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Cranium and facial skeleton |
What are the two parts of the skull? |
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How many bones does the facial skeleton have? |
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How many bones does the cranium have? |
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Occipital bone |
Hindmost bone of skull |
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Protects the skull |
What does the cranium do? |
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Parietal bones |
Sides and top of cranium |
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Frontal bone |
Forehead |
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Temporal bones |
Sides of head near ears |
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Ethmoid |
Spongy bone between eye socket |
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Sphenoid |
Bone that joins all cranium bones together |
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Nasal bone |
Forms the bridge of nose |
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Lacrimal bone |
Small, thin bone. Located at front inner wall of eye sockets. |
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Zygomatic bones |
Cheekbones |
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Maxillae |
Bones of upper jaw. |
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Mandible |
Lower jawbone; largest and strongest bone of the face |
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Hyoid bone |
U shaped bone at base of tongue |
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Cervicle vertebrae |
7 bones of top part of vertebral collumn, located in neck region. |
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Thorax |
Elastic, bony cage that serves as a protective framework for the heart, lungs, and other organs |
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Ribs |
12 pairs of bones forming wall of thorax |
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Scapula |
Large, flat, triangular bone of shoulder. |
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Sternum |
Breastbone |
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Clavicle |
Collarbone |
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Humerus |
Uppermost and largest bone in the arm, extending from elbow to shoulder |
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Ulna |
Inner and larger bone in the forearm attached to the wrist and located on the side of the little finger |
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Radius |
Smaller bone in the forearm on the same side as the thumb |
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Carpus |
Wrist |
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Metacarpus |
Bones of palm of hand/parts of the hand containing five bones between carpus and phalanges |
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Phalanges |
Bones of fingers and toes (digits) |
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Femur |
Heavy, long bone that forms the leg above the knee |
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Tibia |
Larger of two bones that form the leg below the knee. |
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Fibula |
Smaller of two bones that form the leg below the knee |
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Patella |
Kneecap |
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Talus |
Ankle bone |
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Metatarsal |
Long and slender bones, similar to the metacarpal bones of hand |
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Striated muscles |
Skeletal muscles. Voluntary or self controlled muscles. |
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Nonstriated muscles |
Smooth muscles. Involuntary and function automatically. |
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Cardiac muscle |
Involuntary muscle that is the heart |
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Origin |
Part of muscle that doesn't move and is attached closest to skeleton |
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Belly |
Middle part of muscle |
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Insertion |
Part of muscle that moves and is farthest from skeleton |
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Epicranius |
Muscle that covers top of skull and consists of the occipitalis and frontalis |
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Occipitalis |
Back portion of epicranius, muscle that draws the scalp backwards |
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Frontalis |
Front portion of epicranius; the muscle of the scalp that raises eyebrows, draws the scalp foreward, and causes wrinkles across the forehead |
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Central nervous system |
Division of nervous system that consists of the brain, spinal cord, and cranial nerves. Controls consciousness and mental activities, voluntary functions of the five senses, and voluntary muscle actions, including all body movements and facial expressions. |
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Peripheral nervous system |
System of nerves that connects the outer parts of the body to the CNS. Has both sensory and motor nerves. It's function is to carry impulses to and from the nervous system. |
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Autonamic nervous system |
Part of the nervous system that controls involuntary muscles. |
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Red blood cells |
Carry oxygen from the lungs to the body cells and transport CO2 from the cells back to the lungs. |
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White blood cells |
Cells that destroy disease-causing toxins and bacteria |
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Plasma |
Fluid part of blood in which red and white blood cells and platelets flow. 90% water and contains proteins and sugars. |
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Blood vessel |
Tube like structures that include arteries, arterioles, capillaries, venules, and veins |
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Arteries |
Thick walled, muscular, flexible tubes that carry oxygenated blood away from heart to arterioles |
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Arterioles |
Small arteries that deliver blood to capillaries |
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Venules |
Small vessels that connect capillaries to veins |
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Capillaries |
Tiny, thin walled blood vessels that connect the smaller arteries to venules |
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Veins |
Thin walled blood vessels that are less elastic that arteries |
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Circulatory system |
System that controls the steady circulation of blood through the body by means of the heart and blood vessels |
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Digestive system |
Breaks down food into nutrients and wastes |
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Endocrine system |
System that affects growth, development, sexual functions, and health of entire body |
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Excretory system |
Purifies the body by eliminating waste matter |
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Integumentaty system |
System that serves as a protective covering and helps regulate the body's temperature |
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Lymphatic/immune system |
System that protects the body from diease |
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Muscular system |
System that covers, shapes, and holds the skeletal system in place |
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Nervous system |
System that controls and coordinates all other systems in the body |
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Reproductive system |
System that produces offspring |
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Respiratory system |
System that enables breathing, supplying oxygen |
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Skeletal system |
System that forms the physical foundation of the body (206 bones) |