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Yoga 216 - 200 hour TT
Bones and their functions
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10/12/2014

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Term
What does the Cranium (skull) do?
Definition
Houses on protects the brain
Term
Where does the cranium sit?
Definition
on top of the spine and is made up of several sutured bones, including the occipital bone at the base of the skull
Term
What is the mandible and what does it do?
Definition
The jaw - it enables chewing
Term
Hyoid bone
Definition
A small floating bone in the throat.
Term
What does the hyoid bone do?
Definition
It assists in speech and swallowing.
Term
What is another name for the ribs?
Definition
costal and intercostal
Term
How many ribs do we have?
Definition
24 ribs, 12 pair
Term
How many bones make up the articulating spine?
Definition
24 vertebrae - 7 of the cervical spine - 12 of the thoracic spine - 5 of the lumbar spine
Term
What are the two fused bones at the base of the spine?
Definition
The sacrum and the coccyx
Term
What does the cervical spine support?
Definition
The head
Term
What do the vertebrae in the lumbar spine support?
Definition
The weight of the upper body
Term
What is another word for sacrum?
Definition
The sacred bone.
Term
How many bones make up the sacrum?
Definition
4-5 fused bones that sit below the lumbar spine
Term
What is the anotomically correct word for tailbone?
Definition
Coccycx
Term
How many bones make up the coccycx?
Definition
3-5 infused bones which is the attachment site for several pelvic floor muscles
Term
How many bones make up the human skeleton?
Definition
206
Term
How many bones are in the hands and feet?
Definition
108
Term
Where do bones meet?
Definition
at joints, which can be freely moveable, partially moveable, or fused.
Term
What is the pelvis?
Definition
A bowl shaped, supports weight of abdominal organs, and connects the spine to the legs
Term
How many bones make up the pelvis?
Definition
3 bones - the sacrum and two innominate (unnamed) bones
Term
What makes up the innominate bones?
Definition
3 fused bones - illium, pubis, ischium
Term
What is another name for the innominate bones?
Definition
Pelvic girdle
Term
Wher is the pubic bone located?
Definition
The front of the pelvis
Term
Where is the ischium located?
Definition
The back of the pelvis
Term
Where is the illium located?
Definition
The top of the pelvis
Term
What is another name for the sits bones?
Definition
Ischial tuberosities
Term
What is another name for hip points?
Definition
Anterior superior iliac spine
Term
What are the sacroiliac joints (SI joints)?
Definition
Part of the bony pelvis between the sacrum and the ilium of the pelvis, which are joined by strong ligaments.
Term
What is the Femur?
Definition
Thigh bone
Term
What does the femur do?
Definition
It connects to the pelvis to form the iliifemoral joint (hip joint) and to transfer the weight of the upper body down in to the lower leg and foot.
Term
What is the tibia?
Definition
Shin bone
Term
What is the patella?
Definition
Knee cap
Term
What is the fibula?
Definition
Little shin bone
Term
What does the tibia do?
Definition
Sits below the femur to form the knee joint which enables walking.
Term
What does the patella do?
Definition
Part of the knee joint whose primary function is to leverage the work of the quadiceps in extending the knee.
Term
What does the fibula do?
Definition
sits to the lateral side of the tibia and serves primarily as the site of muscle attachments.
Term
What do the ankle and foot do?
Definition
negotiate terrain and maintain balance.
Term
What is another word for ankle bone?
Definition
The Talus
Term
What is the talus bone hugged by?
Definition
the tibia and fibula like a nut in a crescent wrench.
Term
What bones are located in the foot?
Definition
tarsals, metatarsels, and phalanges.
Term
What are the metatarsels?
Definition
long bones in the foot that extend beyond the tarsels to the toes
Term
What is the calcaneous?
Definition
the heel bone.
Term
What is the tarsals?
Definition
Rock-like bones just below the talus
Term
What is the occiptial ridge?
Definition
Lower portion of the cranium
Term
What is another name for thorax?
Definition
Rib cage
Term
What does the thorax (rib cage) do?
Definition
Houses and protects the lungs and heart (vital organs)
Term
What three bones make up the sternum?
Definition
Manubrium (top of sternum) sternum (body of breastbone), xyphoid process (tip of the breastbone)
Term
How many ribs attach directly to the sternum?
Definition
7
Term
What does the shoulder girdle do?
Definition
Connects the arms to spine, increases range of motion (ROM) of the arms at the shoulder joint.
Term
What is the shoulder girdle made up of?
Definition
Scapula (shoulder blades, clavicles (collar bones), axial skeleton (spine and thorax)
Term
What is the scapula?
Definition
Two broad flat bones that live on the back of he upper thorax just above the shoulder joint. It attaches to the clavicle.
Term
What is the clavicle?
Definition
Two S-shaped bones that also join with the sternum at the top of the chest. Only bony attachment (joint) for the shoulder girdle to the axial skeleton.
Term
What is the axial skeleton?
Definition
Spine and thorax
Term
What do the arm bones do?
Definition
Leverage work of the hands
Term
Name the arm bones?
Definition
Humerus (upper arm bone), ulna (forearm bone pinky side), radius (forearm bone thumb side)
Term
What is the glenoid fossa?
Definition
Part of the scapula where the humerus connects at the shoulder girdle.
Term
What is the acetabulum?
Definition
Hip joint
Term
What bones form the elbow joint?
Definition
Wher the ulna (pinky side) and radius (thumb side) connects with the humerus.
Term
What are carpals?
Definition
Rock-like bones that connect with the ulna and radius to form the wrist (complex joint)
Term
What are the metacarpals?
Definition
Bones of the palmar hand
Term
What are the phalanges of the hand?
Definition
Finger bones
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