🧠 Category 1: Skeletal System Basics
This system gives the body form, protects vital organs, allows movement, and stores minerals.
What is the skeletal system?
There are this many vertebrae in the spinal column.
What is 33?
Inflammation of a joint.
What is arthritis?
Fracture of C3 can paralyze this structure.
What is the diaphragm?
A break in the continuity of a bone.
What is a fracture?
This type of bone tissue has many open spaces and small needle-like pieces.
What is spongy bone?
The largest hinge joint in the body.
What is the knee?
This disease means “porous bones” and increases fracture risk.
What is osteoporosis?
CSF drainage from the ears, raccoon eyes, and Battle’s sign are signs of this type of skull fracture.
What is a basilar skull fracture?
A fracture caused by twisting force.
What is a spiral fracture?
There are this many bones in the human skeletal system.
What is 206?
This type of joint allows rotation and bending on its plane.
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
Inflammation of the tendon often caused by overuse.
What is tendonitis?
This triad includes systolic hypertension, bradycardia, and irregular respirations.
What is Cushing’s Triad?
An incomplete fracture that passes only partway through the bone shaft.
What is a greenstick fracture?
These structures connect bone to muscle.
What are tendons?
The only moveable bone in the skull.
What is the mandible?
An abnormal curvature of the spine.
What is scoliosis?
This maneuver is used to open the airway in suspected spinal injury.
What is the jaw-thrust maneuver?
This injury involves tearing of ligaments.
What is a sprain?
These structures connect bone to bone.
What are ligaments?
This bone does not articulate with any other bone.
What is the hyoid bone?
This condition causes tingling and numbness in the thumb, index, and middle fingers.
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?
This device is used to stabilize a stable patient found in a sitting position.
What is a KED?
This injury can cause up to 1500cc of internal bleeding and requires a pelvic binder.
What is a pelvic fracture?