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TLL CH6

SKELETAL SYSTEM

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A SYSTEM THAT CONSISTS OF BONES AND OTHER STRUCTURES THAT MAKE UP THE JOINTS OF THE SKELETON SKELETAL SYSTEM
PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK, PROTECTS SOME INTERNAL ORGANS, CONTAINS AND PROTECTS THE RED BONE MARROW, PROVIDES A STORGE SITE FOR EXCESS CALCIUM FUNCTIONS OF THE SKELETON
LOOKS SOLID BUT IS VERY PRECISELY STRUCTURED, MADE UP OF OSTEONS OR HAVERSIAN SYSTEMS COMPACT BONE
WHICH DOES LOOK RATHER LIKE A SPONGE WITH ITS VISIBLE HOLES OR CAVITIES SPONGY BONE
THE BONES OF THE LEGS, HANDS AND FEET(BUT NOT THE WRIST AND ANKLES) LONG BONES
THE SHAFT OF A LONG BONE DIAPHYSIS
THE BONES OF THE WRISTS AND ANKLES SHORT BONES
THE RIBS, SHOULDER BLADES, HIP BONES AND CRANIAL BONES FLAT BONES
THE VERTEBRAE AND FACIAL BONES IRREGULAR BONES
BONE MATRIX IS PRODUCED BY CELLS CALLED OSTEOBLASTS
FACTORS THAT AFFECT BONE GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE HEREDITY, NUTRITION AND HORMONES
____________ MEANS BEARING WEIGHT, WHICH IS JUST WHAT BONES ARE SPECIALIZED EXERCISE
DIVISION WHICH FORMS THE AXIS OF THE BODY AXIAL SKELETON
DIVISION WHICH SUPPORTS THE APPENDAGES OR LIMBS APPENDICULAR SKELETON
CONSISTS OF 8 CRANIAL BONES AND 14 FACIAL BONES SKULL
FORM THE BRAINCASE THAT ENCLOSES AND PROTECTS THE BRAIN, EYES AND EARS CRANIAL BONES
FORMS THE FOREHEAD AND THE ANTERIOR PART OF THE TOP OF THE SKULL FRONTAL BONE
FORM THE POSTERIOR TOP AND MUCH OF THE SIDE WALLS OF THE SKULL ( TWO BONES) PARIETAL BONES
ON THE SIDE OF THE SKULL CONTAINS AN EXTERNAL AUDITORY MEATUS (EAR CANAL), A MIDDLE EAR CAVITY, AND AND AN INNER EAR LABYRINTH TEMPORAL BONE
FORMS THE LOWER POSTERIOR PART OF THE BRAINCASE OCCIPITAL BONE
IS SAID TO BE SHAPED LIKE A BAT, AND THE GREATER WING IS VISIBLE ON THE SIDE OF THE SKULL BETWEEN THE FRONTAL AND TEMPORAL BONES SPHENOID BONE
HAS A VERTICAL PROJECTION CALLED THE CRISTA GALLI THE ANCHORS THE CRANIAL MENINGS ETHMOID
SPINAL COLUMN OR BACKBONE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
ARE THOSE WITHIN THE NECK CERVICAL VERTEBRE
LOWER JAW MANDIBLE
TWO UPPER JAW BONES MAXILLAR
FIRST VERTEBRA IS CALLED ATLAS
ARTICULATE (FORM JOINTS) WITH THE RIBS ON THE POSTERIOR SIDE OF THE TRUNK THORACIC VERTEBRAE
TWO FORMS THE POINT OF A CHEEKAND ARTICULATES WUTH THE MAXILLA FRONTAL BONE, AND TEMPORAL BONE ZYGOMATIC BONES
PERMITS ARTICULATION OF THE TWO HIP JOINTS SACRUM
VERTRAE ARE SEPARATED BY DISC
CONSISTS OF 12 PAIRS OF RIBS AND THE STERNUM OR BREAST BONE RIB CAGE
FIRST SEVEN PAIRS OF RIBS TRUE RIBS
THE THREE PAIRS OF RIBS AFTER THE FIRST SEVEN FALSE RIBS
IS A LARGE FLAT BONE W/SEVERAL PROJECTIONS THAT ANCHOR SOME OF THE MUSCLES THAT MOVE THE UPPER ARM AND THE FOREARM SCAPULA
ARTICULATES LATERALLY W/A SCAPULA AND MEDIALLY W/THE MANUBRIUM OF THE STERMUN CLAVICLE
IS THE LONG BONE OF THE UPPER ARE HUMERUS
FOREARMS ARE THE ______ ON THE LITTLE FINGER SIDE ULNA
FOREARM ON THE THUMB SIDE IS THE RADIUS
EIGHT SMALL BONES IN THE WRIST CARPALS
THE FIVE BONES OF THE PALM OF THE HAND METACARPALS
ARE THE BONES OF THE FINGERS, AND FIVE TOE BONES PHALANGES
IS THE FLARED, UPPER PORTION THE FORMS THE SACROILIAC JOINT ILIUM
IS THE LOWER POSTERIOR PART THAT WE SIR ON ISCHIUM
IS THE LOWER MOST ANTERIOR PART PUBIS
IS THE LONG BONE OF THE THIGH FEMUR
OR KNEECAP IS ARTERIOR TO THE KNEE JOINT PATELLA
IS THE WEIGHT-BEARING BONE OF THE LOWER LEG TIBIA
IS NOT PART OF THE KNEE JOINT AND DOES NOT BEAR MUCH WEIGHT FIBULA
ARE THE SEVEN BONES IN THE ANKLE TARSELS
ARE THE FIVE LONG BONES OF EACH FOOT METATARSALS
IS A SLIGHTLY MOVABLE JOINT BETWEEN ADJACENT VERTEBRAE SYMPHYSIS
IS A SIGHTLY MOVABLE JOINT AMPHIARTHROSIS
FREELY MOVABLE JOINTS DIATHROSES
LINING THE JOINT CAPSULE SYOVIAL MEMBRANE
MANY ___________ ALSO HAVE BURSE WHICH ARE SMALL SACS OF SYNOVIAL FLUID BETWEEN THE JOINT AND THE TENDONS THAT CROSS OVER THE JOINT SYNOVIAL JOINTS
Created by: TERRI LUCKETT
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