Axial Skeleton
Name two of the major bone groups in the axial skeleton.
Ribs, Cranium, and spine
What is the name for the bone of the upper arm?
Humerus
What are the two types of bone marrow?
Red marrow and yellow marrow.
What type of synovial joint allows for free movement in multiple directions?
Ball and Socket
What is the name for the bone in the center of our chest and ribcage?
Sternum
What is the name for the lower jaw bone below our cranium?
Mandible
What are the three groups of bones in our feet?
Tarsals, metatarsals, and phalanges
What is the name for the process of turning cartilage into bone?
Ossification
What are the three classifications of joints?
Diarthroses, amphiarthrosis, synarthrosis
Or
Cartilaginous, fibrous, synovial
What is the name for the socket of the hip joint where the femur epiphysis sits?
Acetabulum
What is the main function of our axial skeleton.
Protection
What is the main function of our Appendicular skeleton.
Movement
What are the four bone shapes?
Long, short, flat, irregular
What is the name for the joint in our elbow?
Hinge
What is the largest bone in the body?
Femur
What are the three sections of our spine from superior to inferior?
cervical, thoracic, lumbar
What is the name of the bone that forms our heel?
Calcaneus
What are the two primary minerals stored in our bones?
Calcium and potassium
What type of joint is our scapula and ribs?
Gliding or plane
What is the type of uniaxial joint that gives only rotational movement?
Pivot Joint
What is the name of the first and second cervical vertebrae?
Atlas and axis
What is the name for the shaft of a long bone?
Diaphysis
What is the name for the hormone that controls ossification?
Growth Hormone
What is the difference between a synovial joint and a fibrous joint?
Synovial joints allow for more range of motion and have a cavity between the bones. Fibrous joints have little to no space between the bones, very little movement.
What is the only bone in the boy that is not connected to another bone via a joint?
Hyoid