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The axial skeleton provides an extensive surface area for the attachment of muscles that…

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  1. Adjust the positions of the head, neck, and the trunk
  2. Perform respiratory movements
  3. Stabilize or position parts of the appendicular skeleton
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The axial skeleton can be recognized because it…

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Forms the longitudinal axis of the body

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What includes bones found exclusively in the axial skeleton?

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Skull, vertebrae, ribs, sternum, hyoid

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The axial skeleton creates a framework that supports and protects organ systems in the…

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Ventral body cavities

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The bones of the cranium that exclusively represent single,unpaired bones are the…

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Occipital, frontal, sphenoid, and ethmoid

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The paired bones of the cranium are the…

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Parietal and temporal

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The associated bones of the skull include the…

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Hyoid and auditory ossicles

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The single, unpaired bones that make up the skeletal part of the face are the…

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Mandible and vomer

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The lines, tubercles, crests, ridges, and other processes on the bones represent areas that are used primarily for…

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Attachment of muscles and bones

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The sutures that articulate the bones of the skull are the…

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Lamboid, Sagittal, coronal, squamous

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Foramina, located on the bones of the skull, serve primarily as passageways for…

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Nerves and blood vessels

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The bones that make up the lateral wall and rumor of the eye orbit are the…

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Maxilla, zygomatic, and sphenoid

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The sinuses, or internal chambers in the skull, are found in the…

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Sphenoid, frontal, ethmoid, and maxillary bones

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The nasal complex consists of the…

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  1. Frontal, sphenoid, and ethmoid bones
  2. Maxilla, lacrimal, and ethmoidal concha
  3. Inferior concha
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The air filled chambers that communicate with the nasal cavities are the…

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Paranasal sinuses

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The primary function of the paranasal sinus mucus epithelium is to…

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  1. Lighten the skull bones
  2. Humidify and warm incoming air
  3. Trap foreign particulate matter such as dust
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Areas of the head that are involved in the formation of the skull are called…

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Ossification centers

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The reason the skull can be distorted without damage during birth is…

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Fibrous connective tissue connects the cranial bones

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The anatomical structures that allows for distortion of the infant skull during the birthing process are called…

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Fontanelles

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The most significant growth in the skull occurs before age 5 because…

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The brain stops growing and cranial sutures develop

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The primary spinal curves that appear late in fetal development…

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Accommodate the thoracic and abdominopelvic viscera

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An abnormal lateral curvature of the spine is called…

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Scoliosis

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The vertebrae that indirectly effect changes in the volume of the rib cage are the…

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Thoracic vertebrae

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The most massive and least mobile of the vertebrae are the…

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Lumbar

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What identifies the sequence of the vertebra from superior to inferior?

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Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, coccyx

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When identifying the vertebra, a numerical shorthand is used, such as C3. The C refers to the…

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The region of the vertebrae

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C1 and C2 have specific names, which are the…

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Atlas and axis

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The sacrum consists of five fused elements that afford protection for…

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Reproductive, digestive, and excretory organs

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The primary purpose of the coccyx is to provide…

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An attachment site for a muscle that closes the anal opening

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The first seven pairs of ribs are called true ribs, while the lower five pairs are called false ribs because…

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They do not attach directly or the sternum

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The skeleton of the chest, or thoracic cage, consists of…

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Thoracic vertebrae, ribs, and sternum

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The three components of the adult sternum are the…

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Manubrium, body, and xiphoid process

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Brain growth, skull growth, and completed crainial suture development occur…

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By age 5

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The area of the greatest degree of flexibility along the vertebral column is found from…

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C3-C7

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After a hard fall, compression fractures or compression-dislocation fractures most often involve…

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Last thoracic and first two lumbar vertebrae

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Intervertebral discs are found in between all the vertebrae except…

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Between C1 and C2 and the sacrum and coccyx

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Part of the loss that height that accompanies aging results from…

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The decreasing size and resiliency of the intervertebral discs

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The skull articulates with the vertebral column at the…

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Occipital condyles

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The saddle shaped feature of the sphenoid that house the pituitary gland is the…

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Sella turcica

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The growth of the cranium is usually associated with the…

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Expansion of the brain

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Beginning at the superior end of the vertebral canal and proceeding inferiorally, the…

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Diameter of the cord and the size of the vertebral arch decrease

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The vertebrae that are directly articulated with the ribs are the…

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Thoracic only

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During CPR, proper positioning of the hands is important so that an excessive pressure will not break the…

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Xiphoid process