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The Skeletal System
Bones, Features, and terms
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Undergraduate 1
10/02/2012
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Term
Feature
 Definition
Any identifiable impression, depression, lump, bump, notch hole, or part of a bone that is consistently identifiable in most humans.
Term
Bone
 Definition
An individual organ of the skeletal system.
Term
Long Bones
 Definition
Longer than they are wide[image]
Term
Short Bones
 Definition
Cubed shaped; about equal in length and width.
Term
Flat Bones
 Definition
Thin, flat
Term
Sutural bones
 Definition
Small flat bones located within the sutures of cranial bones. Most often found where the frontanels existed in the baby.
Term
Irregular Bones
 Definition
Vary in amount of spongy and compact bone.
Term
Sesamoid Bones
 Definition
Shaped like a sesame seed; vary from person to person.
Term
Which bones have alveolar processes?
 Definition
Maxillary bones and Mandible.
Term
Foramen
 Definition
Hole or opening in a bone or between body cavities.
Term
Fossa
 Definition
A depression, often an articular surface.
Term
Sinus
 Definition
Muccus membrane-lined air filled cavity in certain cranial bones, dilated channel for the passage of blood or lymph.
Term
Frontal
 Definition
[image]
Term
Parietal
 Definition
[image]
Term
Occipital
 Definition
[image]
Term
Temporal
 Definition
[image]
Term
Zygomatic
 Definition
[image]
Term
Maxilla
 Definition
[image]
Term
Mandible
 Definition
[image]
Term
Nasal
 Definition
[image]
Term
Ethmoid
 Definition
[image]
Term
Sphenoid
 Definition
[image]
Term
Lacrimal
 Definition
[image]
Term
Palatine
 Definition
[image]
Term
Vomer
 Definition
[image]
Term
Sagittal Suture
 Definition
[image]
Term
Lamboidoial Suture
 Definition
[image]
Term
Coronal Suture
 Definition
[image]
Term
Sqamousal Suture
 Definition
[image]
Term
External Acoustic Meatus
 Definition
[image]
Term
Mastoid Process
 Definition
[image]
Term
Styloid Process of Temporal Bone
 Definition
[image]
Term
Mandibular Fossa
 Definition
[image]
Term
Zygomatic Arch
 Definition
[image]
Term
Petrous Portion
 Definition
[image]
Term
Internal Acoustic Meatus
 Definition
[image]
Term
Jugular Foramen
 Definition
[image]
Term
Carotid Canal
 Definition
[image]
Term
Frontal Sinus
 Definition
[image]
Term
Supraorbital Formen
 Definition
[image]
Term
Foramen Magnum
 Definition
[image]
Term
Occipital Condyle
 Definition
[image]
Term
Mental Protuberance
 Definition
[image]
Term
Mental Foramen
 Definition
[image]
Term
Mandible Ramus
 Definition
[image]
Term
Mandible Angle
 Definition
[image]
Term
Mandibilar Foramen
 Definition
[image]
Term
Alveolar Process of Mandible
 Definition
[image]
Term
Maxillary Sinus
 Definition
[image]
Term
Infraorbital Foramen
 Definition
[image]
Term
Alveolar Process of Maxilla
 Definition
[image]
Term
Palatine Process
 Definition
[image]
Term
Ethmoid Process
 Definition

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Term
Cribform Plate
 Definition
[image]
Term
Oldfactory Foramina
 Definition
[image]
Term
Crista Galli of the Ethmoid
 Definition
[image]
Term
Perpendicular Plate of the Ethmoid
 Definition
[image]
Term
Sphenoidal Sinuses
 Definition
[image]
Term
Sella Turcia
 Definition
[image]
Term
Optic Canal
 Definition
[image]
Term
Superior Orbital Fissure
 Definition
[image]
Term
Lacrimal Fossa
 Definition
[image]
Term
What are the names of the six Frontanels?
 Definition

Anterior Frontanel/Frontal

Anterolateral Frontanel/Sphenoidal

Posterolateral Frontanel/Mastoid

Posterior Fontanel/ Occipital
Term
What type of bone is the Occipital Bone?
 Definition
Flat Bone
Term
What type of bone is the Zygomatic Bone?
 Definition
Irregular Bone
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