Human Skeleton Flashcards
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The human skeleton is divided into?
1.Axial
2. Appendicular
How many bones form human skeleton?
206
Appendicular skeleton includes?
1.Upper and Lower limbs
2. Shoulder and Pelvic Girdle
Function of girdle
To attach axial and appendicular skeletons together
Axial skeleton includes?
- Skull/ cranium
- Mandible
3.vertebral column - Thoracic cage
Thoracic cage includes?
Ribs, Sternum, costal cartilages
T or F
The coccygeal vertebrae vary from person to person. Ex. Someone may have 1 coccygeal vertebrae and other 4.
True
What are the 5 sections of vertebrae?
1.Cervical
2. Thoracic
3. Lumber
4. Saccral= fused
5. Coccygeal= fused
Bones in arm?
Humerus
Bones in forearm?
- Laterally= Radius
2.medially = Ulna
Bones in hand?
- Carpus/ Carpal
- Metacarpus
- Phalanges
Bones of thigh?
Femur- largest bone in Hb.
Bones of the leg?
Laterally- Fibula-fine
Medially- Tibia- thick
Bones of foot?
- Tarsus
2.Metatarsus
3.Phalanges
Shoulder girdle consists of?
- Scapula
- Clavicle
Joint of articulation : shoulder( pectoral) girdle
Anterior- Sternoclavicular joint
Pelvic girdle consists of?
- 2 hip bones
Joint of articulation: Pelvic girdle
Posteriorly- Saccroillic joint
Pelvis formed of?
2 hip bones and sacrum
Long bones?
-Length greater than width
-Has 2 ends and shaft
- femur, humerous, clavicle, tibia, fibula, phalanges etc.
Short bones?
- cuboidal in shape
- carpis and tarsus
Flat bones?
- flat😂
- sternum, scapula, skull cap
Irregular bones
- irregularly shaped
-sacrum - vertebrae
- skull base
Sesamoid bones?
-small bones found in tendon of certain muscles
-Patella
