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The skeletal system
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11/24/2011
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APPENDICULAR SKELETON
 Definition
The bones of the upper and lower appendages comprised the:
Term
SKELETAL MUSCLES
 Definition
Movement of the bones is provided by the bodys:
Term
SUTURES
 Definition
The cranial bones are fused together at immovable joints known as
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FRONTAL BONES
 Definition
The forehead and anterior roof of the cranium is formed by the
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OCCIPITAL BONE
 Definition
The posterior cranial floor is formed by the:
Term
FORAMEN MAGNUM
 Definition
The occipital bone contains a large hole for passage of the spinal cord known as the:
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TEMPORAL BONES
 Definition
The bones that form the side walls of the cranium are called the:
Term
THEMPROAL BONE
 Definition
The mastoid process is a rounded process of the:
Term
ZYGOMATIC PROCESS
 Definition
The projection of the tempral bone helping form the cheekbone is the:
Term
SPHENOID BONE
 Definition
The cranial bone that has the shape of a butterfly and forms the anterior internal floor of the cranium is the:
Term
FRONTANELS
 Definition
Membranous areas between the skull bones present in the newborn are known as:
Term
TEMPROAL PROCESS
 Definition
Each zygomatic bone has a projection forming the anterior cheekbone and is known as the:
Term
MAXIILLAE
 Definition
The upper jaw is formed by two bones called:
Term
MANDIBLE
 Definition
The lower jaw bone is shaped as horseshoe and is called the:
Term
VERTEBRAE
 Definition
The vertebral column is composed of 26 bones known as:
Term
SACRUM
 Definition
The five sacral vertebrae fuse to one another to form the;
Term
CERVICAL VERTEBRAE
 Definition
The vertebrae of the neck are known as:
Term
INTERVERTEBRAL DISKS
 Definition
The unfused vertebrae of the vertebral column are sparated from one anaother by :
Term
VERTEBRAL FORAMENA
 Definition
The spinal cord extends through the vertebral column by passing throught openings in the vertebrae known as:
Term
ATLAS
 Definition
The first vertebrae of the vertebral column is called the
Term
XIPHOID PROCESS
 Definition
The three recognizable parts of the sternum are the manubrium, the body, and the:
Term
FLOATED RIB
 Definition
The last two pairs of ribs do not attach to the stermun and are known as:
Term
PECTORAL GIRDLE
 Definition
The arms are connected to the rib cage by connecting bones organized as the:
Term
CLAVICLE
 Definition
The anterior rod-shaped bone connecting the arm bones to the azial skeleton is the
Term
ULNA
 Definition
The olecranon process is a feature of the:
Term
FINGERS
 Definition
The phalanges of the hand are the bones found in the:
Term
PUBIS
 Definition
The three bones of the pelvis are the ilium, ischium, and the :
Term
SACROILIAC JOINT
 Definition
Where the ilium joins the sacrum, the joint is know as the:
Term
FEMUR
 Definition
The largest and strongest bone of the human body is the:
Term
PATELLA
 Definition
The kneecap bone is called the:
Term
FIBULA
 Definition
The thin leg bone extending down the lateral portion of the lower leg is the:
Term
TIBIA
 Definition
The larger leg bone found on the medial side of the lower leg is the:
Term
SEVEN
 Definition
The ankle of the lower leg is formed by a series of tarsals that number:
Term
PHALANGES
 Definition
The toe bones are known as:
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