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24 Cards in this Set
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Cranial Bones |
Protect the brain |
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Frontal Bones (2) |
Forehead and eyebrows |
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Parietal Bones (2) |
Both sides of the cranium- meet in the middle |
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Temporal Bones (2) |
Just inferior to the parietal bones- temples, above our ears |
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Occipital Bone |
Posterior bone of the cranium, which forms floor and back of skull |
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Sphenoid Bone |
Butterfly shaped bone that spans the width of the skull, hold yours brain |
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Facial Bones |
House our eyes, allows us to chew and is the base for our nose |
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Maxillae (Maxillary Bones) (2) |
Form the upper jaw, mustache area & sinuses |
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Palatine Bones (2) |
Form the palate, failure of these bones to fuse together causes a cleft palate |
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Zygomatic Bones (2) |
Form the cheek bones and extend up to the lateral eye sockets |
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Lacrimal Bones (2) |
Small bones that form the medial wall of the eye socket where tears come out of |
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Nasal Bones (2) |
Form together to create the bridge of the nose |
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Mandible |
The large bone that forms the jaw- largest and strongest bone in the face |
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Jaw |
Only free moving joint in the skull |
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Hyoid Bone |
-not truly part of the skull -horse shoe shaped bone in the throat -suspended by ligaments above the larynx -only bone to not articulate with another bone in the body |
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Spine |
-Body's axial support -Formed by 26 bones connected by ligaments |
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Cervical Spine |
7 vertebrae labeled c1-c7 |
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C1 |
Called the atlas, which allows you to nod your head yes |
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C2 |
Called the axis, which allows you to shake your head no |
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Thoracic Spine |
12 vertebrae labeled t1-t12. Articulates with each rib |
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Lumbar Spine |
5 vertebrae labeled L1-L5 |
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Sacrum |
-Formed by 5 different vertebrae fused together -Articulates with L5, making the lumbosacral joint -Articulates with the pelvis, making the sacroilliac
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Coccyx |
Most inferior aspect of the spine, made by the fusion of 3 small bones |
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Intervertebral Disks |
-Pads of flexible cartilage that absorb shock and allow flexibility -90% water and very gel like -As we age, the water decreases, leaving the disks more ridged and making us shorter |