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55 Cards in this Set
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Bones are?
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Organs, solid because of mineral salts around protein fibers, living tissue. Variation due to nutrition.
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Functions of Skeleton?
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Support, Protection, Movement/leverage, mineral and lipid storage, blood cell formation and storage.
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Long Bones?
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Limb as well as fingers and toes.
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Short bones?
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Blocky, cube shaped bones of wrist and ankles
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Flat bones?
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cranium, shoulder, pelvis, rib cage.
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Irregular bones?
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Vertebrae, facial bones, some wrist and ankle bones.
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axial skeleton?
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skull, vertebral comlumn, rib cage, sternum and hyoid.
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Appendicular skeleton?
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limb bones and connections to axial skeleton (pelvic and pectoral girdles.
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What is the Diaphysis?
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The shaft. main portion of bone.
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What is the Epiphysis?
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Extremities.
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What is the Articular Cartilage?
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Cartilaginous layer covering the epiphyseal ends.
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What is the Metaphysis?
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The region where the diaphysis meets epiphysis.
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Epiphyseal line?
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Remnant of epiphyseal plate.
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What is Periosteum
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Connective tissue covering bone. Outer layer=connective tissue with blood vessels, mymph vessels, nerves that pass into bond. inner layer= involved in production of new bone for growth and repair.
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What is the Medullary (Marrow) Cavity?
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It contains yellow marrow= mostly fat cells.
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What is Compact bone or dense bone?
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Layer over spongy bone, provides protection and support.
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What is the spongy bone or cacellous bone?
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Internallyt within bone- surrounds marrow cavity and found within ends of long bones.
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What is Anatomical Terminology?
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Terms that describe the relationship of the boneto a body in anatomical postion.
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What is the anatomical position for humans?
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Standing position with arms down at sides and palms facing forward with the thumbs to the sides.
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Midsagittal is?
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Median plane
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Coronal is?
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Frontal plane.
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Transverse is?
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horizontal plane.
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medial is?
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closer to the midline
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Lateral is?
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further from the midline.
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Anterior is?
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Toward the front.
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Posterior is?
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Toward the back.
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Superior is?
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Above.
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Inferior is?
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Below.
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Superficial is?
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Near body's surface.
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Deep is?
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away from the body's surface.
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proximal is?
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closer to the attatchment of the limb the the trunk of the body.
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distal is?
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Farther from the attatchment of the limb to trunk of body.
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How many bones does the human body typically have?
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206
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What to raised areas or lumps infer?
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They are where muscles attatch.
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What are grooves?
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Where blood vessels lie.
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What do vessels and nerves enter the bone through?
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holes called foramina.
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How many skull bones are separated by sutures?
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22
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Where are sutures most prominent?
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In young individuals.
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Are bones in the midline single?
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Yes
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What are the Skull sutures?
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Sagittal, Coronal, Squamosal, Lambdoidal, and Metopic.
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What are the 3 small ear bones? (ossicles)
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Malleus, Incus, and Stapes.
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As mammals what dentition do we have and why?
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we have heterodont dentition because it is specialized for different functions.
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As mammals we have what 4 types of teeth?
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Incisors, canines, premolars and molars
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How many teeth do adults have and how many are deciduous?
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32 teeth and 20 deciduous.
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What is humans dental formula? and for children under 6?
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2-1-2-3 in adults and 2-1-0-2 in children under 6.
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Posterior is?
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Toward the back.
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Superior is?
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Above.
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Inferior is?
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Below.
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Superficial is?
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Near body's surface.
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Deep is?
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away from the body's surface.
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proximal is?
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closer to the attatchment of the limb the the trunk of the body.
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distal is?
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Farther from the attatchment of the limb to trunk of body.
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How many bones does the human body typically have?
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206
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What to raised areas or lumps infer?
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They are where muscles attatch.
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What are grooves?
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Where blood vessels lie.
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