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Anatomy & Physiology: Skeletal System Flashcards

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  • Frontal bone key feature
    Contains the coronal suture connecting it to the parietal bones.
  • Parietal bone key sutures
    Includes the lambdoidal suture and sagittal suture.
  • Occipital bone important features
    Has the foramen magnum, occipital condyles, and external occipital protuberance.
  • Temporal bone notable processes
    Includes the mastoid, styloid, and zygomatic processes.
  • Sphenoid bone key parts
    Contains greater and lesser wings, sella turcica, pterygoid processes, and optic canals.
  • Ethmoid bone features
    Has the crista galli, perpendicular plate, and cribriform plate.
  • Mandible important features
    Includes condylar processes, ramus, angle, coronoid processes, and mental foramen.
  • Unique feature of C1 (Atlas)
    Ring-shaped vertebra with no distinct body.
  • Unique feature of C2 (Axis)
    Has the dens (odontoid process) for head rotation.
  • Types of ribs in thoracic cage
    True ribs (1-7), false ribs (8-10), and floating ribs (11-12).
  • Sternum parts
    Composed of the manubrium, body, sternal angle, and xiphoid process.
  • Clavicle ends
    Has a sternal (medial) end and an acromial (lateral) end.
  • Scapula key features
    Includes the acromion, spine, coracoid process, and glenoid fossa.
  • Humerus important landmarks
    Has the head, greater and lesser tubercles, trochlea, capitulum, and epicondyles.
  • Ulna key features
    Contains the olecranon, trochlear notch, coronoid process, and ulnar styloid process.
  • Radius important parts
    Has the head, radial styloid process, and ulnar notch.
  • Ilium notable features
    Includes the iliac crest, greater sciatic notch, and anterior/posterior superior and inferior iliac spines.
  • Femur key landmarks
    Has the head, neck, greater and lesser trochanters, linea aspera, and condyles.
  • Tibia important features
    Contains the medial and lateral condyles, tibial tuberosity, and medial malleolus.
  • Ankle joint articulation
    Formed by the tibia and talus bones.
  • Atlanto-occipital joint articulation points
    Between the occipital condyles and the superior articulating facets of atlas (C1).
  • Glenohumeral joint bones
    Articulation between the glenoid fossa of scapula and the head of humerus.
  • Elbow joint articulations
    Includes trochlea of humerus to trochlear notch of ulna, capitulum of humerus to head of radius, and radial notch of ulna to head of radius.
  • Wrist joint bones
    Articulation between the distal radius and the scaphoid and lunate bones.
  • Sacroiliac joint articulation
    Between the sacrum and the ilium.
  • Knee joint articulations
    Between femoral condyles and tibial condyles, and patella to anterior distal femur within the quadriceps tendon.