Axial Skeleton Flashcards
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What is the nasal bone?
A
top of the nose that forms the bridge of the nose
2
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What is the ethmoid sinus?
A
bunch of little holes below the cribriform plate
3
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What is the frontal sinus?
A
cavity within the frontal bone; right above the nose
4
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What is the temporomandibular joint?
A
place where the mandible and temporal bone comes together
5
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What is the mandibular notch?
A
U shape in-between the two processes
6
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What is the temporal bone?
A
temple area of the skull
7
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What is a true rib?
A
connect individually to the sternum
8
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What is the greater wing?
A
deep curved indent below the lesser wing
9
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What is the sphenoid sinus?
A
underneath the sella turcica
10
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What is a false rib?
A
don’t individually connect to the sternum
11
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What is the angle of the mandible?
A
part connecting the body and ramus of the mandible
12
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What is the frontal bone?
A
bone of the forehead; front of the head
13
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What is the basilar part?
A
flat part inside the skull by the foramen magnum; also extends to the outside
14
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What is the palatine bone?
A
back part of the mouth
15
Q
What does the cervical vertebra look like?
A
mouse/elephant
16
Q
What is the ethmoid bone?
A
located between the eyes and forms the roof of the nasal cavity; small part
17
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What does the thoracic vertebra look like?
A
giraffe
18
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What is the costal facet?
A
on the transverse process where the ribs connect
19
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What is the dens?
A
process on the axis that sticks up the top and articulates with the atlas
20
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What is the foramen lacerum?
A
between the petrous part of temporal bone, sphenoid bone, and occipital bone; side of the Turkish saddle
21
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What is the mastoid process?
A
rounded process of the temporal bone
22
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What is the auricular surface?
A
rough part on the sides that articulate with the auricular surface on the os coxa
23
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What is the superior articular process?
A
bump that sticks out at the top
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What is the lamina?
A
flat part between the spinous process and transverse process
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What is the head of the rib?
the end of the posterior part
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What is the optic canal?
eyes of the manta-ray
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What is the xiphoid process?
bottom pointy part of the sternum
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What is the body of a vertebra?
flat part
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What is the supraorbital ridge?
ridge above the eye socket; eyebrow of the skull
30
What does costal mean?
rib
31
What is the superior articular facet?
just the surface of the superior articular process where another vertebrae connects on the top
32
What is the stylomastoid foramen?
opening located between the styloid process and mastoid process
33
What is the ramus of the mandible?
flat part on the side
34
What is the pedicle?
little bridge that connects the body to the top part that sticks out
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What vertebra is the costal facet apart of?
thoracic vertebra
36
What is the external occipital protuberance?
little bump on the back of the skull
37
How many lumbar vertebra are there?
5
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What is the mandibular fossa?
dip where the jaw connects
39
What vertebra is the dens found on?
cervical vertebra
40
What is the inferior nasal concha?
spiral on the sides of the vomer
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What is the transverse process?
stick out the sides of the vertebra; more lateral
42
What is the sagittal suture?
joins the parietal bones/ middle of the head
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What is the lateral ptergoid plate?
vertical process that laterally and inferiorly projects from the sphenoid; are lateral ridge on the underside of the skull behind the teeth
44
What is the transverse foramen?
hole that goes through the transverse process
45
What is the costal groove?
bottom of the rib where there is an indent
46
What is the zygomatic arch?
formed by joining of the zygomatic bone and the temporal bone; goes back towards the temporal bone
47
What vertebra is the transverse foramen found on?
cervical vertebra
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What is the coronoid process?
front process of the mandible
49
What does the lumbar vertebra look like?
moose
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What is the sternum?
chest bone
51
What is costal cartilage?
Where the ribs connect to the sternum
52
What is the superior orbital fissure?
fissure between greater and lesser wings of the sphenoid; can be seen inside the eye socket
53
What is the occipital bone?
bone on the back of the skull
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What is the sternoclavicular joint?
where the clavicle and sternum come together
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What is the petrous part?
ridge toward the back of the skull; inside
56
How many cervical vertebra are there?
