The Skeleton Flashcards
What are the subdivision of the skeleton?
Axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton
How many bones form the typical adult appendicular skeleton ?
126 bones
What bones form the axial skeleton?
Skull Hyoid Vertebral column Sternum Ribs
What is the name given to the adult skull minus the mandible?
The cranium
What are the names given to the top of the adult skull?
The calvaria or calva
What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult skull?
28
What bones from the neurocranium of the typical adult skull?
Frontal Parietal Temporal Occipital Sphenoid Ethmoid
How many bones form the typical adult neurocranium
8
How many bones form the facial skeleton (splanchnocranium or visceral skeletons)?
14
What is the name given to the presacral region of the typical adult vertebral column or spinal column?
The spine
What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult spine?
24 bones
What is the definition of “spine” as it pertains to the vertebral column?
The pre-sacral region of the vertebral column or spinal column
How many bones are present in the typical adult sternum?
1
What regions are present along the typical adult sternum?
manubrium sterni
Corpus sterni
Xiphoid process
How many ribs are present in the typical adult skeleton?
12 pair or 24 ribs
