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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 |