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35 Cards in this Set
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The bones of the upper and lower appendages comprise the
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Appendicular Skeleton
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Movement of the bones is provided by the body's
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Skeletal Muscles
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The cranial bones are fused together at immovable joints known as
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Suture
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The forehead and anterior roof of the cranium is formed by the
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Frontal Bone
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The posterior cranial floor is formed by the
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Occipital bones
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The occipital bone contains a large hole for passage of the spinal cord known as the
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Foramen magnum
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The bones that form the side walls of the cranium are called the
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Temporal Bones
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The mastoid process is a rounded process of the
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Temporal Bone
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The projection of the temporal bone helping form the cheekbone is the
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Zygomatic Process
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The cranial bone that has the shape of a butterfly and forms the anterior internal floor of the cranium is the
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Sphenoid Bone
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Membranous areas between the skull bones present in the newborn are known as
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Fontanels
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Each zygomatic bone has a projection forming the anterior cheekbone and is known as the
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Temporal Process
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The upper jaw is formed by two bones called
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Maxillae
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The lower jaw bone is shaped as a horseshoe and is called the
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Mandible
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The vertebral column is composed of 26 bones known as
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Vertebrae
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The five sacral vertebrae fuse to one another to form the
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Sacrum
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the vertebrae of the neck are known as
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Cervical Vertebrae
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The unfused vertebrae of the vertebral column are separated from one another by
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Intervertebral Disk
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An abnormal sideways curve of the spinal column is known as
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Scoliosis
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The spinal cord extends through the vertebral column by passing through openings in the vertebrae known as
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Vertebral Foramena
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The first vertebrae of the vertebral column is called the
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Atlas
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The three recognizable parts of the sternum are the manubrium, the body, and the
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Xiphoid Process
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The last two pairs of ribs do not attach to the sternum and are known as
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Floating Ribs
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The arms are connected to the rib cage by connecting bones organized as the
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Pectoral Girdle
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The anterior rod-shaped bone connecting the arm bones to the axial skeleton is the
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Clavicle
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The olecranon process is a feature of the
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Ulna
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The phalanges of the hand are the bones found in the
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Fingers
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The three bones of the pelvis are the ilium, ischium, and the
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Pubis
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Where the ilium joins the sacrum, the joint is known as the
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Sacroiliac Joint
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The largest and strongest bone of the human body is the
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Femur
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The kneecap bone is called the
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Patella
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The thin leg bone extending down the lateral portion of the lower leg is the
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Fibula
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The larger leg bone found on the medial side of the lower leg is the
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Tibia
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The ankle of the lower leg is formed by a series of tarsals that number
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Seven
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The toe bones are known as
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Phalanges
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