Bone Vocab/Functions
What type of skeleton is used for movement?
Appendicular (skeleton)
What type of locomotion does a human have?
Plantigrade
What bone protects the brain?
Skull
How many bones are in a human skeleton?
206
What are the two main parts of the skeletal system?
Appendicular and axial
How many functions does the skeletal system have?
5
What type of locomotion is walking on the fingers of the toes?
Digitigrade
Which bone protects the spinal column?
Vertebrae
How many bones are in a dog's skeleton?
321
What disease can occur if not enough blood cells are being produced?
Anemia
What connects the skeletal system to the muscular system?
Tendons
What type of locomotion does a horse use?
Unguligrade
What bone is also known as the shoulder blade?
Scapula
How many bones are in a cow's skeleton?
207
What disease can occur if bone thickness is not correct and holes start to go into the bone?
Osteoporosis
What is the axial skeleton used for?
Protection (of internal organs)
What type of locomotion is walking on the distal end of the phalanges?
Unguligrade
What bone is the longest "long bone" in the forearm?
Humerus
How many cervical vertebrae do mammals have?
7
What bone provides the width of the skeletal system at the hips?
Pelvis
Name 3 things that bones are used as storage houses for.
Fats, blood cells, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium
What type of locomotion does a dog use?
Digitigrade
What is the weakest bone?
What bones are in a horse's knee and a human's wrist?
Carpals
Where are red cells produced?
(The spongy inside of) bones