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The Skeletal System
Bones, Features, and terms
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Undergraduate 1
10/02/2012

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Term
Feature
Definition
Any identifiable impression, depression, lump, bump, notch hole, or part of a bone that is consistently identifiable in most humans.
Term
Bone
Definition
An individual organ of the skeletal system.
Term
Long Bones
Definition
Longer than they are wide[image]
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Short Bones
Definition
Cubed shaped; about equal in length and width.
Term
Flat Bones
Definition
Thin, flat
Term
Sutural bones
Definition
Small flat bones located within the sutures of cranial bones. Most often found where the frontanels existed in the baby.
Term
Irregular Bones
Definition
Vary in amount of spongy and compact bone.
Term
Sesamoid Bones
Definition
Shaped like a sesame seed; vary from person to person.
Term
Which bones have alveolar processes?
Definition
Maxillary bones and Mandible.
Term
Foramen
Definition
Hole or opening in a bone or between body cavities.
Term
Fossa
Definition
A depression, often an articular surface.
Term
Sinus
Definition
Muccus membrane-lined air filled cavity in certain cranial bones, dilated channel for the passage of blood or lymph.
Term
Frontal
Definition
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Term
Parietal
Definition
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Term
Occipital
Definition
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Term
Temporal
Definition
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Term
Zygomatic
Definition
[image]
Term
Maxilla
Definition
[image]
Term
Mandible
Definition
[image]
Term
Nasal
Definition
[image]
Term
Ethmoid
Definition
[image]
Term
Sphenoid
Definition
[image]
Term
Lacrimal
Definition
[image]
Term
Palatine
Definition
[image]
Term
Vomer
Definition
[image]
Term
Sagittal Suture
Definition
[image]
Term
Lamboidoial Suture
Definition
[image]
Term
Coronal Suture
Definition
[image]
Term
Sqamousal Suture
Definition
[image]
Term
External Acoustic Meatus
Definition
[image]
Term
Mastoid Process
Definition
[image]
Term
Styloid Process of Temporal Bone
Definition
[image]
Term
Mandibular Fossa
Definition
[image]
Term
Zygomatic Arch
Definition
[image]
Term
Petrous Portion
Definition
[image]
Term
Internal Acoustic Meatus
Definition
[image]
Term
Jugular Foramen
Definition
[image]
Term
Carotid Canal
Definition
[image]
Term
Frontal Sinus
Definition
[image]
Term
Supraorbital Formen
Definition
[image]
Term
Foramen Magnum
Definition
[image]
Term
Occipital Condyle
Definition
[image]
Term
Mental Protuberance
Definition
[image]
Term
Mental Foramen
Definition
[image]
Term
Mandible Ramus
Definition
[image]
Term
Mandible Angle
Definition
[image]
Term
Mandibilar Foramen
Definition
[image]
Term
Alveolar Process of Mandible
Definition
[image]
Term
Maxillary Sinus
Definition
[image]
Term
Infraorbital Foramen
Definition
[image]
Term
Alveolar Process of Maxilla
Definition
[image]
Term
Palatine Process
Definition
[image]
Term
Ethmoid Process
Definition

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Term
Cribform Plate
Definition
[image]
Term
Oldfactory Foramina
Definition
[image]
Term
Crista Galli of the Ethmoid
Definition
[image]
Term
Perpendicular Plate of the Ethmoid
Definition
[image]
Term
Sphenoidal Sinuses
Definition
[image]
Term
Sella Turcia
Definition
[image]
Term
Optic Canal
Definition
[image]
Term
Superior Orbital Fissure
Definition
[image]
Term
Lacrimal Fossa
Definition
[image]
Term
What are the names of the six Frontanels?
Definition

Anterior Frontanel/Frontal

Anterolateral Frontanel/Sphenoidal

Posterolateral Frontanel/Mastoid

Posterior Fontanel/ Occipital

Term
What type of bone is the Occipital Bone?
Definition
Flat Bone
Term
What type of bone is the Zygomatic Bone?
Definition
Irregular Bone
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