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Skeletal System
Chapter 7 Anatomy and Physiology
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06/11/2016

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Term
How many bones in in the Skeletal System?
Definition
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Term
What is Osteology?
Definition
The scientific study of the bones.
Term
The 6 primary functions of the skeletal system are:
Definition
1. Give shape and support to the body.
2. Protect various internal structures and organs.
3. Serve as attachments for muscles and produce movement.
4.Produce red and white blood cells in the bone marrow.
5. Store Minerals
6. Joints- connections between two or more bones.
Term
Name the eight cranial bones
Definition
1. (1) Occipital bone
2. (2) Parietal bones
3. (1) Frontal bone
4. (2) Temporal bones
5. (1) Ethmoid bone
6. (1) Sphenoid bone - joins all the
bones of the cranium together.
Term
How many Facial bones are there?
Definition
14
Term
Name the facial bones
Definition
2- Nasal bones
2- Lacrimal bones
2- Zygomatic or malar bones
2- Maxillae bones
2- Turbinal bones
2- Palatine bones
1- Vomer bone
1- Mandible bone
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