Ch.7 The Axial Skeleton (Part 1)

Front 1

Long Bones

Back 1

Have greater length than width and consist of a shaft and a variable number of extremities

Front 2

Long Bones (Example)

Back 2

humerous, radius, ulna, femur, fibula, tibia, metacarpals, metatarsals and phalanges

Front 3

metacarpals, metatarsals, and phalanges

Back 3

Which bones have 1 epiphysis?

Front 4

femur

Back 4

Which bones have 4 epiphyses?

Front 5

Short Bones

Back 5

somewhat cube shaped and nearly equal in length and width

Front 6

Short bones (Example)

Back 6

Carpals and Tarsals

Front 7

composed of spongy bone except for outer covering of compact bone

Back 7

Short Bone are composed of mostly what kind of bone?

Front 8

Flat bones

Back 8

thin and composed of two nearly parallel plates of compact bone enclosing a layer of spongy

Front 9

Flat bones (example)

Back 9

Cranial bones, sternum and ribs

Front 10

Irregular bones

Back 10

complex shapes and cannot be grouped into any of the 3 categories (long, short, flat)

Front 11

Irregular bones (example)

Back 11

vertabrae, scapula, and facial bones

Front 12

Sutural (wormian) bones

Back 12

What kind of irregular bones are in the skull?

Front 13

Sesmoid Bones

Back 13

Bones that form in tendons; sometimes bones of this sort of form in hands and feet

Front 14

Sesmoid Bones (example)

Back 14

patella