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16 Cards in this Set
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- Back
How many bones are in the human body? |
206 pairs |
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Axial Skeleton |
Skull, vertebral column, ribs, sternum |
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Appendicular Skeleton |
Shoulder girdle, bones of arms, wrists, hands, pelvic girdle, and bones of legs, ankles, and feet |
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Joints |
Junctions of bones |
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Fibrous Joint Examples |
Skull |
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Joints that allow no movement |
Fibrous joints |
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Examples of cartilaginous joints |
Intervertebral disks |
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Joints that allow limited movement |
Cartilaginous joints |
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Examples of synovial joints |
Elbow and knee |
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Joints that allow the most movement |
Synovial joints |
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What are articulating bone ends covered with? |
Smooth hyaline cartilage |
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What are joints that operate as hinges (rotating on one axis only) |
Uniaxial (elbow) |
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What are joints that allow movement about two perpendicular axis? |
Biaxial Joints (ankle and wrist) |
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What joints allow movement about all three perpendicular axis? |
Multiaxial (shoulder/hip and ball) |
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Vertebral column |
7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 3-5 coccygeal |
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Karssa and Magy |
Love each other for ever |