Lab 9 & 10 Flashcards
___ named bones
206
Skeleton is divided into:
Axial and Appendicular
Axial skeleton is composed of ____ bones
80
Appendicular skeleton is composed of ____ bones
126
The axial skeleton consists of bones that form the ____ ____ of the body
Long axis
Skull, vertebral column and thoracic cage:
Axial skeleton
The ______ skeleton consists of bones from the upper and lower limbs, plus the bones forming the girdles that connect the limbs to the axial skeleton
Appendicular
Five main types of bones:
Long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid
Bones that are longer than they are wide
Long bones
Most of the bones of the limbs are ____ bones
Long
Long bones are _____ for strength
Curved
Compact bone occurs at the surface of long bones, particularly in the ______
Diaphysis
The dilated extremities or epiphyses consist of _____ bone covered by a thin layer of compact bone
Spongy
Cube shaped bones (wrist/ankle or carpal/tarsal)
Short bones
Thin, flattened, usually a bit curved (sternum, scapular, ribs, skull)
Flat bones
Complicated shapes, don’t fit other classes (vertebrae, hip bones)
Irregular bones
Shaped like sesame seed, special short bone that forms patella (kneecap)
Sesamoid bones
The external surfaces of bones are rarely smooth, but instead have characteristic:
Surface markings
Composed of bones which form the long axis of the skeleton: the skull, auditory ossicles (middle ear bones - malleus, incus, stapes), hyoid bone, the vertebral column, the sternum and the ribs
Axial skeleton
Areas of fibrous connective tissue called _____, still exist between the cranial bones
Known as “soft spots”
Fontanels
The fontanels provide some flexibility to the fetal skull. Which allows:
Rapid growth
Skull to compress during birth
Ossification is usually complete by ____ years of age and the fontanels become sutures
Two
The adult skull is formed by cranial and facial bones, ____ in total
22
Enclose and protect the brain and are a site of attachment of head and neck muscles:
Cranial bones