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| formed from bones, muscles and joints |
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the branch of medicine science concerned with the prevention or correction
of disorders of the musculoskeletal system |
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80 bones, lie along the longitudinal axis of the body which include the
skull bones, auditory ossicles, hyoid bone, ribs, sternum, & bones of the vertebral column |
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| The appendicular skeleton |
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consists of the bones the the upper and lower limbs as well as
the bones forming the girdles that connect the limbs to the axial skeleton |
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| Greater length than width and are slightly curved for strength |
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| Cube-shaped and are nearly equal in length and width |
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Thin and composed of two nearly parallel plates of compact bone tissue
enclosing a layer of spongy bone tissue |
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Complex shapes and cannot be grouped into any of the previous
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| Protect tendons from excessive wear and tear |
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| Small bones located in sutures of cranial bones |
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| Allow the passage of blood vessels and nerves or form joints |
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Projections or outgrowths that form joints or serve as attachment points for
ligaments and tendons |
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Eight cranial bones form the cranial cavity. Frontal bone, two parietal
bones, two temporal bones, the occipital bone, the sphenoid bone & ethmoid bone |
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Fourteen facial bones form the face. Two nasal bones, two maxillae, two
zygomatic bones, the mandible, two lacrimal bones, two palatine bones, two inferior nasal conchae, & vomer |
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• The cranial and facial bones protect and support special sense organs and the brain,
forming the large cranial cavity, as well as several smaller cavities • Immovable joints called sutures fuse most of the skull bones together: sagittal, coronal
lamboidal sutures • The facial bones form the framework of the face and provide support for openings to the
digestive and respiratory systems |
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| Form the sides and roof of the cranial cavity |
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| Form the lateral aspects and floor of the cranium |
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| Forms the posterior part and most of the base of the cranium |
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| Lies at the middle part of the base of the skull |
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| A major superior supporting structure of the nasal cavity |
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| Form the bridge of the nose |
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| Forms the upper jawbone & anterior part of the hard palate |
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| form the prominences of the cheeks |
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| Form a part of the medial wall of each orbit |
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| Form the posterior portion of the hard palate |
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| Form a part of the inferior lateral wall of the nasal cavity |
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| Forms the inferior portion of the nasal septum |
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| Lower jawbone. The only movable skull bone. Temporomandibular joint |
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| Divides the interior of the nasal cavity into right and left sides |
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Eye socket comprised of parts of the frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, palatine,
zygomatic, lacrimal and maxilla. Five openings of the orbit are: optic foramen, superior
orbital fissure, inferior orbital fissure, supraorbital foramen & lacrimal fossa |
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| sagittal, lamdoid, coronal, squamous |
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| frontal, maxillary, ethmoid, sphenoid |
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| anterior, posterior, anterolateral, posterolateral |
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| Does not articulate with any other bone |
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| Composed of a series of bones called vertebrae (Adult=26) |
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| are posterior to the thoracic cavity |
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| consists of five fused sacral vertebrae |
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| Kyphosis, Lordosis, Scoliosis |
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| Intervertebral discs: between bodies of adjacent vertebrae Vertebral arch: 2 pedicels, 2 laminae |
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| composed of 7 processes, 1 spinous process, 2 transverse processes, 2 superior articular processes, 2 inferior articular processes |
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| Thoracic cage is formed by the Sternum, Ribs, Costal cartilages, Thoracic vertebrae |
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| “Breastbone”, manubrium, body, xiphoid process |
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| contribute to the elasticity of the thoracic cage |
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| Joints between the vertebrae and the ribs (tubercles & heads) |
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| Joints between the sternum and first seven pairs of ribs |
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| Joints between the the fifth lumbar vertebra and the base of the sacrum |
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