dental science bone anatomy from review

what kind of landmark is a head?

boney prominence

what kind of landmark is a notch?

boney depression

what kind of landmark is a foramen?

boney opening

what kind of landmark is a tubercle/eminence?

boney prominence

what kind of landmark is a canal?

boney opening

what kind of landmark is a crest?

boney prominence

what kind of landmark is a fossa?

boney depression

what kind of landmark is a tuberosity?

boney prominence

what kind of landmark is a condyle?

boney prominence

what designation means toward the front ?

anterior

the boys main support tissue is?

connective tissue

which body cavity contains the heart, lungs, esophagus, and trachea?

thoracic

what type of tissue secretes things like mucous and sweat?

muscle

which body plane divides the body into right and left halves?

midsaggital

what is sagittal?

divides into left and right sides

what is transverse?

divides upper and lower

what is coronal?

divides front and back

what is posterior?

towards the back

what is anatomy?

study of structure

what is physiology?

study of function

the axial skeleton contains?

skull, spine, sternum, and ribs

the appendicular skeleton contains/

arms, hands, feet, legs, shoulders, and hips

is bone living tissue?

yes

when blood supply of calcium and phosphorus is low, the body will…

withdraw what it needs from the bones to replenish what it needs in the blood supply

what is periosteum?

a thin membrane covering the bone

the joints of the skull are what type of joint?

fibrous

what is osteomyelitis?

infection of bone

what is osteoporosis?

loss of boney material

what is incomplete fusion of bone?

cleft palate at the midline

what type of joint is sutures of the skull?

fibrous

what type of joint is ball and socket?

synovial

what type of joint is the wrist?

synovial

what type of joint is gomphoses?

fibrous

what type of joint is the ends of ribs?

cartilaginous

what type of joint is the saddle

synovial

within which bone is the foramen magnum located?

occipital bone

within which bone is the external auditory meatus located?

temporal bone

within which bone is the frontal sinuses?

frontal bone

within which bone is the medial and superior concha located?

ethmoid bone

within which bone is the greater wings and lesser wings located?

sphenoid bone

what are the 3 main cavities within the ventral cavity?

thoracic, abdominal, and pelvic

what are the 2 cavities within the dorsal cavity?

cranial and spinal