Diseases and Conditions
This condition produces a curvature of the spine.
What is scoliosis?
Your skull performs this function for your brain and eyes.
What is protection?
This bone makes up your forehead.
What is the frontal bone?
This part of the skeleton is made up of 80 bones.
What is the axial skeleton?
An example of this type of joint occurs between the humerus and the ulna.
What is a hinge joint?
When you experience inflammation in your joints you may have this skeletal disease.
What is arthritis?
Your spine performs this function for your body.
What is support?
This bone is found on both sides of your skull.
What is the parietal bones?
This part of the skeleton is made up of 126 bones.
What is the appendicular?
This type of joint connects all four limbs to the torso.
What is a ball and socket joint?
A tumor of the bone is this type of "oma"
What is osteoma?
What is protection?
This 1 bone does not touch the rest of the skeleton.
What is the hyoid bone?
This portion of the skeleton connects the upper appendicular to the Axial skeleton.
What is the shoulder girdle?
When using your phalanges you are using this type of joint.
What is a saddle joint?
Bones can fuse together and become stiff from adhesion's in this skeletal disease.
What is ankylosis?
This function of bones is sometimes overlooked, but the femur is the bone that produces the most of this type of cell.
What are red blood cells?
This column has the most irregular bones in the body.
What is the vertebral or spinal column?
This part of the skeleton includes the thoracic cage.
What is the axial skeleton?
The reason the forearm can move is because of this type of joint movement.
What is a pivot movement?
Don't eat too much red meat or you could build up sharp crystals in your joints like this skeletal disease.
What is gout?
Without your bones to anchor your muscles you couldn't perform this everyday function.
What is movement?
This set of bones can move during birth.
What is the pelvis?
This part of the axial skeleton has 3 regions.
What is the vertebral column?
This type of joint provides the most movement.
What is a gliding joint?