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67 Cards in this Set
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axial skeleton
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head and trunk, skull, middle ear bones, hyoid bones,rib cage,vertebrae, and sternum
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appendicular skeleton
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arms and legs and pectoral and pelvic girdles
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legsblood vessels or nerves pass through a bone through a?
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foramen
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enlargements at he ends of bone allows it to meet or ---- with other bones in proper manner
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articulate
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bumps indicate where--- attach to the bone
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muscle, tendons or ligaments
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fossa
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a large,flat region or shallow depression on a bone
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groove
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a narrow depression on a bone through which some other struture runs
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head
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a rounded enlargement cacrried on a neck of a bone which takes part in forming a joint
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line
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a narrow ridge, smaller than a crest, but also a place where a flat ligament,tendon, or mussle attacha to a bone
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meatus
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tube-like opening or passage in a bone
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neck
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a narrowed region at one end of a long bone , leading to a head
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process
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a general term for a long projection from a bone
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protuberance
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small irregular projection from a bone
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ramus
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round or flattened extension from the body of a bone usually for articulation with another bone
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sinus
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an air-filled cavity within the bone, lined by mucous membrane
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spine
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sharp slender projection of a bone for muscle tendon or ligament attachment
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tuberacle
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small rounded projection of a bone
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trochanter
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large irregularly shaped projection of a bone
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tuberosity
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large, rounded projection of a bone for muscle attachment
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wing
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an elongated. flattened extension of a bone
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body
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the main part of a bone from which other markings often extend
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canal
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a tube like opening through bone, nerves and blood vessels often pass through canals
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condyle
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a relatively large rounded projection where a bone articulates with part of another bone
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crest
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a narrow ridge on the bone usually found where flat muscle tendon or ligament attaches to the bone
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diaphysis
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the cylindrical shaft of a long bone may have other markings on it
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epicondyle
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a relatively small rounded bump where mescles, tendons, or ligaments attach to a bone. an epicondyle is always located on the surface of a condyle
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epiphysis
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the enlarged end of a long bone ofthen includes other markings such as condyles or epicondyles
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facet
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a smooth flat area where the bone articulates with part of another bone
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fissure
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a narrow enlongated opening usually irregular shaped nerves and blood vessels often pass through fissures
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nonmovable joints are called?
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sutures
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spinal column consists
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33 individual vertebrae
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number of cervical vertabrae
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7
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number of thoracic vertabrae
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12 all attach to ribs with a slopign spinous process
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number of lumbar vertabrae
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5 with a squarish spinous process resist twisting
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sacral consists of
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5 fused vertebrae and intervertebral foramia
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coccyx consists of
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4 partially fused vertebrae
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true ribs
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1-7 attach directly to the sternum through costal catilages
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false ribs
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8-10 attach to the rib above through costal cartilages
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floating ribs
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11 and 12
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joint that separtates the axial skeleton from the appendicular skeleton of the upper limb
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sternoclavicular joint
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thumb is called the
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pollex
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big toe is called the
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hallux
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what forms the roof and the walls of the skull
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calvaria
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the pituitary gland is in
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sella turcia
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The crista galli forms a point of attachment for
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the meninges(membranes that enclose the brain)
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cribriform plate
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allows the passage of olfactory nerve fibers to the brain.
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number of facial bones form the face
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14
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largest facial bone
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maxillae
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tears collect in the
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lacrimal sac
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strongest bone of the skull
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mandible
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The soft spots on an infant skull
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fontanels
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functions of The vertebral column
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supports the skull and trunk, protects the spinal cord and acts as a shock absorber during movement.
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what separate most of the 33 vertebrae.
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Intervertebral discs of fibrocartilage
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Atlas
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holds up the head
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axis
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allows head to move around
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The body of each vertebra
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is a mass of spongy bone surrounded by compact bone and is the weight-bearing portion.
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What is the pectoral girdle
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supports the arm. It consists of the clavicle and scapula.
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The upper extremity is divided into four regions:
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: brachium, antebrachium(foreaarm,) carpus and manus.
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The brachium contains only one bone-
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the humerus
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Where the humerus articulates with the ulna what is found
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olecranon fossa and coronoid fossa
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antibrachium
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the forearm consists of the radius and ulna
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carpus
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wrist, contains eight small bones arranged in two rows.
a. The 8 carpals are: Scaphoid, lunate, triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and hamate. |
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manus and #of bones
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hand, contains 19 bones in two groups. Metacarpal bones and phalanges.
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functions of the pelvic girdle
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supports the trunk on the legs and encloses and protects the pelvic viscera.
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Each half of the pelvic girdle is called
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os coxae
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crural region
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tibia and fibula
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pes is composed of
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7 tarsal bones, 5 metatarsals and 14 phalanges.
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