Vocabulary
Holes that allow passage for nerves and blood vessels
what is foramina?
Between the parietal bone
What is sagittal suture?
Superial to nasal bone and anterior to parietal bone
What is frontal bone?
This cartilage can be found in the inter-vertebral disc and menisci
What is fibrocartilage?
Protects the vital organs such as heart, lungs and great vessels
What is the thoracic cage?
A type of joint between the bones of the skull where the bones are held tightly by fibrous tissue
What is sutures?
It represents the articulation between the anterior frontal bone and parietal bone
What is coronal suture?
Forms most of the cranial roof and part of its wall
What is parietal bone?
This cartilage connects the ribs to the sternum
Only bone in the body that doesn’t articulate directly with any other bone
What is Hyoid bone?
Composed of bones of skull, vertebral column, sternum and ribs
What is Axial skeleton?
Where the parietal bone and occipital bone articulate?
What is lambdoid suture?
Anterior cranial bone located between the eyes
What is ethmoid bone?
Elaborate shapes that do not fit into other categories
What is Irregular bones?
Vertebra C1, support the head
What is the atlas?
The study of bone
Osteology
Where the temporal bone and parietal bone articulate?
What is squamous suture?
Forms the angles of the cheeks
What is zygomatic bone?
Iliac bones are more flared, pelvic cavity is wider and pubic arch is greater than 90 degree
What is a female pelvis?
Vertebra C2, allows rotation of the head
What is the axis?