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14 Cards in this Set
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Clavicles |
Slender, s-shaped bones Act as braces, they hold the scapulae and arms out laterally Transmit compression formed from the upper limbs to axial skeleton |
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Scapulae |
Thin, triangular flat bones Has three borders: superior (shortest,sharpest), medial (parallel to vertebral column), lateral (next to armpit) |
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Humerus |
Sole bone of arm, has a head, then anatomical neck, then lateral greater tunercle, then surgical neck Midway down a V-shaped deltoid tuberosity, nearby the radial groove runs down the shaft |
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Ulna |
Slightly stronger than radius Forms the elbow joint with the humerus Bears two prominent processes: olecranon and coronoid process Ends in knob like head |
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Radius |
Thin at proximal end, wide distally Head is shaped like head of nail Superior surface of head is concave and articulates with capitulum of humerus Major forearm bone contributing to the wrist joint |
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Carpal bones |
Two irregular row of four bones First row: (lateral to medial) scaphoid(boat), lunate(moon), triquetrum(triangle), pisiform(pea) Second row: trapezium(table), trapezoid, capitate(head), hamate(hook) |
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Sella turcica |
Saddle shaped prominence Forms a snug enclosure for the pituitary gland |
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Temporal bone fracture |
Head trauma, concussions |
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Temporal bone fracture |
Head trauma, concussions |
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Herniated disc |
Involves rupture of the anulus fibrosus followed by protrusion of the spongy nucleus pulposus through the anulus |
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Herniated disc |
Involves rupture of the anulus fibrosus followed by protrusion of the spongy nucleus pulposus through the anulus |
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Humerus |
Surgical neck: distal to tubercles Anatomical neck: inferior to head |
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Cribriform plate |
Help form the roof of the nasal cavity and the floor of the anterior cranial fossa |
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Carpal tunnel |
When the carpal bones are arranged in that the carpus is concave anteriorly and a ligament roofs over this concavity |
