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Test 4
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Anatomy
11th Grade
02/16/2016

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failure of vertebral laminae to unite during development causing development abnormalities of the brain and spinal cord
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spina bifida
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injury caused by displacement of the cervical vertebrae during a sudden change in body position
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whiplash
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bones of limbs and girdles that connect them to the trunk
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appendicular skeleton
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Where does each arm articulate (form a joint) with the trunk?
Definition
at the pectoral girdle (shoulder girdle)
Term
What consists of 2 clavicles and 2 scapulae (shoulder blades)?
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pectoral girdle
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bone of upper arm
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humerus
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lateral bone of the forearm (on thumb side)
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radius
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smaller bone in forearm
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ulna
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What is the wrist and contains 8 carpal bones
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carpus
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What are the 8 carpal bones?
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scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, and humate
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inflammation of connective tissue between some ligaments and carpal bones compress tendons and adjacent sensory and motor nerves producing pain andloss of wrist mobility
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carpal tunnel syndrome
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pollex
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thumb
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hipbone
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oscoxae
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The hipbone is formed by the fusion of which three bones?
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illium, ishium, and pubis
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On which part of the hipbone is a greater sciatic notch through which the sciatic nerve reaches the lower limb?
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illium
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What forms a u-shaped bone that hangs down from the ilium and pubis bone?
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ischium
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What is a roughened projection that bears your body's weight when seated
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ischial tuberosity
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What has an enlarged pelvic outlet and a broader pubic angle of greater than 100 degrees?
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female pelvis
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In which type of pelvic bone is the pubic angle 90 degrees or less?
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male pubic bone
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What does the hormone relaxin, produced during pregnancy, do?
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loosens the pubic symphysis
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thighbone (longest and heaviest bone in the body)
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femur
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large sesamoid bone that forms within the tendon of the quads (kneecap)
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patella
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a group of muscles that extend or straiten the knee
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quadriceps femoris
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large medial bone o the leg on the hallux or great toe side
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tibia (shinbone)
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hallux
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great toe
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slender bone on outside of leg
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fibula
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tarsus
Definition
ankle
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How many tarsal bones are there?
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7
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calcaneus
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heel bone
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Which portion of the calcanea or Achilles tendon arises at strong calf muscles?
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posterior portion
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shocks or impacts
Definition
stress fracture
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