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32 Cards in this Set
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Sense that you could Lose if you got a fracture in the cribriform plates of the ethmoid bone? |
Olfactory sense |
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Non-bone structure that would be damaged if a bullet penetrated the sella turcica of the sphenoid bone? |
Pituitary Gland |
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Fracture on dens is what especially broken bone |
Axis |
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On which body region is the axis bone located |
cervical |
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____are soft spotsin the fetal & infant skull thathave yet to be converted to bone |
Fontanels |
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Advantages of soft spots is |
1. allow brain growth 2. compresses skull to make birth easier |
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Three bony projections that make delivery difficult |
sacral promontory, coccyx, ischial spines |
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first three regions of vertebral column superior to inferior w/ number of vertebrae |
Cervical 7 Thoracic 12 Lumbar 5 |
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Movable bone in skull |
mandible |
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Movable joint in the whole skull |
Temporomandibular joint |
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The _______ _____of the mandible articulates with the _______ _____ of the temporal bone to form the temporomandibular joint |
Mandibular condyle, mandibular fossa |
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someone has a paranasal sinus infection, what four particular bones do you know may be involved with her problem _____ |
Frontal, Sphenoid, Ethmoid,and Maxillary bones |
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What’s the specific source of the hormone named PTH (Parathyroid hormone) |
From parathyroid gland, triggered by too high calcium levels |
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What specific kind of cell does PTH stimulate |
osteoclasts(Bone Calcium Breakers) |
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The stimulation PTH provides has what effect relative toblood calcium levels? |
Since it breaks down the calcium in bones it will INCREASE the BLOOD calcium levels |
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What is the epiphyseal plate of long bones made of |
Cartilage |
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What phenomenon does the epiphyseal plate provide for |
Length Wise growth of long bones that occur in children and adolescence |
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Scoliosis |
Abnormal lateral curvature of the back of the thoracic vertebrae |
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Kyphosis/hunchback |
Exaggerated posterior curvature of thoracic vertebrae |
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Lordosis/swayback |
Exaggerated anterior curvature of the lumbar vertebrae |
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What are laminae and what's their relation to spina bifida |
They are the posterior portions of the vertebral arch. Spina bifida is the failure or fusion of laminae during development |
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What's the name for the material located outside of the cells of connective tissues, including bone. |
Extracellular matrix |
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Organic and inorganic properties of bone and what do they provide to bones |
Calcium phosphate that provides cartilage |
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Cleft palate results when the palatine bones(palatine process) of the _____ fail to fuse medially during fetal development |
The maxilla fails to fuse correctly |
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Red Bone Marrow Function |
Hematopoesis: Make red blood cells |
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In what portion of a long bone is red bone marrow located |
Epiphysis |
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Red Bone marrow is housed |
In the spongy bone |
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4 types of bone markings that serve is attachment sites for ligaments and muscles(via tendons) |
Tuberosity, Trochanter, Tubercle, Epicondyle |
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What is a fossa |
A shallow, basin like depression in a bone; often serves as an articular surface |
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What is a meatus |
A canal-like passageway through a bone |
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What is a foramen |
An opening in a bone |
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What is a magnum |
Big opening of skeleton in an occipital bone |
