Skull
The two major divisions of the bones in the skull.
What are Cranial bones and Facial bones?
The type of bone that is dense and "solid" in appearance.
What is compact bone?
One of the functions of the skeletal system, prevents injury to soft tissue
What is protection?
These are the two divisions of the skeleton
What are Axial and Appendicular?
A break in the continuity of a bone.
What is a Fracture
The bone that forms the forehead.
What is the Frontal bone?
These types of bone are cube or box-shaped structures that are as broad as they are long.
What are short bones?
This type of marrow produces blood cells
What is red bone marrow?
This division of the skeleton contains 80 bones
What is the Axial Skeleton
The line at the end of a bone where growth occurs in a child
What is the Epiphyseal line?
This set of bones include the parietal and temporal bones.
What are Cranial Bones?
These bones are often clustered in groups and come in various sizes and shapes.
What are Irregular bones?
This is the number of functions performed by the skeletal system.
What are five?
Which division of the skeleton contains 126 bones?
What is Appendicular Skeleton
The term for the joints between the skull bones
What are Sutures?
The bones that form the bulging top of the cranium.
What are Parietal bones?
This type of bone is broad and thin, with a flattened and often curved surface.
What are Flat bones?
This mineral is stored in bone, but also functions in moving muscle and beating the heart
What is Calcium?
The division of the skeleton in which the skull is found
What is the Axial Skeleton?
The cavity within a long bone
What is Medullary canal
The total number of bones in the skull.
What is 22 bones?
This type of bone is made up of open space partially filled by needle-like structures.
What is cancellous or spongy bone?
These are the 5 functions of the skeletal system
What are Support, Protection, Movement, Mineral Storage and production of blood cells?
This structure is made up of the ilium, ischium, pubis and sacrum
What is the pelvis?
The type of joint that is freely movable
What is Synovial or Diarthrosis