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66 Cards in this Set
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The skeleton is divided into two regions called:
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Axial Skeletion
and Appendicular skeleton |
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__________ formed the central supporting axis of the body, includes the skull, auditory ossicles, hyoid bone, vertebrate column, and thoracic cage.
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Axial skeleton
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____________ includes the bones of the lower limb and pelvic girdle.
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Appendicular skeleton
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____________ that form within some tendons in response to stress.
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Sesmoid bones
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Reason for adults variation is that come people have extra bones in the skull called _________ or ____________
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Sutural / Wormian bones
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______________ is visible as seams on the surface.
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Sutures
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________ encloses the brain.
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Cranial cavity
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The cranium is a figid structure with an opening the _________________
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foreman magnum
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The _________________ forms the roof and walls.
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Calvaria
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The relatively shallow _________________ is crescent shaped and accommodates the frontal lobes of the brain.
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Anterior cranial fossa
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The _________________ dops abruptly deeper, is shaped like a pair of outstretched bird's wings and accommodates the temporal lobes.
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middle cranial fossa
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The ___________________ deepest and houses a large posterior division of the brain called the cerebellum.
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posterior cranial fossa
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The _____________ extends from the forehead back to a prominent coronal suture, which crosses the crown of the head from right to left and joins the frontal bones to the parietal bones.
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frontal bones
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Deep to the eyebrows it has a ridge called the ____________.
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supraoribital foramen
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The smooth area of the frontal bones just above the root of the nose is called the _________________.
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glabella
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The right and left ______________ form most of the cranial roof and part of its walls.
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parietal bones
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the ________ suture is between the parietal bones.
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sagittal
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the _________ suture at the anterior margin.
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coronal
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____________ occurs near the corner of the lamboid and sagittal sutures.
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paritetal foramen
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________________ is relatively flat and vertical. It is enriched by the _________ suture.
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squamous part
squamous |
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the ___________ extends anteriorly to form part of the ___(B)______, and the ____(C)____ , a depression where the mandible articulates with the cranium.
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Zygomatic process
(B) zygomatic arch (C) mandibular fossa |
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_____________ is a small ring of bone that borders the external acroustic meatus, the opening into the ear canal.
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tympanic part
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______________ lies posterior to the tympanic part. It bears a heavy mastoid process, which you can palpate as a prominent lump behind the earlobe.
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mastoid part
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Deep to the eyebrows, its ridges is called ____________.
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supaorbital margin
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____________ is a passage for the internal _______ artery, a major blood supply to the brain.
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carotid canal
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___________ is a large, irregular opening just medial to the styloid process, between the temporal and occiptal bones.
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jugular foramen
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__________ bone forms the rear of the skull and much of its base. Its features the foramen magnum, admits the spinal cord to the cranial cavity and provides a point of attachment for the dura mater.
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occipital bone
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The bone continues anterior to the foramen magnum as a thick medial plate called ______________.
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basilar part
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Either side of the foramen magnum is a smooth knob called the _________.
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occipital condyle
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At the anterolateral edge of each condyle is a ______________, named for the ________ nerve that passes through it to supply the muscles of the tongue.
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hypoglassal canal
hypoglassal |
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Prominent medial bump called the ______________________; the attachment for the nuchal ligament, which binds the skull to the vertbral column.
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external occipital protuberance
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_______________ has complex shape with a thick medial body and outstretched greater and lesser wings, which give the bone as a whole a somewhat ragged mothlike shape.
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sphenoid bone
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_____________ is an anterior cranila bone located between the eyes,
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ethmoid bone
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___________________ is a thin median plate of bone that forms the superior two thirds of the nasal septum.
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perpendicular plate
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______________ are those have no direct contact with the brain or meninges.
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facial bones
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____________ form the upper jaw and meet each other at a median intermaxillary suture.
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maxillae
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____________ form the rest of the hard plate, part of the wall of the nasal cavity, AND part of the floor of the orbit.
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palatine plate
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____________ forms the angles of the cheeks at the interolateral margins of the orbits and part of the lateral wall of each orbits; they extend about halfway to the ear.
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zygomatic bones
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_________________ is discussed in connection with hearing.
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auditory ossicles
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The ________ bone is a slender bone between the chin and larynx.
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hyoid bone
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vertabrate is divided into 5 groups using numbers like:
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7 cervical vertbrate
12 thoraric vertebrate 5 sacral vertbrate |
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The _______________have unique structures that allows for head movements.
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cervical vertebrate
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_____________ s called the atlas b/c it supports the head in a manner reminiscent of the Titan of greek mythology who was condemned by Zeus to carry the world on his shoulders
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Vertbrae C1
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_________________ allow for passage of nerves arteries to the pelvic organs.
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anterior sacral foramina
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The spinous processs of the vertbrae fuse into a ridge called _______________.
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median scral crest
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The posterior side of the sacrum, there are four pairs of openings for spinal nerves is called ____________.
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posterior sacral foramina
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The _________ can be fractured by a difficult childbirth or hard fall to the buttocks.
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coccyx
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Ribs 8 to 12 are ________
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false ribs or floating ribs
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_________ supports the arm proper, extends from shoulder to elbow. it contains only one bone, the humerus.
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brachium
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_________ supports the arms. it consists of two bones on each side of the body; the clavicle and scapula.
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pectoral girdle
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the medial end of the clavicle articulates with the sternum at ________________ joint; and its lateral end articulates with the scapula at the ________(B)_____ joint.
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sternoclavicular joint
(B) acromioclavicular joint |
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The scapula articulates with the humerus at the _______________ joint. THey also make the shoulder joint easy to dislocate.
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humeroscapular joint
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_____________ is a slightly S-shaped bone, somewhat flattened verticaly, and easily seen and palpated on the upper thorax.
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clavicle
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________________ is a triangular plate that posteriorly overlies ribs 2 to 7.
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scapula
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arm proper extends from shoulder to elbow is _____________.
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brachium
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forearm, extends from elbow to wrist and contains two bones; the radius and ulna is _________.
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antebrachium
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wrist, contains eight small bones arranged in two rows is ___________.
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carpus
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hand contians 19 bones in two groups 5 metacarpals in the palms and 14 phalanges in the fingers is called ____________.
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manus
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_________________ has a hemispherical head that articulates with the glenoid cavity of the scapula.
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humerus
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The proximal head of the _______ is a distinctive disc that rotates freely on the humerus when the palm is turned forward and back.
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radius
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__________ form the wrist, and are arranged in two rows of four bones each.
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carpal bones
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Latin for boat, moon, triangle, and pea shaped respectively.
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scaphoid, lunate, triguetrum, pisiform
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two ossa coxae is called __
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pelvic girdle
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__________ is the most anterior portion of the coxae .
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pubis
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Arches are held together by short strong ligaments called ______________.
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pes planus
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____________ essentially extends from heels to halux, which formed form the calcaneus, talus, navicular, cuneiforms, and metatarsal.
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medial longitudinal arch
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