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Skeletal System
Chapter 7
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 3
10/14/2008

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axial skeleton
Definition
consists of bones arranged along the longitudinal axis of the body; composed of 80 bones; skull, hyoid, vertebral column, sternum, ribs.
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appendicular skeleton
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consists of 126 bones in the upper and lower extremities and pectoral and pelvic girdles
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types of bones
Definition
long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid
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2 major types of surface markings
Definition
depressions and openings; processes
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depressions and openings
Definition
partifipate in joints or allow the passage of soft tissue
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processes
Definition
projection or outgrowths that either help form joints or serve as attachmnt point for connective tissue
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skeletal remains can reveal
Definition
patterns of disease, nutrition, sex, age, height, race
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skull
Definition
composed of 22 bones; consists of cranial and facial bones.
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paranasal sinuses
Definition
mucous membrane lined cavities
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only moveable bone in the skull
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mandible
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sutures
Definition
immovable joints that hold the skull bones together
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cranial bones
Definition
frontal and facial bones
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frontal bones
Definition
forehead, roofs of orbits, and most of the anterior part of the cranial floor
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