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30 Cards in this Set
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Axial Skeleton |
Skull, vetebral column, thorax Protection |
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Appendicular Skeleton |
Bones of upper and lower appendages, pelvic and shoulder girdle Motion |
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The Skull |
Formed by cranium and facial bones |
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Occipital Bone: occipital condyles |
attach atlas |
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Occipital bone: foramen magnum |
spinal cord goes through |
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Coronal suture |
connects parietal and frontal bones |
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Sagittal suture |
connects right and left parietal bones |
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Lambdoid suture |
connects parietal and occipital bones |
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Squamous suture |
connects parietal and temporal bones |
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Fontanels |
soft spots on baby skull bones fuse together by age 1 and 2 |
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Sphenoid: sella turcica |
houses pituitary glad |
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Ethmoid: cirsta galli |
attachment site for duramatter (brain covering) |
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Nasal Cavity |
cavity air passes through |
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Paranasalsinuses |
hollow cavities in bone; lightens skull, enhances resonance of voice, secrete mucus |
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Hyoid bone |
inferior to mandible, not attached to another bone (sesamoid), surrounds larynx |
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Lordotic |
concave curvature, cervical and lumbar vertebrae |
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Kyphotic |
Convex curvature, thoracic vertebrae |
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dens of axis |
allows for pivot |
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Nucleus pulposus |
more gelatinous part of intervertebral disks |
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Annuius fibrosus |
outer ring of intervertebral disks with fibrocartilage |
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appendicular skeleton
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bones of limbs and girdles
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girdle |
arrangement of bones |
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shoulder girdle |
how arm attaches to body; clavicle and scapula |
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scapula: acromion process |
what you feel on the shoulder |
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scapula: glenoid cavity |
head of humerus fits into |
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elbow |
trochlea of humerus fits into the trochlear notch of ulna |
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acetabulum |
head of femur fits into |
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ischeal tuberosity |
sit on |
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knee joint |
formed by tibia and femur; femoral condyles rest on top of tibia |
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arches |
shock absorption and propulsion/elasticity |
