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28 Cards in this Set
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WHAT DOES THE TERM 'THORAX' REFER TO? |
THE SKELETON OF THE CHEST |
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WHAT PARTS MAKE UP THE THORAX |
THE STERNUM, RIBS, THORACIC VERTEBRA, COSTAL CARTILAGE |
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE THORAX |
PROTECT ORGANS IN THE THORACIC CAVITY |
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WHAT ARE THE THREE SECTION OF THE STERNUM |
THE MANUBRIUM, BODY OF THE STERNUM, XIPHOID PROCESS |
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WHERE IS THE STERNUM LOCATED |
ALONG THE BODY'S MIDLINE |
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WHAT IS THE SLANG NAME FOR THE STERNUM |
BREATBONE |
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WHT IS THE FUNTION OF THE STERNU |
PROTECTS THE LUNGS AND MAKES HINGE-LIKE MOVEMENTS DURING RESPIRATION |
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HOW MANY PAIRS OF RIBS MAKE UP THE THOARCIC CAVITY |
12-> 7 TRUE, 5 FALSE, 2 FLOATING |
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WHAT ARE THE SPACES BETWEEN THE RIBS CALLED AND WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE |
INTERCOSTAL SPACE. CONTAINS NERVES, VEINS AND INTERCOSTAL MUSCLE. |
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HOW MANY FLOATING RIBS DO WE HAE ON EACH SIDE OF THE THORAX |
2. MAKES A TOTAL OF 4. |
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WHY ARE THE LAST 5 PAIRS OF RIBS CALED 'FALSE RIBS' |
THE COSTAL VARTILAGE DOESN'T DIRECTLY TTACH TO THE STERNUM |
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WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN |
SPINE |
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HOW MANY VERTEBRAE ARE FOUND IN AN ADULT |
24 |
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NAME ALL THE REGIONS OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN AND INDICATE HOW MANY VERTEBRAE IN EACH SECTION |
CERVICAL-7, THORATIC-12, LUMBAR-5, SACRAL + COCCYGEAL (FUSED TOGETHER) |
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUM |
CLOSES AND PROTECTS THE SPINAL CORD; SUPPORT THE NECK AND HEAD; ATTACHMENT TO RIBS AND MUSCLES |
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE SPACE IN SINGLE VERTEBRAE WHERE THE SPINAL CORD RUNS THROUGH |
VERTEBRAL FORAMEN |
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NAME THE THREE MAIN CURVATURES OF THE SPINE |
CERVICAL LORDOSIS, THORATIC KYPHOSIS, LUMBAR LORDORSIS |
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HOW MANY CRVATURES DOES A NEWBORN BABY HAVE |
1, IN SHAPE OF A C. |
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VERTEBRAE C1 ALLOW THE HEAD TO ROTATE UP AND WON, ITS ALSO CALLED EWHAT |
THE ATLAS |
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VERTEBRAE C2 OR THE AXIS ALLOWS MOVEMENT OF THE HEAD IN HICH DIRECTION |
SIDE TO SIDE (LEFT TO RIGHT) |
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LIST THE 8 CRANIAL BONES |
2 TEMPORAL, 2 PARIENTAL, OCCIPITAL, FRONTAL, ETHMOID, SPHENOID |
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LIST THE FACIAL BONES OF THE SKULL |
2 NASAL, 2 ZYGOMATIC, MANDIBLE, 2 MAXILLA, 2 LACRIMAL, VOMER, 2 PALATINE, 2 INFERIOR NASAL CONCHA |
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WHAT IS A SUTURE AND WHAT IS THEIR PURPOSE |
A SEAM LIKE IMMOVABLE JUNCTION BETWEEN TWO BONES. PREENT MOVEMENT/PROTECT THE BRAIN |
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DESCRIBE THE THREE MAIN SUTURES OF THE SKULL |
SAGITTAL SUTURE- KEEP BOTH PARIETAL BONES TOGETHER; CORONAL SUTURE- KEEP PARIETAL BONE AND FRONTAL BONE TOGETHER; LAMBDOIDAL SUTURE- KEEP PARIETAL BONE AND OCCIPITAL BONE TOGETHER |
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THE EXTERNAL NOSE IS MADE OUT OF WHAT |
CATILAGINOUS BONE (CARTILAGE) |
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WHAT IS THE JOINT BETWEEN THE TEMORL BONE AND THE MANDIBLE BONE CALLED |
TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT |
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BONES LOCATED CLOSE TO TEAR DUCTS |
LACRIMAL |
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WHAT IS THE LUMB THAT IS LOCATED ON THE OCCIPITAL LOBE CALLED |
OCCIPITAL PROTUBERANCE |
