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What does articulate mean in english? |
Attached. |
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Describe a long bone. |
It has a greater length than width. |
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Describe a short bone. |
It is short and cube shaped. |
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Describe a flat bone. |
It is flat and composed of thin layers of parallel plates. |
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Describe an irregular bone. |
It has a complex shape. |
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Describe a sesamoid bone. |
Its shaped like a sesame seed. |
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Identify the bone shape. |
Sesamoid bone. |
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Identify the type of bone. |
Flat bone. |
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Identify the type of bone. |
Long bone. |
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Identify the type of bone. |
Irregular bone. |
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Identify the type of bone(s). |
Short bones. |
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What are sutures? |
Jointed areas where flat bones come together. Stitching of the flat bones on bones. |
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What are fissures? |
Narrow slits between bones for passages of blood vessels or nerves on bones. |
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What are the two major types of surface markings? |
Processes, depressions and openings on bones. |
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What are foramen(s)? |
Holes to allow passage of blood, vessels, nerves or ligaments. |
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What is a sulcus? |
Furrow on a bone for passage of blood vessel, nerve or tendon on bones. |
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What is a meatus? |
A tubelike opening on bones. |
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What is a fossa? |
A shallow depression on bones. |
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What is a condyle? |
A rounded projection with a smooth articular surface on bones.
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What is a facet? |
A smooth, flat, slightly concave articular surface on bones. |
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What is a crest? |
A prominent ridge on a bone. |
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What is the head of the bone? |
It is usually rounders articular process supported on a neck. |
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What is an epicondyle? |
It is usually a roughed projection on a condyle. |
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What is a line on a bone? |
Long, narrow ridge or boarder (not as prominent than a crest). |
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What is a spinous process and where is it typically pointing anatomically. |
It is a sharp, slender projection. Usually pointed posteriorly. |
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What is a tuberosity? |
A rough, bumpy surface. |
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What is a trochanter? |
A very large projection only found on the femur. |
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What is a tubercle? |
A rounded projection. |
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What are the paranasal sinus? Where are they located and what is their function? |
They are mucous membrane-lined cavities in the frontal, maxillary, sphenoid and ethmoid bones. They used as resonating(echo) chambers to enhance the voice and also increase surface area. |
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What does the hyoid bone do and where is it located? |
It supports the tongue by attaching to muscle. It is onto of the larynx. |
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What are the frontanels? |
They are mesenchyme-filled spaces between cranial bones present at birth. They close up beginning at 6 months of age. |
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What are the 3 types of vertebrae that make up the vertebral column? In order from superior to inferior. |
Cervical, Thoracic, and lumbar. |
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How many cervical vertebrae are there? |
7 |
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What is the name of the C1 vertebrae? |
The Atlas |
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What is the name of the C2 vertebrae? |
The Axis |
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How many thoracic vertebrae are in the body? |
12 |
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How many lumbar vertebrae are in the body? |
5 |
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What are the inferior end of the vertebral column called? |
The Sacrum and Coccyx. |
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What is the function of intervertebral discs and where are located? |
They are shock absorbs that create space between vertebrae. The are located between vertebrae. |
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What is special about thoracic vertebrae? |
They have special structures for rib head and tubercle attachment. |
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What are the 3 parts of the sternum? In order from superior to inferior. |
Manubrium, Body, Xiphoid Process. |
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Identify the B, C, and D. |
Manubrium, Body, Xiphoid Process. |
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Identify this bone.
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The sternum |
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Which vertebrae let the head turn left and right? |
The axis, C2 |
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Which vertebrae allows the head to go up and down. |
The atlas, C1. |
