Chapter 8 Exam 2 Flashcards
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body system that consists of all the bones; ligaments; and joints in the body
Skeletal System
the combined systems of the bones and muscles
Skeletomuscular System
Skeletomuscular word breakdown
Skelet/o- skeleton muscul/o- muscle
domelike bone at the top of the head that contains the cranial cavity and the brain and other structures
Cranium
crani/o -
cranium (skull)
a hole in a bone
Foramen
facial bone that is the lower jaw and contains the roots of the lower teeth; only moveable bone in the skull; forms a joint in front of the ear with the temporal bone
mandible
Mandible word breakdown
mandibul/o- mandible (lower jaw)
2 are fused together to form the maxilla
maxillary bones
maxill/o-
maxilla (upper jaw)
twelve pairs of bones that from the sides of the thorax
ribs
Cost/o-
rib
3 Types of ribs
true ribs; false ribs; floating ribs
vertical bone of the anterior thorax to which the clavicle and ribs are attached
Sternum
Sternum AKA
breast bone
stern/o-
sternum (breast bone)
bony cage of the chest that contains the thoracic cavity with the heart; lungs; and other structures
Thorax
Thorax AKA
rib cage
thorac/o-
thorax (chest)
Vertebrae C1-C7 of the vertebral column in the neck
cervical vertebrae
Cervical word breakdown
cervic/o-neck; cervix
group of several small; fused vertebrae inferior to the sacrum
Coccyx
Coccyx AKA
tail bone
Coccyg/o
- coccyx (tailbone)