Functions of the Skeletal System
As its internal framework the skeletal system provides this to the body.
What is support?
The humerus and femur are this type of bone
What is long bone?
This is the long hollow tube part of the long bone
What is the diaphysis?
These are the 7 spinal bones that extend from the base of the skull to the top of the shoulder
What are cervical vertebrae?
This type of joint means no movement
What is synarthroses?
The skeletal system provides this to the body's vital organs.
What is protection?
The wrist contains these types of bones
What are short bones?
This is the name of the hollow area inside the long bone
What is the medullary cavity?
These are the 5 spinal bones the extend from the floating ribs to the pelvis
What are lumbar vertebrae?
This type of joint means free movement
What is diarthroses?
Muscles anchored to bones make it possible for the body to perform this
What is movement?
The skull is made up of these types of bones
What are flat bones?
These are the ends of the long bones
What are the epiphyses (or epiphysis)?
These are the 12 spinal bones that extend the shoulders to the bottom of the rib cage
What are thoracic vertebrae?
This type of joint means slight movement
What is amphiarthroses?
Calcitonin increases this and parathyroid hormone decreases this in the bones
What is calcium storage? or What is storage?
The spinal bones or vertebrae are made of these types of bones
What are irregular bones?
This is the dense fibrous outer covering of a long bone
What is the periosteum?
This type of shape describes outward rounding of the spine
What is convex curvature?
This type of joint is found in the shoulder and hip
What is ball and socket?
This term means "blood cell formation
What is hematopoiesis?
The patella is this type of bone
What is sesamoid?
This is the thin membrane that lines the medullary cavity
What is the endosteum?
This type of shape describes inward rounding of the spine
What is concave curvature?
Moving the arm away from the body is this type of movement
What is abduction?