Types of Joints
What joint type is found where the arm connects to the shoulder and the leg attaches to the pelvis?
ball and socket
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What is a simple fracture?
simple fracture
Carpals and Tarsals are examples of what bone group? Long, short, irregular or flat?
short
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clavicle
collarbone
humerus
Identify one example of a hinge joint.
elbow, knee or jaw
What is a greenstick or partial fracture?
an incomplete fracture that goes only part way through the bone
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Ribs and scapula are examples of this bone group. Long, short, irregular or flat?
flat
cranium
skull
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upper leg bone
femur
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What type of joint is the spine?
pivot
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What is a fracture called when the bone breaks and punctures the skin?
compound
The bones of the arm and leg are examples of what type of bone? Long, short, irregular, flat?
long
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scapula
shoulder blade
breast bone
sternum
What part of the body has fixed joints?
skull
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This the center of bone where the blood cells are made and minerals are stored.
marrow
A vertebrae is an example of this bone group. Long, short, irregular or flat?
irregular
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patella
knee cap
toes and fingers
phalanges
Where in the body do you find gliding joints?
wrists, hands, ankles and feet
This is the softer internal bone inside the shell of your hard exterior bone.
spongy bone
Your pelvis is an example of what type of bone? Flat, long, short or irregular?
irregular
vertebrae
backbone or spine
jaw
mandible