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Nat. Review chpt. 5a
Bones of the axial skeleton
Question | Answer |
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The frontal bone is located | Forehead |
The parietal bones are located | Directly behind the frontal bone |
The temporal bones are located | Behind the ears |
The occiput is located | Back of the head |
The sphenoid bone is located | Above the zygomatic bone |
The coronal suture seperates | The frontal bone and the parietal bones |
The sagittal suture seperates | Parietal bones |
Lambdoid suture seperates | Parietal and temporal bones from the occiput |
Squamous suture seperates | Parietal and temporal bones |
External auditory meatus is located | Temporal bone |
Mastoid process is located | Under the ear |
Styloid process is located | In front of the mastoid process |
Zygomatic arch is | The cheek bone |
Nasal bones form | Form the upper bridge of the nose |
Lacrimal bones | Form the medial wall of the eye socket and the side wall of the nasal cavity |
Zygomatic bones | Form the cheek and help form the orbit |
Maxillary bones | Upper jawbones |
Sphenoid bone | Form the central part of the floor of the cranium |
Sella turcica | Small depression in the spheniod bone that the pituitary is located in (turkish saddle) |
Pterygoid plates | Muscles attatch here |
External occipital protuberance | Large bump on the back of the head |
Occipital condyles | Smaller bump below eop |
Foramen magnum | Large hole that the spinal cord enters the cranium through |
Palatine process | Roof of the mouth |
Mandible | Lower jaw |
Condyloid process | Articulates with Temporal bone here |
Coronoid process of the mandible | Front of jaw articulation |
Ramus of the mandible | Back part of the jawbone |
Angle of the mandible | Angle of the jaw |
Hyoid bone | U shaped bone at the base of the tongue that supports the tongue muscles |
Ear ossicles | Ear bones |
Malleus | Hammer of the ear bones |
Incus | Anvil of the ear bones |
Stapes | Stirrup of the ear bones |
Vertebral column | Spinal column |
Vertebrae | Make up the vertebral column |
Body of the vertebrae | Circle part of the vertebrae |
Vertebral foramen | Hole in the vertebrae |
Spinous process of the vertebrae | Bone you can feel in your back |
Transverse process of the vertebrae | Oriented 90 degrees from the spinous process |
Ethmoid bone | Forms part of the eye sockets and nasal cavity |
Crista galli | Cock's comb, part of the ethmoid bone |
Superior and middle concha | Hooks inside the nose that slow down airflow |
Vomer | Forms the back and lower part of the nasal septum |
Lamina of the vertebrae | Join to form the spinous process of the vertebrae and form part of the vertebral foramen |
Pedicle of the vertebrae | Form the transverse process and part of the vertebral foramen |
Superior articular processes of the vertebrae | Articulates with the vertebrae above it. Face toward the spinous process. |
Inferior articular processes of the vertebrae | Articulates with the vertebrae below it. Face away from the spinous process. |
There are ____ cervical vertebrae | 7 |
Atlas | C1 |
Axis | C2 |
Dens | Only on c2. Protrudes into formen on c1 to provide pivot action |
Odontoid process | Dens |
Transverse foramen | Found only in the cervical vertebrae. A hole in the transverse process |
How many thoracic vertebrae are there? | 12 |
Articular facets | Facets on the articular process |
How many lumbar vertebrae are there? | 5 |
How many vertebrae make up the coccyx? | 3-5 |
How many sacral vertebrae are there? | 5 |
How many pair of ribs are there? | 12 |
How many pair of true ribs are there? | 7 |
How many pair of false ribs are there? | 3 |
How many pair of floating ribs are there? | 2 |
Rib | Curved arches of bone |
Sternum | Breastbone |
Clavicular notch | A hollow on either side of the upper surface of the manubrium sterni which articulates with the clavicle |
Manubrium | The broad upper division of the sternum with which the clavicle and first two ribs articulate |
Body of the sternum | Middle part of the sternum |
Xiphoid process | Small bony pointed extension on the base of the sternum |
Cervical curve is | Lordotic |
Thoracic curve is | Kyphotic |
Lumbar curve is | Lordotic |
Sacrum curve is | Concave anterioinferiorly |
Annulus fibrosus | Outer fibrous rings |
Nucleus pulposus | Toothpaste like middle of vertebral disk |
Ibibition | How disks receive nutrients and water |
Anterior spinous ligament | Front ligament |
Vertebral disk | AKA intervertebral disk, between the vertebrae except occiput-c1 and c1-c2 |
Vertebral herniation | Nucleus pulposes leaks out of the annulus fibrosus |
Jefferson burst fracture | C1 bursts from a compression fracture (Christopher Reeves) |
Most herniation is | Laterally |
Anterior is ____ funtion in spinal nerves | Motor |
Posteriorly is ____ function in spinal nerves | Sensory |
Axial skeleton consists of | Ribs, vertebrae, and skull |
Appendicular skeleton consists of | All that isn't axial |