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Bones of the axial skeleton

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