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Skeleton
The body's framework

constructed of cartilage and bone
Axial Skeleton
Bones that lie around the body's center of gravity
Appendicular Skeleton
Bones of the limbs, or appendages
Compact Bone
Smooth and homogenous
Spongy Bone
composed of trabeculae(bars) of bone and lots of open space.
Long Bones
longer than they are wide (fingers)
Prodominantly compact bone
Short Bones
cube shaped
more spongy than compact
ex. tarsals and carpals
Flat Bones
thin,waferlike layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone
ex.skull
Irregular Bones
Fall in no other catagory
Sesamoid Bones
Special types of short bones formed in tendons
ex. patella
Worman or Sutural Bones
Tiny bones between cranial bones
Articular cartilages
cover the bone ends at moveable joints
Costal Cartilages
found connecting ribs to the sternum
Laryngeal Cartilages
Largely construct the larynx (voicebox)
Tracheal and Bronchial Cartilages
Reinforce other passageways of the resporatory system
Nasal cartilages
support the external nose
Intervertebral discs
seperate and cushion bones of the spine
Most Important Skeletal Cartilages
1) Articular cartaliges
2) Costal Cartilages
3) Laryngeal
4)tracheal and Bronchial
5) Nasal
6)intervertebral discs
7) cartilage supporting the ear
Cartilage tissue
primarily of water and is fairly resilient
contain no nerves or blood tissues.
Perichondrium
dense connective tissue surrounding cartilage
resist distortion
growth and repair
Hyaline Cartilage
Looks like frosted glass
sturdy support with some give
elastic cartilage
more flexible than hyaline, tolerates repeated bending
ex. external ear, epiglottis
Fibrocartilage
Rows of chondrocytes alternating with rows of thick collogen fibers
can withstand heavy compression
Axial Skeleton
Skull; veterbral column; bony thorax
Cranium
enclose and protect the fragile brain tissue
Skull
cranium and facial bones
facial bones
present the eyes in an anterior position and form the base for the facial muscles
Two Major areas of Cranium
Cranial Vault; Cranial Floor
Cranial Vault (calvaria)
Superior,lateral, and posterior walls of skull
Carnial Floor (base)
Forms skull bottom
Frontal Bone
Anterior portion of cranium
-forms forhead;superior part of orbit; and floor of anterior cranial floss
Parietal Bone
posterior to the frontal bone; forms sides of the cranium
Occipital Bone
Most posterior bone of the cranium
Frontal Bone
Anterior portion of cranium; forms the forhead;superior part of orbit; and floor of anterial cranial fossa
Paranasal sinuses are in what skull bones
maxillary, sphenoid, ethmoid, and frontal
What to paransasal sinuses do?
lighten the facial bones and act as resonanve chambers for speech
What sinus is the largest sinus found in the skull?
Maxillary sinus
sinusitis?
inflamation of the sinuses
Cervical Curvature
Top region
7 vertebrae
Thoracic Curvature
Middle and largest
12 vertebrae
Lumbar curvature
5 vertebrae
Sacrum
5 fused
coccyx
4 fused
Vertebral Column
skull to pelvis
forms the body's major axial support
Vertebrae
24 single bones and two fused bones
intervertebral discs
cushion the verebrae and absorb shock