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What is the role of bones?
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  • Supportive
  • Aid in movement
  • Protective
  • Blood cell formation
  • Mineral storage
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What are the types of bones?

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  • Long bones
  • Short bones (cube shape)
  • Flat bones (etc. skull)
  • Irregular bones (don’t belong in other categories)
  • Sesamoid bones (round/oval shape, develop with tendons)
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What are the types of skeletal systems?

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  • Axial (skull, vertebrae, scrum and coccyx, ribs, and sternum)
  • Appendicular: (upper and lower extremities)
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What are the two types of bones in the skull and how many of each

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  • 8 cranial
  • 14 facial
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Label the skull

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What are the vertebrae separated by?

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Intervertebral discs

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What are the vertebrae types and how many of each?

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  • 7 Cervical
  • 12 Thoracic
  • 5 Lumbar
  • 5 Sacral (make up the sacrum)
  • 4 Coccygeal (make up the coccyx)
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Process

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a projection or growth coming off a bone

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Articular

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relating to a joint or region which the joint is located

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Foramen

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an opening/hole in the bone

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11
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Label the vertebrae

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How to distinguish a Lumbar Vertebrae?

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  • largest and heaviest
  • body: kidney-shaped
  • vertebral foramen: triangle-shaped
  • transverse process: short
  • spinous process: thick, short, square, point posteriorly
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Costal

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Relating to the ribs

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Facet

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A small, smooth, flat surface

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How to distinguish a Cervical Vertebrae?

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  • body: small and oval
  • vertebral foramen: triangular
  • transverse process: contains transverse foramen
  • Spinous process: fork-shaped
  • Articular facet: superior and inferior
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16
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Where is the Atlas located?

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CI

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How to distinguish the Axis?

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  • Dens (odontoid process)
  • Body
  • Transverse process
  • Spinous process
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How to distinguish the Atlas?

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  • Vertebral foramen
  • Lateral mass
  • Superior Articular facet(s)
  • Transverse process
  • NO SPINOUS PROCESS
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16
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Where is the Axis located?

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CII

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17
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How to distinguish the Thoracic Vertebrae?

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  • Body: heart shape
  • Vertebral foramen: circular
  • Transverse process: long, articular facets for the ribs
  • Spinous process: long, points inferiorly, skinny
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17
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Distinguish the Vertebrae

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Left: Cervical
Middle: Thoracic
Right: Lumbar

18
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Label the Sacrum and Coccyx

(1, 2, 10, coccyx)

19
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What is the Manubrium?

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the body the of the sternum

20
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What are the types of ribs?

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  • Top 7 ribs: true ribs
  • Ribs 8-12: false ribs
  • Ribs 10-12: floating ribs
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Tubercule
A small round projection (bump) on the surface of the bone
22
Label the Rib
23
What are the parts of the Appendicular skeleton?
- Shoulder Girdle - Upper extremities - Lower extremities - Pelvis
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Where is the Scapula located?
The shoulder blade (sits on rib I and VII)
25
Label the Scapula
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Where is the clavicle located?
connects to the scapula at the acromial end, and the sternum at the sternal end
25
Label the clavicle
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What is the olecranon?
the boney bump that makes up the elbow
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What is the styloid?
Attached to the distal end the f the Radius and ulna. Resembles a tip of a pen
28
Label the Radius and Ulna
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What is the Pollex
the thumb
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What are the types of bones in the hand and how many of each?
- 8 carpal bones - 5 metacarpal bones - 14 phalanges (proximal, middle, distal)
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Label the hand
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Acetabulum
the socket of the hip joint
33
Label the pelvis
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Innominate
the hip bone
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Patella
the knee cap
36
Label the Femur
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Label the Tibia and Fibula
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Hullux
the big toe
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What are the types of bones that make up the foot and how many of each?
- 7 tarsal bones - 5 metatarsal bone - 14 phalanges
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Talus
Where the tibia and fibula sit on the foot. Controls movement up and down
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Calcaneus, and what direction of movement it controls
The heel, movement side to side
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What are bones made of?
- Compact bone: the dense outer shell - Spongy bone: forms cavities that are filled with bone marrow
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Which bone layer has more sensory nerves
outer layer
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What does the vascular system do for bones?
brings nutrients and transports cells that the bone marrow made into the blood stream

HES 120 (12 decks)

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