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23 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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Cranium (suture)
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-non-movable joint b/t bones
-collagenous fibers -zig-zag pattern |
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(Cranium) Foramen magnum
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-hole in occipital bone
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(Cranium) Occipital condyte
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-articulates w/ the axis where head sits on vertabrae
-one either side of foramen magnum -covered w/ hylene carilage |
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Facial (foramena)
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-holes where blood vessels and nerves pass through from inside head to outside of bone
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Fontanels
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-"soft spot" of baby's skull
-fibrous connective tissue in fetal skull -during birth, baby's head compresses to fit through pelvis inlet -disappaear by 2 years old -occipital bone tucks under parietal fibrocartilage |
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Herniated Disks
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-anulus (outer ring) has been torn or pulled apart
-pulposus (inner nucleus) fills space where anulus should be -if pulposus leaks out, it cold put pressue on spinal nerves -pressure could result in mild to severe pain |
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Ribcage (True ribs)
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-make direct contact with sternum
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Ribcage (False ribs)
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-make indirect or no contact with sternum
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Ribcage (false ribs)
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-no contact w/ sternum
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Ribcage
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-Costal (hyliene) cartilage attaches ribs to breast bone
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Sternum
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-where ribs attach
-short for manuverability |
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Sternum (manubrium)
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-top portion of sternum
-widest part of sternum |
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Sternum (Body)
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-largest bone in sternum
-connects to all ribs |
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Sternum (Xiphoid Process)
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-small tip on inferior end of sternum
-used as a landmark in CPR and the Heimlich manuver |
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Vertibral column (Cervical)
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-supports muscles in neck
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Vertibral column (Thoracic)
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-supports ribs
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Vertibral column (lumbar)
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-supports muscles in lower back
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Vertibral column (sacral)
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-fused together by mid 20's
-form sacrum |
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Vertibral column (coccygeal)
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-fused together
-form coccyx -curves for protection on what you sit |
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Vertibral column
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-all sections have distinctive curves
-curvature of spine and intervertebral disks are used as shock absorbers |
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Abnormal spinal curvatures (Kyphophsis)
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-abnormal curve of Thoracic section
-in elderly women -results from osteoperosis |
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Abnormal spinal curvatures (Lordosis)
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-abnormal curve of Lumbar section
-results in protruding abdomen and buttox -due to pregnancy |
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Abnormal spinal curvatures (Scoliosis)
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-Lateral curving of vertebrae
-most common curvature abnormality |
