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Skeletal System
Anatomy & Physiology: The unity of form and function
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 2
10/02/2012

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Sesamoid Bones
Definition
Bones that form within some tendons in response to strain
(largest=patella)
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Sutural/Wormian Bones
Definition
Extra bones in the skull
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Axial Skeleton
Definition
Includes: the skull, auditory ossicles, hyoid bone, vertebral column and thoracic cage
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Appendicular Skeleton
Definition
Includes: the bones of the upper limb and pectoral girdle; bones of the lower limb and pelvic girdle
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Trochanter
Definition
Two massive processes unique to the femur
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Facet
Definition
A smooth, flat, slightly concave or convex articular surface (Articular facets of the vertebrae)
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Sulcus
Definition
Groove for a tendon, nerve, blood vessel (inter-tubercular Sulcus of the humerus)
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Sinus
Definition
Air-filled space in a bone
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Tuberosity
Definition
Rough, elevated surface (tibial tuberosity)
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Crest
Definition
A narrow ridge
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Line
Definition
Slightly raised, elongated ridge (nuchal lines of skull)
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Paranasal sinuses
Definition
Maxillary, Frontal, Ethmoid and Sphenoid
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Posterior cranial fossa
Definition
Houses Cerebellum
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middle cranial fossa
Definition
Houses temporal lobe
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anterior cranial fossa
Definition
Houses frontal lobe
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Tympanic part of temporal bone
Definition
small ring of bone that borders the external acoustic meatus - includes the styloid process
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mastoid notch
Definition
medial to the mastoid process - origin of digastric muscle which opens the mouth
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Petrous part of temporal bone
Definition
inside the skull, houses the middle and inner ear cavities
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Capitulum
Definition
lateral condyle - articulates with radius
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trochlea
Definition
medial condyle - articulates with the ulna
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