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A&P 1
chapter 27 skeletal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| number of bones in adult body | 206 |
| number of bones in an infant body | 270 |
| made up of the spinal cord, skull, and rib cage and has 80 b0nes | axial skeleton |
| made up of the arms, legs,hands,feet,shoulders,and pelvis and has 126 bones | appendicular skeleton |
| functions of the skeletal system | support,protection,shape,muscle attatchment,forms cells,stores calcium |
| found in spongy areas of skull,ribs,vertebrae,strnum,clavicles and pelvis | red marrow |
| divisions of the spinal column | cervical,thoracic,lumbar |
| long part or shaft of long bone | diaphysis |
| ends of the long bone | epiphysis |
| ling between the diaphysis and epiphysis | metaphysis |
| compression of the median nerve at the wrist that results from repetitive motion | carpal tunnel syndrome |
| caused by a fault in the immune system that causes it to attack the joint membranes | rheumatoid arthritis |
| severe joint pain that usually affects the great toe, occurs more at night | gout |
| lateral deviation of the great toe | hallux valgus or bunions |
| bones in children are more flexible due to increased percentage of | cartilage |
| small bone at the knee | patella |
| aging, faulty metabolism of estrogen,sedentary life style are all causes of | primary osteoporosis |
| lateral curvature of the spine | scoliosis |
| anterior curvature of the lumbar spine | lordosis |
| posterior curvature of the back; humpback | kyphosis |
| complete or incomplete tear in the supporting ligaments of a joint | sprain |
| paritial of imcomplete dislocation or articulating surfaces at joints | subluxation |
| place where two or more boney joints come together | articulation |
| displacent of bones at a joint, articulating joints are no longer in contact | dislocation |
| fracture that results from a severe twisting action | spiral |
| fracture that is driven inward, usually occurs in the skull | depressed |
| painful inflammation of the sac located around the joint | bursitis |
| fracture where the ends of the broken bone are jammed into each other | impacted |
| first seven pairs of ribs in rib cage, attatched to sternum | true ribs |
| last five pairs of ribs, also called floating ribs | fale ribs |
| separate the bones in the spinal column | intervertebral cartilage discs |
| individual bones of the spinal column | vertebrae |
| opening between the vertebrae through which the spinal cord and peripheral nerves go through | foraminae |
| incomplete fracture | greenstick |
| closed fracture not involving the skin | simple |
| open fracture where the bone protrudes through the skin | compound |
| fracture with more than one fracture line and fragments of bone | comminuted |
| mass of foriegn matrial circulating in the blood stream | embolus |
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