Chapter 8 Flashcards
What is the axial skeleton?
The trunk of the body - skull, vertebrae, sternum, ribs, sacrum, and hyoid
What is the appendicular skeleton?
Limbs - pectoral girdle, upper extremity, pelvic girdle, lower extremity
How many bones do adults have?
206
How many bones do newborns have?
270
What are bone markings?
A variety of ridges, spines, bumps, depressions, canals, pores, slits, cavities, and articular surface
What is a condyle?
A rounded knob that articulates with another bone
What is a head of a bone?
The expanded end, sometimes round
What is a foramen?
A hole through a bone for passages of nerves or blood vessels
What is a meatus?
A canal
What is a process?
Any bony prominence
What is a spine?
A sharp, slender, or narrow process
What is a fossa?
A shallow, broad, or elongated basin
What is a sulcus?
A groove for a tendon, nerve, or blood vessel
What is the most complex part of the skeleton?
The skull
How many bones make up the skull?
22
How is the skull held together?
By sutures (immovable joints)
How many cranial bones are there?
8
How many facial bones are there?
14
What are the cavities of the skull?
Cranial, orbits (eyes), nasal, oral, middle and inner ear cavities
What are the paranasal sinuses?
Frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, and maxillary
What do the paranasal sinuses do?
They’re lined by mucous membranes and air-filled, and add resonance to the voice and lighten the skull
What is the order of sinuses from superior to inferior?
Sphenoid, frontal, ethmoid, maxillary
What cranial bones are there doubles of?
Parietal and temporal
What do the cranial bones do?
Protects the brain and organs