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15 Cards in this Set
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Name 5 functions of the skeletal system
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1. Support
2. Protects 3. Movement 4. Storage 5. Blood cell production |
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Name the 5 shapes of bones
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1. Long
2. Short 3. Irregular 4. Short 5. Seasimoid |
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What does the axial skeleton consist of?
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Skull, veterbral column and thoracic cage
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What does the appendicular skeleton consist of?
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Extremities and pelvis
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Define these bone markings
1. Condyle 2. Epicondyle 3. Head 4. Spine 5. Tubercle |
- bump
1. bump on a bump 2. enlarged rounded end 3. very high ridge 4. small rounded bump |
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Define these bone markings
1. Alveolus 2. Foramen 3. Fovea 4. Sinus |
1. Cavity or socket
2. opening or hole 3. little pit 4. cavity |
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Define these bone markings
1. Facet 2. Crest 3. Process 4. Trochanter 5. Tuberosity |
1. Flat spot
2. bone reaching to bone 3. prominent ridge 4. projections 5. bump |
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Name these bone markings
1. Fissure 2. Fossa 3. Meatus 4. Sulcus |
1. Slit in groove of bone
2. depression or hole in bone 3. canal or tunnel 4. groove or narrow depression |
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Name the 3 minerals stored in the bones
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1. Calcium
2. Phosphorus 3. Magnesium |
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The Sella Turcica has a depression that holds what?
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Pituitary gland
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Condylar process
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Posterior process of the mandible
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Coronoid process
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Anterior process of the mandible
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Lordosis
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Exaggerated lumbar curve (hollow back)
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Kyphosis
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Exaggerated thoracic curve (hump back)- found in older women with bone loss
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Osteoporosis
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Bone loss, found especially in women
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