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SSCT Chapter Anatomy & Physiology Chapter 6 Skeletal Bones

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Forehead bone   Frontal  
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Bone above the nose   Nasal  
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Cheek Bone   Zygomatic  
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Bone above the mouth and surrounding the lower part of the nose   Maxilla  
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Jaw bone   Mandible  
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Collar Bone   Clavicle  
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Top chest bone   Manubrium  
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Shoulder blade   scapula  
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chest bone   Sternum  
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Attaches the ribs the the sternum   Costal Cartilage  
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Ribs   Ribs  
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Small bone located at the bottom of the sternum and rib cage   Xiphoid process  
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Spine   Vertebral Column  
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Upper arm bone   Humerus  
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Lower arm bone, top bone   radius  
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lower arm bone, bottom   ulna  
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Hip bone   Ilium  
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butt bone   ischium  
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pubic bone   pubis  
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V-shaped bone above the tailbone   Sacrum  
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Tailbone   Coccyx  
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wrist bones   carpals  
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bones in palm of hand   metacarpals  
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fingers & toes   phalanges  
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Above the femur and attaches to the hip bone   Greater trochanter  
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Thigh bone (longest bone in the body)   Femur  
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Knee bone   Patella  
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Large lower leg bone   Tibia  
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small lower leg bone   fibula  
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Foot Bones between heal and Metatarsals   Tarsals  
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Foot bones located between tarsals and phalanges   metatarsals  
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Bone that covers the back upper and side portions of the head   parietal bone  
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bone that cover the lower back of the head   occipital bone  
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7 bones that support the neck   Cervical vertebrae  
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tip of shoulder   Acromion process  
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shoulder blade   scapula  
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12 bones that make up the part of the spine located behind the chest area   Thoracic Vertebrae  
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5 bones that make up the lower back   Lumbar vertebrae  
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Heal bone   calcaneus  
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Ilium, ischium & pubis make up the   Coxal bone  
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formation of blood   hemopoiesis  
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Humerus & femur   examples of the long bones  
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carpals   example of short bone  
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skull bones (i.e. frontal)   example of flat bone  
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vertebrae   example of irregular bone  
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Long portion of the bone, Shaft, a hollow tube made of hard, compact bone, hence a rigid and stong structure light enough in weight to permit easy movement.   diaphysis  
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Core, the hollow area inside the diaphysis of a bone, contains soft yellow bone marrow   medullary cavity  
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Bone ends, red bone marrow fills in small spaces in the spongy bone composing the epiphyses   epiphyses  
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thin layer of cartilage covering the epiphysis (the bone end)   articular cartilage  
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exterior shell, a strong fibrous membrane covering a long bone everywhere except at joint surfaces   periosteium  
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interior shell, a thin membrane that lines the medullary cavity   endosteum  
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Osteon - central canal, lamellae, canaliculi, lacuna, osteocyte   Compact Bone  
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trabeculue, osteocyte   Spongy bone  
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a extremely narrow tubular passage or channel in compact bone   canaliculi  
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ring of calcified matrix surrounding the Haversian canal   concentric lamellae  
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thin layer, as of bone   lamellae  
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space or cavity (ie. contains bone cells in bone)   lacuna  
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bone cell   Osteocyte  
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bone absorbing cell   osteoclast  
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bone forming cell   osteoblast  
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needlike threads of spongy bone that surround a network of spaces   trabeculae  
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located at the ends of bones, contain red bone marrow   spongy bones  
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lays down bone matrix; builds bone   osteoblast  
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maintains bone   osteocyte  
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tears down bone   osteoclast  
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bone disease in which there is an excessive loss of calcified matrix and collagenous fibers from bone   osteoporosis  
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Allows your head to turn   Atlas & Axis  
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joint   articulation  
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only bone that does not articulate with another bone   hyoid  
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joint has not movement   synarthroses  
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fibrous connective tissue holds 2 bones together (joint)   synarthroses  
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sutures in the skull (joint)   synarthroses  
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slight movement joint   amphiarthroses  
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Joint that has cartilage between bones - allows some movement   amphiarthroses  
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symphysis pubis; joints between vertebrae   amphiarthroses  
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freely movable joint   diarthroses  
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joint capsule; joint cavity   diarthroses  
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many types; majority of joints in body   diarthroses  
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Shoulder & hip   ball & socket joint  
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elbow   hinge joint  
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atlas & axis   pivot joint  
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thumb   saddle joint  
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vertebrae   gliding joint  
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wrist   condyloid  
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