Skeletal system Flashcards
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Sinus
Hollow chamber in bone filled with air- lighten the weight of the skull and give a resonant sound of the voice
foreman, canal, fissure
openings in the bone that allow for nerves, blood supply, passageway
Process, ramus
elevations in bone
trochanter, tuberosity, tubercle, crest, line, spine
processes or projections for tendon or ligament attachment
Head, Neck, trochlea, condyle, facet
processes designed for articulation with adjacent bones
fossa, sulcus
depression in bone
Long bones
long, thin bones, designed to support body weight and enable movement - humerous, ulna, radius, tibia, fibula, metacarpals, and metatarsals
Flat bones
form the roof of the skull to protect the brain
Short bones
small and cube shaped. carpals in the hand and Tarsals in the feet
Irregular bones
varied in shape with ridges or irregular surfaces –the vertebrae, and pelvic bones (ilium, pubis, and ischium)
Sesamoid bones
small and round reinforcing tendons (ex. patella)
axial skeleton
skull, vertebral column, sternum, laryngeal skeleton, and thoracic rib cage
Skull
22 bones (8 cranial and 14 facial)
Fontanells
Soft spots in a new born heads to allow for skull growth and birth - close around two months but up to 2 years
anterior longitudinal ligament
connecting the anterior vertebral bodies
foreman magnum
The occipital bone contains a large opening through which the spinal cord passes to become the brain stem.
Mastoiditis
can lead to deafness - inflammation of the mastoid sinuses
sinusitis
occurs when the soft tissues inside the sinuses become inflamed from virus, bacteria, or allergy
carotid canal
opening in the temporal lobe to allow for the internal carotid artery
external acoustic meatus
for transmission of sound - also located in the temporal bone
mandible
lower jaw, and only movable portion of the skull
Also the mandible and vomer are the only non-paired bones of the facial skeleton
zygomatic bones
give our cheeks prominence
pectoral girdle
also know as shoulder girdle -composed of two clavicles bones and two scalplae
The scapula is freely movable and only held together by muscles
dislocation
means the bone is removed from the socket. A dislocated shoulder Is when the humerous is removed from the glenoid cavity.