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Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 8 Structure, Function, and Key Concepts Review Guide

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Anatomy and Physiology chapter 8
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1. what is the axial forms the central supporting axis of the body, includes the skull, auditory ossicles,
skeleton hyoid bone, vertebral column, and thoracic cage




2. what is the ap- includes the bones of the upper limb, pectoral girdle, and the bones of the lower
pendicular skele- extremities
ton




3. what are the bones that form within some tendons in response to strain. Patella is the largest
sesamoid bones of these, others are small rounded bones such as ones within the hands and feet

4. what are sutural having extra bones, another reason for adult variation, also called wormian bones
bones

5. what are the cat- articulations, extensions and projections, depressions, passages and condyles
egory names of
bone markings

6. what are the ar- Condyle (rounded nob that articulates with another bone, ex. occipital condyles in
ticulations skull), facet (smooth, flat, slightly concave or convex articular surface), and head
(the prominent expanded end of a bone, sometimes rounded)

7. Crest (narrow ridge), epicondyle (expanded region superior to condyle), line
(slightly raised, elongated ridge), process (any bony prominence), protuberance


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what are the ex- (bony outgrowth or protruding part), spine (sharp, slender, or narrow process),
tensions and pro- trochanter (two massive processes unique to the femur), tubercle (small, rounded
jections process), tuberosity (rough elevated surface)

8. what are the de- alveolus (pit of socket), fossa (shallow, broad or elongated basin), fovea (small
pressions pit), sulcus (groove for tendon, nerve or blood vessel

9. what are the pas- canal (tubular passage or tunnel in bone), fissue (slit through a bone), foramen
sages and cavi- (hole through the bone, usually round), meatus (a canal), sinus (an airfilled sac
ties in a bone)

10. what are sutures immovable joints, visible as seams on the surface

11. what are the cav- cranial (encloses brain), orbits (eye sockets), nasal, oral (buccal), middle/inner
ities in the skull ear, paranasal sinuses




12. what are the frontal, sphenoid, ethmoid, maxillary
bones within the
sinuses




13. what is a forami- also known as a foramen, holes that allow passage for nerves and blood vessels
na

14. what are cranial those that enclose the brain, and compose the cranium (brain case)
bones




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15. what is the cal- skullcap, not a single bone but simply the dome of the top of the skull, composed
varia of parts of multiple bones that form the roof and walls

16. what are the 1 frontal, 2 parietal, 2 temporal, 1 occipital, 1 sphenoid, 1 ethmoid
eight cranial
bones

17. what is the ante- crescent shaped, accommodates the frontal lobes of the brain
rior cranial fossa




18. what is the mid- abruptly deeper, shaped like a pair of outstretched bird's wings and accommo-
dle cranial fossa dates the temporal bones




19. what is the poste- deepest and houses a large posterior division of the brain called the cerebellum
rior cranial fossa




20. what is the
frontal bone



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extends from the forehead back to the prominent coronal suture. crosses the
crown of the head from right to left and joins the frontal bone to the parietal
bones




21. what is deep to the eyebrows, the eyebrow ridge
the supraorbital
margin




22. what is each supraorbital margin is perforated by a single passage that allows for a nerve,
the supraorbital artery or vein to pass through
foramen




23. what is the smooth area above the frontal bone just above the root of the nose
glabella




24.

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