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Chapter 6
Axial Skeleton
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
02/26/2013

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How many bones are includeed in the axial skeleton?
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80 bones
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What are the bones of the axial skeleton?
Definition
  • Skull
  • spinal column
  • associated bones
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The skulll includes the...
Definition
  • Cranium 
  • Facial 
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how many bones are in the cranium ?
Definition
8
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how many bones are in the face
Definition
14
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The spinal column includes..
Definition
  • curvatures 
  • vertebral regions
  • thoracic cage
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The vertebral region encompasses the...
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  • vertebrae
  • sacrum+coccyx
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Vertebrae has 24 bones and they are made up of ....and each has.....
Definition
  • cervical -7
  • thoracic-12 
  • lumbar-5
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the thoracic cage encompasses .....
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the sternum and ribs-24
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assossiated bones are ..
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hyoid bone-8

& auditory ossicles-6

 

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Which one/ what color is the the occipital bone?

Definition
purple
Term
expanded articular end of an epiphysis, separated form the shaft by a neck
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head
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a low ridge
Definition
line
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a pointed or narrow process
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spine
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a duct or channel
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canal
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a chamber within a bone filled with air
Definition
sinus
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a rounded passageway for blood vessels or nerves
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foramen
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a narrow groove
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sulcus
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a passageway through a bone
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meatus
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a smalL, flat articular surface
Definition
facet
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a shallow depression
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fossa
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a smooth grooved articular process shaped like a pulley
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trochlea
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an elongated cleft or slit
Definition
fissure
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a smooth rounded articular porcess
Definition
condyle
Term
any projection or bump
Definition
process
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a narrow connection between the epiphysis and diaphysis
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Term
an extension of a bone making an angle with the rest of the structure
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ramus
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a prominent ridge
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crest
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a large, rough projection
Definition
trochanter
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a smaller rough projection
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tuberosity
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a small rounded projection
Definition
tubercule
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