ANTH 2014 Study Guide - Bone, Osteology, Long Bone
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Anatomical planes, positions and direction: anatomical planes, sagittal plane, para-sagittal, coronal plane. Any planar through the midline of the body slice in this direction that is not midline he skeleton into equal anterior and posterior sections body into upper and lower sections. Toward the top bottom: medial, lateral midline front back. Nearest the trunk: used to describe a bone in relation to another bone. They lie along the midline: 6 unpaired, frontal, occipital, sphenoid, mandible, vomer, ethmoid, hyiod - small, u-shaped bone just below lower jaw - helps to anchor muscle, etc. Doesn"t articular with any other bone in the body. Held in place by muscles: 11 paired into left and right elements, parietal, temporal, zygomatic, maxilla, nasal, palatine, lacrimal, stapes, incus, malleus, inferior nasal concha, the final bone is the aforementioned hyiod, bilaterally symmetrical, edentulous. Action of teeth having impact from top or bottom tooth: bone has to be renewed and used, wolff"s.
