Orthopedic Nursing Study Set | 167 Need to Study
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8 CRANIAL BONES - ✔✔- 1 Frontal
- 2 Parietal
- 2 Temporal
- 1 Occipital
- 1 Sphenoid
- 1 Ethmoid
SKULL - ✔✔- a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.
- it supports the structures of the face and provides a protective cavity for the brain
CRANIUM, MANDIBLE - ✔✔Skull is composed of two parts
CRANIUM - ✔✔part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain
MANDIBLE (lower jaw) - ✔✔the bone that forms the lower part of the skull, and along with
the maxilla (upper jaw), forms the mouth structure
CLAVICLE (collarbone) - ✔✔- a long bone that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade
and the sternum (breastbone)
- the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally.
STERNUM (breastbone) - ✔✔a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest
HUMERUS - ✔✔a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow
,RIBS - ✔✔the long curved bones which form the rib cage, part of the axial skeleton.
VERTEBRAL COLUMN - ✔✔also known as the spinal column, is the central axis of the
skeleton in all vertebrates.
PELVIC GIRDLE - ✔✔composed of the appendicular hip bones (ilium, ischium, and pubis)
oriented in a ring
RADIUS, ULNA - ✔✔the bones of the forearm
CARPALS - ✔✔the eight small bones that make up the wrist (or carpus) that connects the
hand to the forearm.
carpus, wrist - ✔✔> The term "_________" is derived from the Latin carpus and the Greek
καρπός (karpós), meaning "_________".
METACARPALS - ✔✔form the intermediate part of the skeletal hand located between the
phalanges of the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist which forms the connection to the
forearm.
PHALANGES - ✔✔the bones that make up the fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot
56 phalanges - ✔✔There are ______ phalanges in the human body, with fourteen on each
hand and foot.
FEMUR - ✔✔- the only bone located within the human thigh
- it is both the longest and the strongest bone in the human body
, PATELLA (kneecap) - ✔✔a flat, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur
(thigh bone) and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint.
TIBIA, FIBULA - ✔✔made up the lower leg
SCAPULA (shoulder blade) - ✔✔a flat triangular bone located at the back of the trunk and
resides over the posterior surface of ribs two to seven
CERVICAL BONE - ✔✔the thinnest and most delicate bones.
SPINAL CORD - ✔✔a long, fragile tubelike structure that begins at the end of the brain stem
and continues down almost to the bottom of the spine.
SPINAL COLUMN - ✔✔The vertebrae and disks of cartilage extend the length of the spine
and together form the vertebral column, also called the _________.
CEREBROSPIANL FLUID (CSF) - ✔✔a clear, colorless body fluid found in the brain and spinal
cord
ILIUM - ✔✔a blade-shaped bone found superior to the hip joint
ISCHIUM - ✔✔forms the lower and back part of the hip bone
PUBIS - ✔✔the lowest and most anterior portion of the hip bones of the pelvis
X-RAY - ✔✔valuable for detecting abnormalities in bone and are taken to evaluate painful,
deformed, or suspected abnormal areas of bone.
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8 CRANIAL BONES - ✔✔- 1 Frontal
- 2 Parietal
- 2 Temporal
- 1 Occipital
- 1 Sphenoid
- 1 Ethmoid
SKULL - ✔✔- a bony structure that forms the head in vertebrates.
- it supports the structures of the face and provides a protective cavity for the brain
CRANIUM, MANDIBLE - ✔✔Skull is composed of two parts
CRANIUM - ✔✔part of the skull consisting of the bones enclosing the brain
MANDIBLE (lower jaw) - ✔✔the bone that forms the lower part of the skull, and along with
the maxilla (upper jaw), forms the mouth structure
CLAVICLE (collarbone) - ✔✔- a long bone that serves as a strut between the shoulder blade
and the sternum (breastbone)
- the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally.
STERNUM (breastbone) - ✔✔a long flat bone located in the central part of the chest
HUMERUS - ✔✔a long bone in the arm that runs from the shoulder to the elbow
,RIBS - ✔✔the long curved bones which form the rib cage, part of the axial skeleton.
VERTEBRAL COLUMN - ✔✔also known as the spinal column, is the central axis of the
skeleton in all vertebrates.
PELVIC GIRDLE - ✔✔composed of the appendicular hip bones (ilium, ischium, and pubis)
oriented in a ring
RADIUS, ULNA - ✔✔the bones of the forearm
CARPALS - ✔✔the eight small bones that make up the wrist (or carpus) that connects the
hand to the forearm.
carpus, wrist - ✔✔> The term "_________" is derived from the Latin carpus and the Greek
καρπός (karpós), meaning "_________".
METACARPALS - ✔✔form the intermediate part of the skeletal hand located between the
phalanges of the fingers and the carpal bones of the wrist which forms the connection to the
forearm.
PHALANGES - ✔✔the bones that make up the fingers of the hand and the toes of the foot
56 phalanges - ✔✔There are ______ phalanges in the human body, with fourteen on each
hand and foot.
FEMUR - ✔✔- the only bone located within the human thigh
- it is both the longest and the strongest bone in the human body
, PATELLA (kneecap) - ✔✔a flat, circular-triangular bone which articulates with the femur
(thigh bone) and covers and protects the anterior articular surface of the knee joint.
TIBIA, FIBULA - ✔✔made up the lower leg
SCAPULA (shoulder blade) - ✔✔a flat triangular bone located at the back of the trunk and
resides over the posterior surface of ribs two to seven
CERVICAL BONE - ✔✔the thinnest and most delicate bones.
SPINAL CORD - ✔✔a long, fragile tubelike structure that begins at the end of the brain stem
and continues down almost to the bottom of the spine.
SPINAL COLUMN - ✔✔The vertebrae and disks of cartilage extend the length of the spine
and together form the vertebral column, also called the _________.
CEREBROSPIANL FLUID (CSF) - ✔✔a clear, colorless body fluid found in the brain and spinal
cord
ILIUM - ✔✔a blade-shaped bone found superior to the hip joint
ISCHIUM - ✔✔forms the lower and back part of the hip bone
PUBIS - ✔✔the lowest and most anterior portion of the hip bones of the pelvis
X-RAY - ✔✔valuable for detecting abnormalities in bone and are taken to evaluate painful,
deformed, or suspected abnormal areas of bone.
