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18 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
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how many skull bones *skull axial -
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29 bones
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8 bones - face 15 bones - ossicles of ears 6 bones (3
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cranium
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spaces *axial - between bones of head, at birth, which allow for baby's head to fit through birth canal
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- fontanels
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4 fontanels *skull axial -
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posterior, anterolateral, posterolateral, and anterior
fontanels |
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fontanels (2)*skull axial - filled in 2-3 months after birth
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- posterior and anterolateral fontanels
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fontanel *skull axial - - filled at end of first year
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-posterolateral fontanels
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fontanel *skull axial - filled by middle of second year after birth
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- anterior fontanel
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fontanel (largest) *skull axial
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- anterior fontanel
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first cervical vertebra *axial vert
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- atlas vertebra
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second cervical vertebra *axial vert
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- axis vertebra
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7 vertebrae - axial vert - located in neck area
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- cervical spine
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12 vertebrae - axial vert - located in upper back
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- thoracic spine
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5 vertebrae - axial vert - located in lower back
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- lumbar spine
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5 fused vertebrae two sides are smooth for joining with pelvic bones; resembles a triangle ; - axial vert
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- sacral spine
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single bone - axial vert - fused from 4-5 coccygeal
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- coccyx
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articulates (joins/connects) - axial vert - to 12 ribs
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- thoracic vertebrae
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creates a protective cavity - axial vert - for heart and lungs
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- thoracic vertebrae
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fibrous tissue and cartilage - axial vert - between vertebrae which absorb spinal compression and shock
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- intervertebral discs
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