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| Forms long central axis of the body; consists of skull, vertebral column and thorax |
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| Bones of the appendages; consists of limb bones their girdles |
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| vary in individuals, essentially islands of bone in a bone suture; may be as big as quarter |
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| pathways for blood vessels and nerves |
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| lined with mucous membranes--make mucus, warm and humidify air, make skull lighter, resonate sound, ethmoidal, frontal, maxillary and sphenoid sinuses; sinus infections not large enough hole to drain mucus |
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| Cervical (7); Thoracic (12); lumbar (5); sacrum (5 fused); coccyx (4 fused) |
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| fibrocartilage (outer portion); cushion-like pad; nucleus puposus; annulus fibrosus |
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| part of intervertebral discs; gelatinous, high water content; enables spine to absorb compressive stress |
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| intervertebral discs; outer rings, ligament; inner rings, fibrocartilage; limits expansion of nucleus pulposus |
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| Rupture of annulus fibrosus, followed by protrusion of nucleus pulposus; results in pressure on nerve roots--causes pain and numbness; treatments of anti-inflammatory |
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| angle between the spinal column and the last floating rib of the rib cage (L1 and rib of T12) |
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| 14 on hand and 14 on foot, with three in all but pollex and hallux (2--proximal and distal) |
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| female pelvis is more rectangular, male more triangular--females need more space for exciting baby |
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| Cleft lip and cleft palate |
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| incomplete fusion of the maxillary and nasal bones--occurs in 1/1000 births; some so severe, no hard palate--tongue pushes on surface & creates suction of swallowing; can affect speech |
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| hunch back (round top--curving posteriorly) |
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| Sway back--(rounded bottow, curving anteriorly) |
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| most common, slight curving sideways |
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| teratogen, originally prescribed for morning sickness; caused severe limb malformations (polydactyly, meromelia, phocomelia, and amelia) |
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| extra digits (possibly caused by thalidomide) |
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| Partial absence of the limb (possibly caused by thalidomide) |
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| short, poorly formed limb, fin like; (possibly caused by thalidomide) |
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| Complete absence of a limb; (possibly caused by thalidomide) |
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