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chapter 4

SKELETAL SYSTEM FUNCTIONS SUPPORT, MOVEMENT, PROTECTION, ACID BASE BALANCE, BLOOD FORMATION
ACCESSORY STRUCTURES OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM LIGAMENTS AND CARTILAGE
ANKLY/O BENT, CROOKED, FUSED
ARTHR/O JOINT
BURS/O SAC
CARP/O WRIST
CHONDR/O CARTILAGE
CONDYL/O CONDYLE
COST/O RIB
CRANI/O HEAD, SKULL
FEMOR/O FEMUR BONE OF THE THIGH
FIBUL/O FIBULA, LATERAL BONE OF THE LOWER LEG
HUMER/O HUMERUS, BONE OF THE UPPER ARM
ILI/O ILLIUM, BONE OF THE HOP
ISCHI/O ISCHIUM, BONE OF THE HIP
LUMB/O LOWER BACK
MAXILL/O MAXILLA, UPPER JAW
MYEL/O BONE MARROW, SPINAL CORD
ORTH/O STRAIGHT
OSTE/O BONE
PATELL/O PATELLA, KNEECAP
PHALANG/O PHALANGES, BONES OF THE FINGER
PUB/O PUBIS, BONE OF THE HIP
STERN/O STERNUM, BREATBONE
SYNOV/I SYNOVIAL FLUID, JOINT OR MEMBRANE
TARS/O TARSALS, FOOT
TIBI/O TIBIA MEDIAL BONE OF THE LOWER LEG
bones of the arms, legs, fingers and toes are long bones
carpals ( wrist bone ) is an example of short bone
tarsals ( ankle bone ) is an example of short bone
patella ( kneecap) is an example of sesamoid bone
the sternum ( breatbone ) is flat bone
cranial bones of the skull and the ribs are flat bone
vertebrae ( spine ) is an example of irregular bone
sacrum part of pelvis is am irregular bone
coccyx tailbone is an irregular bone
the skull is composed of ____ cranial bones and ____ facial bones 8 cranial and 14 facial
frontal bone is part of the cranial bone
occipital bone is part of the cranial bone
parietal bones (2) cranial bone
temporal bones are part of cranial bone
allow passages of blood vessels and nerves foramina
a large opening in the occipital bone that allows the spinal cord to exit the cranial cavity. foramen magnum
external occipital protuberance is located on the occipital bones posterior surface
ethmoid bone is irregular bones
sphenoid bone is irregular bone
the ethmoid bone included a structure called cribriform plate
the ethmoid bone also forms lateral ridges called conchae
the spinal column is composed of ___ bone 26
there are ____cervical vertbrae 7 cervical vertebrae
there are ____ thoracic vertebrae 12 thoracic vertebrae
there are _____ lumbar vertebrae 5 lumbar vertebrae
the most common abnormal curvature is scollosis
hunchback is kyphosis
the sacrum and the coccyx is part of the axial skeleton
the manubrium the body and the xiphoid process is a flat bone the sternum
the bones—clavicle and scapula—that connect the arm to the axial skeleton. pectoral girdle
how many pair of ribs are in the human body 12 pairs
pairs 8 through 12 are considered false ribs
pairs 11 and 12 are considered to be false floating ribs
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