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| Major functions of the skeleton |
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-support
-protection of organ systems
-"levers" for movement
-main calcium repository in body |
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-skull
-vertebral column
-ribs and sternum
- (hyoid bone) |
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| Why the complex/irregular shape of the bones in the skull? |
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| b/c of the complex/irregular shapes of the soft tissues they surround |
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| How many pairs of bones in the skull? |
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| how most bones of the skull are connected, joints where little or no movement occurs around; sites where bone developing from several ossification centers meet |
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| areas of membrane between skull bones; close at 1-2 years; help skull compress so head can fit through birth canal |
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| The calvaria is formed primarily by what bones? |
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| frontal, parietal, occipital, the flattened portion of the temporal bones, sphenoid |
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| Bones of your face are "hollow"; spaces are called-- |
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| paranasal sinuses-main purpose is to lighten the skull; drain into the nasal cavity |
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| the passageway for the spinal chord to the vertebral column |
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| the facial skeleton is associated with ____ |
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| digestive and respiratory tracts |
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| The vertebral column is composed of ____ (#) vertebrae and the intervening intervertebral dics |
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| Major functions of the vertebral column? |
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-central axis for the body
-protection for the spinal cord |
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| Primary curves of the vertebral column |
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| Secondary curves of the vertebral column |
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| lumbar and cervical; helps diffuse the pressure |
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| increased thoracic primary curve |
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| increased lumbar secondary curve |
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| abnormal curvature in the frontal plane |
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| movement of the shoulder girdle occurs around the _____? |
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| What maintains the arches of the foot? |
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-bones themselves
-ligaments
-muscles and tendons |
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| two hip bones, sacrum, and coccyx |
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| the "point" of the elbow, what you rest your elbow on when you rest them on a table |
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| major function of the patella |
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| to increase the leverage for the action of the muscle in extending the knee |
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| tarsal bone that meets with the distal ends of tibia and fibula to form the ankle joint |
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| glenoid cavity of scapula and humerus |
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| humerus and ulna and radius |
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| femur, tibia, and patella |
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| The medial end of the spine of the scapula is located at the level of thoracic vertebra # ___? |
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| Inferior angle of scapula located at thoracic vertebrae #? |
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| anterior superior iliac spine |
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| the most anterior point of the iliac crest |
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| How can decubitus ulcers (bed sores) develop? |
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| for example, in someone who sits in a wheelchair all the time. The ulcer develops because of a break down of the skin over the bony prominence. The skin and the tissue between the bony prominence and the surface of the chair or bed is compressed or "squeezed". This, in turn, disrupts the blood supply, which results in the breakdown of the tissue. |
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