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Axial skeleton

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Skull, facial bones, sternum, ribs and vertebrae

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Appendicular skeleton

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Connects appendages to axial; shoulder girdle, arm, wrist, hands, pelvic girdle, leg, ankle, foot

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Functions of Skeletal

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Support, protection, mineral storage (calcium, phosphorus), blood cells formation, anchoring and movement of muscles

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Tendons

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Muscle to bone

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Ligaments

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Bones to bones

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Bones

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Dense, connective tissue made of collagen fibers and minerals, 206 bones

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Long bones location

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Extremities (limbs)

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Short bones description

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Hands and feet, cube shaped and composed of spongy bone

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Flat bones description

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protects vital organs and provides broad surface for muscle attachment

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Flat bones examples

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Cranium, facial bones, sternum, scapulae

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Sesamoid bone description

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Embedded within tendons and enable joint movement

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Sesamoid bone examples

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Patella, hands, wrists, feet

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Irregular bones description

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Have a complex shape and provide support and protection, yet flexible movement

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Examples of irregular bones

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Vertebrae, jawbone and coccyx

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Diaphysis

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Shaft of a long bone

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Epiphysis

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end of a long bone

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Epiphyseal plate

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An area of tissue that is replaced by new, bony tissue as the bone grows (form new bone). This is responsible for the lengthening of bone during childhood and adolescence. The growth plate calcified and disappears as bone achieves full growth.

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Cortical bone (compact)

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Lies under the periosteum and mainly around the diaphysis of a long bones. In long bones, cortical bones have the medullary cavity.

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Periosteum

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Outer membrane of a bone

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Medullary cavity

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Contains yellow bone marrow composed of fat cells

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Cancellous bone (trabecular)

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Porous and less dense than compact bone. Called spongy bone. Found in the epiphyses of long bones. Contain red bone marrow which perform hematopoiesis.

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Red Bone Marrow

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Where white and red blood cells are manufactured as well as platelets

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Hematopoiesis

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Production of blood cells in the bone marrow

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Joint

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Any place in the body where two or bones connect

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diarthroses
Freely movable joints
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Ball and socket (diarthroses)
Head of humerus and scapula
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gliding (diarthroses)
Carpal bones
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hinge (diarthroses)
Humerus and ulna
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Pivot (diarthroses)
Radius and ulna
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Condylar (diarthroses)
Phalanges and metacarpal
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Saddle (diarthroses)
Metacarpal and carpal bone
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Amphiarthroses
slightly movable joints; rib and pelvis
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Synarthroses
Immovable joints, the cranium
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Synovial joints
Contains a membrane that secretes synovial fluid; acts as a lubricant to reduce friction between bones; ball and socket and hinge joints
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Bursa sac
Contains synovial fluid
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Bone processes
Areas on bone that extend outward and serve as attachment zones for tendons and muscles
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Tubercules
Small round process found on many bones
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Trochanter (process)
One of two large processes found on thigh bone
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Tuberosity (process)
Large rough process on many bones
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Bone depression
opening or hollow region in the surface of a bone where one bone articulates with another to form a joint; may also serve as a passageway for nerves and blood vessels
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Condyle (a process)
rounded knuckle process at a joint
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Fossa (BD)
Shallow pit or cavity in or on a bone
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Foramen (BD)
passageway for blood vessels and nerves
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Fissure (BD)
Deep, narrow, slit like opening
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Sulcus (BD)
Groove or furrow)
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Sinus (BD)
Hollow cavity within a bone
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Sutures
Where cranial bones attach to each other at joints
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Skull
Contains facial and cranial bones
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Cranium
Bones that protect the brain
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Fontanels
Soft spots on cranial bones due to them not joining; in newborns
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Frontal bone
The forehead
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Parietal
Forms the roof and upper sides of the cranium
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Occipatal
Forms the posterior floor and walls of the cranium
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Temporal
forms the sides and base of the cranium
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Sphenoid
Forms part of the base of the skull and the floor and sides of eye sockets
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Ethmoid
Forms part of the nose, eye sockets and floor of the cranium
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Mandible
Lower jawbone; only facial bone capable of movement
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Nasal bones
Make up nose bridge
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Vomer
Septum; dividing line between left and right cavities of the nose
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Zygomatic
Cheekbones
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Palatine
Posterior part of the hard palate in the mouth
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Maxillary
Upper jawbone
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Lacrimal
Makes up eye sockets
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Thorax (ribcage)
Made of sternum, ribs, and thoracic vertebrae
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Ribcage (thoracic cage)
Protects vital organs; cartilage allows for movement of the thorax during movement
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Sternum
Breastbone; anterior attachment for ribs; manubrium; body and xiphoid process
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Costals
12 pairs of ribs which attach posteriorly to the thoracic vertebrae. 24 bones arranged in 12s.
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True ribs
First seven pair of costals, attach anteriorly to the costal cartilage/sternum
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False ribs
Three pairs of ribs (8-10) indirectly attach to the sternum by connecting with the cartilage of the ribs above them
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Floating ribs
Last two pairs of costals (11-12), don;t attack to sternum or cartilage but to the vertebrae
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thoracic vertebrae
Made of 12 vertebrae (segments), posterior attachment for ribs, T-spine
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Vertebral column
Spine; 26 bone segments arranged in five section to protect the spinal cord
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Intervertebral disks
Between most vertebrae; composed of cartilage and act as shock absorbers, allowing for movement of the spinal cord
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Cervical vertebrae
7 bones, C-spine, make up the neck region
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Lumbar vertebrae
Five bones, L-spine, curves in the lower back and is the strongest and largest vertebrae
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Sacrum
S-spine, slightly curved and triangular, made of 5 segments that fuse to become one during childhood
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Coccyx
4 small bones that fuse during early adulthood to form the tailbone; coccygeal fusion
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Shoulder girdle
Attach upper extremities to axial skeleton, clavicle, sternum and scapula.
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Humerus
upper arm bone
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Radius
Smaller bone found on the thumb side of the forearm
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ulna
Larger forearm bone, proximal end forms the elbow
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Carpal (UE)
8 make up the wrist
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Metacarpal (UE)
5 bones make up the hand
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Phalanges (UE)
14 make up the finger bones. Each finger has 3 phalanges (proximal, medial, distal) while thumb has 2 phalanges (proximal and distal)
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Pelvic girdle
Attachment of lower extremities to axial skeleton
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Ischium
Posterior part of pelvic bone
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Ilium
Broad, blade shaped bone that forms the upper part of each side of the pelvis
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Pubis
Anterior part of pelvic bone
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Femur
Thigh bone; upper leg; longest bone
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Patella
Kneecap, forms anterior part of the knee
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tibia
Shinbone, medially located lower leg bone
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Fibula
Located laterally to tibia, smaller of the lower leg bones
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Tarsal
7 make up the ankle
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Calcaneous
Heel bone, largest of the tarsal bones
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Talus
second largest tarsal bone; anklebone
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Metatarsals (LE)
5 make up the bones of the foot
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Phalanges (LE)
14 phalanges, 2 on the big toe (proximal and distal) and 3 on the other four toes (proximal, medial and distal)

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