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Unit 4 Flashcards

1
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sutures

A

connects bone to the skull

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2
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fontanels

A

soft spots between bones

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3
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frontal bone

A

forehead

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4
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parietal bone

A

crown

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5
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temporal bone

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temple

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6
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occipital bone

A

back of head

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7
Q

sphenoid bone

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cranial floor

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8
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ethmoid bone

A

medial wall of eye orbit, superior nasal septum

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9
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mandible

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lower jaw

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maxilla

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upper jaw, most of hard palate

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zygomatic bone

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cheekbone, floor of eye orbit

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12
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nasal bone

A

bridge of nose

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13
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palatine bone

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posterior hard palate, floor of eye orbit

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14
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vomer

A

floor of nasal cavity, inferior nasal septum

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15
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lacrimal bone

A

medial eye orbit

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16
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inferior nasal conchae

A

inferior wall of nasal cavity that swirls and filters air

17
Q

cervical curvature

A

top 7 vertebrae

18
Q

thoratic curvature

A

middle 12 vertebrae

19
Q

lumbar curvature

A

bottom 5 vertebrae

20
Q

sacrum

A

5 fused vertebrae

21
Q

coccyx

A

4 fused vertebrae

22
Q

sternum pieces

A

manubrium, body, xiphoid process

23
Q

how many ribs are there

A

12 pairs, 24 all together

24
Q

true ribs

A

top 7 ribs attached to the sternum

25
false ribs
5 pairs of ribs that aren't attached to the sternum
26
floating ribs
bottom 11 and 12 that aren't attached to anything but the vertebrae
27
hyoid bone
bone not attached to anything but the tongue
28
kyphosis
osteoporosis, downward hunch
29
scoliosis
displaced laterally
30
lordosis
opposite of kyphosis
31
3 parts of the sternum
manubrium, body xiphoid process
32
axis
c2 vertebrae
33
atlas
c1 vertebrae

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