temporal process |
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Lacrimal |
Purple |
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Vomer & inferior nasal conchae |
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Palatine |
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Orbital of eye |
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Ossicles |
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Hyoid |
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Sutures |
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Fetal skull & fontanels |
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Vertebral column |
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All vertebra |
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Cervical vertebrae |
Atlas (C1) has no body Axis (C2) has dens Transverse foramen |
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Thoracic vertebrae |
Medium body, long narrow spinous process |
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Lumbar vertebrae |
Large body, thick hatchet shaped spinous processes |
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Sacrum and coccyx |
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Scoliosis, kyohosis, lordosis |
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Ribs |
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Sternum |
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Rib parts |
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