7
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What is the hypoglossal canal?
paired passageway just above the occipital condyle
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What is the gomphosis?
where the root of the tooth and alveolus come together
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What is the alveolus?
socket where the tooth goes
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What is the cribriform plate?
valleys on the sides of the crista galli
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What is the intervertebral disc?
fibrocartilage between each vertebra
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What is the mental foramen?
small holes on the chin
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What is the parietal bone?
top sides of the skull
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What is the internal auditory canal?
passageway from the inner ear in petrous part of the temporal bone; on the petrous part kinda on the side
65
What is the occipital condyle?
bumps on the side of the foramen magnum and articulates with the 1st vertebra
66
What is the lambdoid suture?
joins the occipital and parietal bones; back of the head
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What is the perpendicular plate?
top part of the triangle that's in the nose
68
How many ribs are there?
12 pairs
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What is the infaorbital foramen?
small opening below the eyes on the sides of the nose
70
How many thoracic vertebra are there?
12
71
What is the coccyx?
forms the tailbone; 4 fused vertebra
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What is the mandibular foramen?
Where the jaw meets the temporal bone
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What is the medial pterygoid plate?
vertical process that medially and inferiorly projects from the sphenoid; more medial
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What is the nasolacrimal canal?
hole in the lacrimal bone where tears go
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What is the zygomatic bone?
forms the prominence of the cheek; cheekbone
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What is the crista galli?
crest in the middle of the cribriform plate
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What is a floating rib?
don't attach to the sternum at all
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What is the body of the mandible?
main portion below the teeth
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What is the atlas?
very top vertebra; body is tingy
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What is the sphenoid bone?
butterfly-shaped bone at the floor of the cranium
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What is the superior nuchal line?
little ridge coming out from the external occipital protuberance
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What is the coronal suture?
joins the frontal and parietal bones
83
What is the vomer?
bottom of the triangle; can be seen from the back
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What is the sacral foramen?
holes in the sacrum
85
What is the external auditory canal?
ear hole on the outside of the temporal bone
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What is the body of the sternum?
middle part of the sternum
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What is the hyoid bone?
bone of the anterior neck that doesn't articulate with any other bones
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What is the tubercle of the rib?
bump by the head
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What is the jugular notch?
depression on the top of the manubrium
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What is the lesser wing?
looks like a manta-ray
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What is the foramen magnum?
big hole where the brain stem is
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What is the inferior articular process?
bump that sticks out on the bottom by the spinous process
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What is the spinous process?
sticks out the back
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What is the manubrium?
top part of the sternum
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What is the sacroiliac joint?
where the auricular surface of the sacrum and ilium come together
96
What does mental mean?
chin
97
What is the condylar process?
back process of the mandible
98
What is the sacrum?
forms the back wall of the pelvis; 5 bones fused together
99
What is the shaft of the rib?
curved part of the rib
100
What is the inferior articular facet?
just the surface of the inferior articular process where another vertebrae connects on the bottom
101
What vertebra is the axis a part of?
cervical vertebra
102
What is the inferior orbital fissure?
below the superior orbital fissure inside the eye socket
103
What is the axis?
second vertebra; has a structure that comes up that allows you to rotate your head
104
What is the carotid canal?
passageway just medial to the styloid process
105
What is the foramen ovale?
looks like an oval; lateral too the base of the sella turcica
106
What is the styloid process?
long, sharp process of the temporal bone; very pointy part by the mastoid process
107
What is the mandible?
lower jaw
108
What is the sella turcica?
saddle-like depression posterior to the lesser wing of sphenoid; picks up where the basilar part left off
109
What is the jugular foramen?
goes through the back of the petrous part
110
What is the vertebral foramen?
hole where the spinal cord goes through
111
What is the squamous suture?
joins the temporal and parietal bones; side of the head
112
What vertebra is the atlas a part of?
cervical vertebra
113
What is the supraorbital foramen?
small hole above the eye socket
114
What are the vertebra?
basic bone unit of the vertebral column
115
What is the maxilla?
upper jaw; above the teeth
116
What is the lacriamal bone?
inside of the eye; medial wall of the orbit
117
What is the maxillary sinus?
paired cavity within the maxilla; behind the front of the maxilla
118
What is the foramen rotundum?
paired opening anterior two the foramen ovale
119
What does SOLaR stand for?
spinosum, ovale, laceurs, anterior, rotundum
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What is the foramen spinosum?
tiny hole next to the foramen ovale
