Module 3 - skeletal System Flashcards
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Five primary functions of skeletal system
Support, storage of minerals and lipids, blood cell production, protection, leverage
What is the axial skeleton and how Many bones is there
Forms the longitudinal axis of the body has 80 bones
How many vertebrae are there in the vertebral column
24 vertebrae and the sacrum and the coccyx
What bones make up the thoracic cage
24 ribs and the sternum
What is the appendicular skeleton
All the bones beside the axial Skeleton has 126 bones
What two bones make up the pelvic girdle
Two hip bones (coxal bones)
What three fused bones are the coxal bones made of
Ilium, Ischium, Pubis
Lower limbs from hips down
Femur (thigh bone), patella (knee bone), tibia (thick shin) & fibula (thin shin), tarsal bones, metatarsal bones, phalanges
Six bone shapes
Sutural, irregular, short, flat, long, sesamoid
Example of an irregular bone
Vertebra
Example of short bones
Carpal bones
Example of flat bone
Parietal bone
Example of a long bone
Humerus
Example of a sesamoid bone
Patella
What are articulations
Contacts with other bones
What are landmarks
Areas of muscle and ligament attachment
What are foramina
Openings for nerves and blood vessels
Where do depressions or groves occur on bones
Along bone surface
Where do elevations or projections on bones occur
At articulations with other bones where tendons and ligaments attach
Where do tunnels occur on bones
Where blood and nerves enter bones
What is diaphysis
The shaft of a long bone, heavy wall of compact bone with a central space called medullary cavity
What is the epiphysis
The wide part at each end of a long bone, articulation with other bones, mostly spongy bone coved by compact bone
What’s cancellous
Spongy bone
What’s cortex
Compact bone
