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50 Cards in this Set
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Name the "quadrant system"
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Right Upper (RUQ)
Left Upper (LUQ) Right Lower (RLQ) Left Lower (LLQ) |
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If injury in the Right Upper Quadrant, what organ should you be most concerned about?
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Liver
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If injury in the Left Upper Quadrant, what organ should you be most concerned about?
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Spleen
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If injury in the Right Lower Quadrant, what organ should you be most concerned about?
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Appendix
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If injury in the Left Lower Quadrant, what organ should you have to worry about?
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Nothing
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Ventral (anterior) Body Cavity consist of what 2 subdivisions?
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Thoracic Cavity
Abdomino-pelvic Cavity |
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Dorsal (posterior) Body Cavity consist of what 2 subdivisions?
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Cranial Cavity
Vertebral |
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What are the 3 things that make up the thoracic cavity?
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Pleural
Pericardial Mediastinum |
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What are the 2 things that make up the Abdomino-pelvic Cavity?
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Abdominal
Pelvic |
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What are the 2 things that make up the Cranial cavity?
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Cranial bones
Brain |
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What are the 3 things that make up the Vertebral Cavity?
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Spine
Spinal Cord Nerves |
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Tubercle (Elevation)
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small, raised, rounded
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Protuberance (Elevation)
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swelling, knob, rounded
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Trochanter (Elevation)
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large, blunt, rounded
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Tuberosity (Elevation)
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large, rounded
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Malleolus (Elevation)
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hammerhead-like
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Line or Ridge (Elevation)
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linear ridge
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Crest (Elevation)
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large, linear ridge
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Spinous Process (Elevation)
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sharp, slender
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Sinus (Depression)
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pit-like
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Fossa (Depression)
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Circumscribed, large or small
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Sulcus (Depression)
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through-like
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Foramen (Opening)
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hole in bone
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Canal or Groove (Opening)
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long, narrow
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Notch (Opening)
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indentation at bone's edge
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Meatus (Opening)
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enters, but does not pass through structure
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Articular Facets (Smooth)
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bone to bone smooth area of contact
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Long Bones
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length is greater than width
curved to absorb stress mostly dense, compact ex. femur, tibia, fibula, humerus |
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Short Bones
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length equals width
"cube shaped" spongy bone surrounded by compact bone ex. carpal and tarsal bones |
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Flat bones
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thin
ex. sternum, ribs, scapulae, cranial bones |
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Irregular bones
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complex shapes
ex. vertebrae and facial bones |
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Sesamoid Bones
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"seed" shape
develop in certain tendons ex. patella |
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Parietal Bones
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form the greater portion of the sides and roof of the cranial cavity
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Temporal Bones
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form the inferior lateral aspects of the cranium
landmarks: external auditory meatus, mandibular fossa, mastoid process |
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Frontal Bone
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forehead, roofs of the orbits, anterior part of cranial floor
landmarks: glabella, supraorbital margin, superciliary arch |
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Occipital Bone
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forms the posterior part and base of the cranium
Landmarks: external occipital protuberance, nuchal lines, condyles, foramen magnum |
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Sphenoid Bone
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lies at the middle part of the base of a skull; articulates with all cranial bones
Landmarks: greater wings, lesser wings, body, sella turcica |
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Ethmoid Bone
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light, sponge like at the midline in the anterior part of the cranial floor
Landmarks: cribriform plates, crista galli, superior/middle nasal conchae |
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Coronal Suture
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unites the frontal bone and the 2 parietal bones
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Sagittal Suture
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unites the 2 parietal bones on the midline
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Squamosal Suture
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unites the parietal and temporal bones
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Bregma
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anterior skull- intersection of sagittal and coronal suture
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Lambda
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posterior skull- crossing or sagittal and lambdoidal sutures
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Inferior nasal Conchae
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scroll like bones that form a part of the lateral wall of the nasal cavity
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Lacrimal Bone
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portion of medial orbital wall; smallest bones of the face, contains the lacrimal foramen fossa (tear duct passes through this)
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Nasal Bone
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meet at the midline and form the bridge of the nose
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zygomatic bone
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"cheekbones"
form the prominences of the cheeks and part of the lateral wall of each orbit |
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Maxillae
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unite to form the upper jawbone; articulate with every bone of the face except for the mandible
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Palatine Bone
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posterior 1/4 of the hard palate; small portion of the floors of the orbits
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Vomer
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triangular shaped bone; divides the nose into right and left sides
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