Bones of the axial skeleton

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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  


   

 
 

 
 

 

 
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