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56 Cards in this Set

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Lone Bone
- Longer than wide, expanded ends
(femur, tibia, fibula)
Short Bone
- Cube shaped
- Similar lengths and widths
(carpals, tarsals
Flat Bone
- Wide surfaces, curved
(ribs, frontal bones)
Irregular Bone
- Numerous shapes, often have articulators with more than 1
(vertebrae)
Sesamoid Bone (Round)
- Small and embedded within a tendon near joints where compression occurs
(patella)
"Joint-link" System
Uses a combination of...
- bone to bone
- muscle to bone
- connective tissue to bone
Divisions of the Skeleton System (2)
Axial Skeleton (80)
- skull, hyoid bone, rib cage

Appendicular Skeleton (126)
- arms, pectoral girdle, legs
Axial Skeleton (5)
- Skull
(cranium, face)
- Thoracic Cage
(ribs, sternum)
- Middle ear bone
- Hyoid Bone
- Vertebral Column
( vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx)
Appendicular Skeleton (4)
- Pectoral girdle
- Upper limbs
- Pelvic girdle
- Lower limbs
Pectoral Girdle
- Scapula (2)
- Clavicle (2)
Upper Limbs
- Humerus (2)
- Radius (2)
- Ulna (2)
- Carpal (16)
- Metacarpals (10)
- Phylanx (28)
Pelvic Girdle
- Hip bone (2)
(coxa)
Lower Limbs
- Femur (2)
- Tibia (2)
- Fibula (2)
- Patella (2)
- Tarsal (14)
- Metatarsal (10)
- Phalanx (28)
Bone Features (4)
- Projections
- Articulations
- Depressions
- Openings
Projections (10)
- Crest
- Epicondyle
- Line (linea)
- Process
- Protuberance
- Ramus
- Spine
- Trochanter
- Tubercle
- Tuberosity
Crest
(Projection)

Ridgelike - hip bone
Epicondyle
(Projection)

Superior to condyle - femur
Line (linea)
(Projection)

Slightly raised ridge - femur
Process
(Projection)

Prominent - vertebra
Protuberance
(Projection)

Outgrowth - skull (occipital)
Ramus
(Projection)

Extension - hip bone
Spine
(Projection)

Thornlike - scapula
Trochanter
(Projection)

Large - femur
Tubercle
(Projection)

Knoblike - humerus
Tuberosity
(Projection)

Rough elevation - tibia
Articulations (3)
- Condyle
- Facet
- Head
Condyle
(Articulator)

Rounded process - skull (occipital)
Facet
(Articulator)

Nearly flat - vertebra
Head
(Articulator)

Expanded end - femur
Depressions (2)
- Fossa
- Fovea
Fossa
(Depression)

Shallow basin - humerus
Fovea
(Depression)

Tiny pit - femur
Openings (5)
- Canal
- Fissure
- Foramen
- Meatus
- Sinus
Canal
(Opening)

Tubular passage - skull (occipital)
Fissure
(Opening)

Slit - skull (orbit)
Foramen
(Opening)

Hole - vertebra
Meatus
(Opening)

Tubelike - skull (temporal)
Sinus
(Opening)

Cavity - skull (maxilla)
Clavicle
(Flat Bone)

- Acoromial end
- Sternal end
Scapula
(Flat Bone)

- Acromion process
- Coracoid process
- Glenoid process
- Scapular spine
Humerus
(Long Bone)

- Head
- Greater and lesser tubercles
- Neck
- Trochlea
- Capitulum
- Intertubercular groove
- Lateral epicondyle
- Medial epicondyle
- Coronoid fossa
- Olecranon fossa
Ulna
(Lone Bone)

- Olecranon process
- Trachlear notch
- Coronoid process
- Radial notch
- Head
- Styloid process
- Ulnar tuberosity
Radius
(Lone Bone)

- Head
- Neck
- Radial tuberosity
- Styloid process
Carpals
(Short Bone)

- Wrist bones (8)
Metacarpals
(Long Bones)

- Hand bones (5)
Phalanges (phalanx): Hand
(Long Bones)

- Finger bones (14)
Ilium
- Iliac crest
- Auricular surface
- Greater sciatic notch
- Acetabulum
(ilium, ischium, and pubis)
Ischium
- Ischial spine
- Ischial tuberosity
- Ischial ramus
- Lesser sciatic notch
Pubis
- Pubic symphysis
- Obturator foramen
Femur
(Long Bone)

- Head
- Greater and less trochanters
- Neck
- Lateral and medial condyles
- Lateral and medial epicondyles
- Patellar surface
- Intertrochanteric crest
- Linea aspera
Patella
(Sesamoid/Round Bone)

- Apex
- Base
- Articular facets
Tibia
(Long Bone)

- Tibial tuberosity
- Medial malleolus
- Later and medial condyles
Fibula
(Long Bone)

- Lateral malleolus
Tarsals
(Short Bones)

- Ankle bones (7)
Metatarsals
(Long Bones)

- Foot bones (5)
Phalanges (phalanx): Foot
(Long Bones)

- Toe bones (14)