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64 Cards in this Set
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Ligament |
Attach bone to bone |
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Epiphysis |
end of a long bone |
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Diaphysis |
Shaft |
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Red Marrow |
Found in spongy bone |
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Yellow marrow |
mostly fat in medullary gland |
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Osteon |
A unit of bone |
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Lacunae |
Cavities containing bone cells (osteocytes) |
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Lamellae |
rings around the central canal |
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Canaliculi |
Tiny Canals |
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Osteoblasts |
bone forming cells (build) |
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Osteoclasts |
bone destroying cells (clean) |
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Compound Fracture |
breaks through skin |
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Tuberosity |
large processes |
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Trocantor |
Femor |
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Condyle |
smooth articulating surface |
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Epicondyle |
raised surface on condyle |
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Foramen |
hole in bone with nerves and arteries |
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Fossa |
depression in a bone which serves as an articular surface |
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Axial Skeleton consists of? |
Skull, Vertebrae, Rib Cage |
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Appendicular Skeleton consists of? |
bones of the limbs and their girdles |
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What bone forms forehead? |
Frontal |
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What bone is on the sides of the head? |
Temporal |
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Bat shaped bone |
Sphenoid |
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What suture separates 2 parietals? |
Sagital |
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What bone forms the cheek? |
Zygomatic |
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Only bone that doesn't articulate with another bone |
Hyoid |
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1st cervical vertebrae |
Atlas |
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2nd cervical vertebrae |
Axis |
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Wrist |
Carpal |
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Collar bone |
Clavical |
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Shoulder |
Scappula |
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Upper arm |
humorous |
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Strongest bone |
femur
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2nd strongest |
Tibula |
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Coccyx |
Tail bone |
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Elbow |
Pivot and Hinge Joint |
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hand |
metacarpal |
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ankle |
tarsal |
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foot |
metatarsal |
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fluid filled sacs |
bursa |
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suture |
immovable joint |
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decrease angle |
flexion |
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increase angle |
extension |
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ankle sprain |
inversion |
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where do sprains occur? |
ligaments |
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where do strains occur? |
tendons |
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ball and socket joint |
shoulder, hip |
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plantar flexion |
toes down |
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ribs 1-7 |
True
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ribs 8-10 |
False |
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ribs 11-12 |
floaters |
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Pelvis |
Illium, ischium, pubis |
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Condyloid |
Mips |
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Saddle |
Thumb |
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Pivot |
C1C2 |
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Upper of leg |
femor |
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lateral in lower leg |
Fibula |
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Bone forearm lateral |
Radium |
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how many bones in cranial, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae |
cranial- 7 thoracic- 12 lumbar-5 |
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Coronal suture |
parietal and frontal |
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Lambdoidal suture |
parietal and occipical |
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Squamous |
parietal and temporal |
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Meatus |
Ear canal |
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Scoliosis |
lateral curve |