Practical 2 Flashcards
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Functions of the skeleton
Structure support
Movement
Protection
Creation of blood cells
Stores minerals
Stores fat in the form of yellow marrow
Gross anatomy: How many bones
Adult: 206
Children: 300, fuse together
Axial Skeleton
Follows axis of body
About 80 bones
Appendicular skeleton
126 bones
106 in hands and feet
Bone Marking: Crest
Ridge
Bone Marking: Epicondyle
Rounded surface
Bone marking: Line
Slight elongated ridge
Bone Marking: Spine
Sharp process
Bone marking: Trochanter
Large bony projection
Bone marking: Tubercle
Small, rounded process
Bone Marking: Tuberosity
Rough surface
Three different types of bone markings
Sites of muscle and ligament attachment
Projections that fit into joints
Allow passage of blood vessels and nerves
Bone Marking: Condyle
Rounded surface
Bone Marking: Head
Prominent rounded surface
Bone Marking: Facet
Flat surface
Bone Marking: Foramen
Hole through bone
Bone Marking: Fossa
Elongated basin
Bone Marking: Groove
Shallow depression
Long bones shape and examples
Cylinder, longer than wide
Femur, humerus, tibia, fibula, radius, ulna, metacarpals, metatarsals, phalanges, clavicle
Short bones shape and example
Cube like
Carpals, tarsals
Flat bones shape and example
Typically thin, curved
Sternum, skull, scapulae, ribs
Irregular bones shape and examples
Complex shape
Vertebrae
Facial bones
Sesamoid bones shape and examples
Sesame seed, embedded in tendons
Patella is the only named one
Proximal Epiphysis
End of a long bone that is closer to the center of the body