Overview of the Anatomy of the Skeleton
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These flashcards cover the basic bones and anatomical structures of the human skeleton as discussed in the lecture.
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What bones make up the skull?
Cranial bones and facial bones.
What is the frontal bone?
The bone at the front of the skull.
What is the occipital bone?
The bone located at the back of the skull.
What is the temporal bone?
The bone located beside the ear.
What is the sphenoid bone?
A cranial bone located anterior to the temporal bone.
What is the ethmoid bone?
A cranial bone near the midline, posterior to the nose.
What is the nasal bone?
The bone that forms the bridge of the nose.
What is the maxilla?
The bone connecting the nose, cheekbones, and upper teeth.
What are the zygomatic bones?
The bones that form the cheeks.
What is the mandible?
The jaw bone that connects to the temporal bone at the TMJ.
What makes up the spine?
Cervical vertebrae, thoracic vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, sacrum, and coccyx.
What is the atlas?
C1, the first cervical vertebra.
What is the axis?
C2, the second cervical vertebra.
What is the name of the collarbone?
Clavicle.
What is the scapula?
The flat triangular-shaped bone at the back, known as the shoulder blade.
What is the humerus?
The bone of the upper arm.
What is the glenoid fossa?
The concave area on the scapula where the head of the humerus meets.
What connects to the humerus at the elbow joint?
Radius and ulna.
What are carpal bones?
The eight bones that make up the wrist.
How are metacarpals numbered?
1 to 5 from the thumb to the little finger.
What are phalanges?
The bones of the fingers and thumb.
What joints are found in the finger?
MCP, PIP, and DIP joints.
What is the sternum?
The bone located at the center of the chest.
What attaches to the sternum at the sternoclavicular joint?
Clavicle.
What is the xiphoid process?
A small bone at the very end of the sternum.
How many ribs are in the human body?
12 ribs.
What are floating ribs?
The 11th and 12th ribs that do not connect to costal cartilage or the sternum.
What three bones make up the pelvis?
Ileum, ischium, and pubis.
What is the acetabulum?
The socket of the hip joint where all three pelvis bones meet.
What is the longest bone in the body?
The femur.
What bones meet at the knee joint?
Femur, tibia, and fibula.
What is the patellar bone?
The kneecap.
What bones are found in the ankle?
The tibia, fibula, and tarsal bones.
How many tarsal bones are there?
Seven tarsal bones.
What is the role of the talus bone?
It joins directly with the tibia and fibula at the ankle joint.
How are metatarsals numbered?
1 to 5 from the big toe to the little toe.
What is a unique feature of the big toe's phalanges?
It only has a proximal and distal phalanx.
What is the best way to learn anatomy, according to Tom?
Using flashcards.
Where can you find additional resources for anatomy flashcards?
Zero2finals.com/digital-flashcards.
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