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PHYSIOLOGY LECTURE

NOTES
SKELETON- AXIAL
n SKULL
n VERTEBRAL COLUMN
n HYOID BONE
n RIB CAGE
CRANIAL BONES OF
SKULL (8)
nPARIETAL
n FRONTAL
n ETHMOID
• cribriform plate, superior and middle
concha
n SPHENOID
• sella turcica, pterygoid processes,
foramen for optic nerve
CRANIAL BONES,cont.
n TEMPORAL
• zygomatic process
• mastoid process
• external auditory meatus
• bones of the middle and inner ear
CRANIAL. BONES, cont.
n OCCIPITAL
• foramen magnum
• occipital condyles
FACIAL BONES OF SKULL
( 14)
n MAXILLA
• palatine process
• alveolar process
• infraorbital foramen
FACIAL BONES OF SKULL
nMANDIBLE
n alveolar process
n coronoid process
n condyloid process ( mandibular
condyles)
n mental foramen
FACIAL BONES, cont.
n ZYGOMATIC
n NASAL
n LACRIMAL
n VOMER
n PALATINE
n INFERIOR NASAL CONCHA
HYOID BONE
n SMALL HORSE SHOE SHAPE
• DOES NOT ARTICULATE WITH ANY
OTHER BONE
n ATTACHES TO TOP OF LARYNX
n TONGUE ATTACHES TO HYOID
THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN
ngeneral features of vertebrae
n body
n spinous process
n transverse process
n vertebral foramen
n laminae
n pedicle
n superior and inferior articulating
processes
CERVICAL VERTEBRAE (7)
n C1- ATLAS
• no body, no spine
n C2 AXIS
• odontoid process (dens)
• all cervical vertebrae have transverse
foramen
THORACIC VERTEBRAE
(12)
nrib articulations
n T-1 T-12
LUMBAR VERTEBRAE (5)
nL-1 L-5
n large body
Sacrum and Coccyx
n fused vertebrae
n Coccyx
• 4 fused vertebrae
Other features of spinal column
nIntervertebral discs
n intervertebral foramina
n Spinal curvatures
• normal primary and secondary
• abnormal- kyphosis, lordosis, scoliosis
RIB CAGE
n STERNUM
n MANUBRIUM
n BODY ( GLADIOLUS)
n XIPHOID PROCESS
RIBS, 12 pair
n true ribs (7)
• costal cartilages
• attached to sternum
n false ribs (5)
• 8-10 have costal cartilages
• 11-12 are floating ribs
• no costal cartilages
Anatomy of ribs
n structures
• head
• neck
• tubercle
• angle
• shaft
APPENDICULAR
SKELETON
nUPPER EXTREMITY
n CLAVICLE
• sternal and acromial ends
n SCAPULA
• acromion process
• coracoid process
• spine
• glenoid cavity (fossa)
UPPER EXTREMITY
n HUMERUS
• head
• greater tubercle
• lesser tubercle
• lateral and medial epicondyle
• coronoid fossa
• olecranon fossa
• trochlea
• capitulum
UPPER EXTREMITY, cont.
n RADIUS
• 1. head
• 2. styloid process
n ULNA
• coronoid process
• olecranon process
• semilunar notch
UPPER EXTREMITY, cont.
n HAND
n CARPALS (8)
n HAMATE
n CAPATE
n TRAPIZOID
n PISIFORM
n LUNATE
n
n
Hand, cont.
n METACARPALS
n PHALANGES
• proximal
• middle
• distal phalanges, except thumb
APPENDICULAR
SKELETON
LOWER LIMB
n OS COXAL(innominate bone)
n ILIUM
• greater sciatic notch
n ISCHIUM
n PUBIS
• pubic symphysis
n ACETABULUM
n OBTURATOR FORAMEN
OS COXAL

n DIFFERENCES IN MALES AND


FEMALES
n female- angle greater than 180
n female- pelvis diamter larger
Lower extremitly
n FEMUR
n head
n neck
n greater trochanter
n lesser trochanter
n linea aspera
n medial and lateral epicondyle
n medial and lateral condyles
Lower extremitly
n PATELLA
n TIBIA
• medial malleolus
n FIBULA
• lateral malleolus
Foot
n TARSALS (8)
• talus articulates with tibia and fibula
• calcaneus: heel






Foot
n METATARSALS
n PHALANGES
n ARCHES
• transverse
• medial and lateral longitudinal

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