Shared Flashcard Set

Details

Chapter 7
Axial Skeleton
14
Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
09/27/2012
Click here to study/print these flashcards.

Create your own flash cards! Sign up here.

Additional Anatomy Flashcards

 

 

Cards

Term
2 major divisions of the skeletal system
 Definition
Axial Skeleton
Appendicular Skeleton
Term
Axial Skeleton parts:
 Definition
Skull
Vertebral column
Bony thorax
Term
Sutures of skull
 Definition
Coronal
Squamosal
Lambdoid
Term
Coronal suture
 Definition
Frontal bone/Parietal bones
Term
Sagittal suture
 Definition
parietal/parietal bones
Term
squamosal suture
 Definition
parietal/temporal bones
Term
lambdoidal suture
 Definition
parietal/occipital bones
Term
Parts of zygomatic arch
 Definition
zygomatic process (temporal)
temporal process (zygomatic)
Term
Mandible bone
 Definition
Jaw bone
Term
Mandibular condyle
 Definition
hinge that jaw swings on
Term
Mandibular foramen
 Definition
depression for nerves/blood vessels, where dentist numbs jaw
Term
Sinuses
 Definition
Frontal
Ethmoid
Sphenoid
Maxillary
Term
What do sinuses do?
 Definition
lighten skull
warm and humidify air
resonate voice
Term
Ear bones
 Definition
malleus (hammer)
incus- (anvil)
stapes- (stirrup)
Supporting users have an ad free experience!