Functions and Components of the Skeletal System
List at least four main functions of our skeletal system?
What is mobility, support, and protection, , balance, and posture, and bone marrow production
List the three main types of joints we discussed in the human body?
What are Ball and Socket, Hinge, and Gliding Joints?
List the four types of bones we discussed in the human body?
What are long bones, short bones, irregular bones, and flat bones?
What is the scientific name of your jaw bone?
What is your mandible?
Name the two classifications of fractures.
What are open and closed fractures?
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Define a joint in the human body?
Details matter (Bonus points)
Two or more bones coming together
examples
Creates movement
Our hinge joints have only two motions? Which motions do our elbows and knees produce?
What are flexion and extention?
This bone is a long bone and strongest in the human body.
What is our femur?
Whare are the scientific names of your forearm bones?
What are your radius and ulna?
What are the two types of closed fractures.
What are Displaced and Non-displaced?
What structure is between joints and acts as a cushion for joint support?
What is cartilage?
Our Shoulders and hips are the most mobile joints in the body, which motion sets them apart from all other joints because of the their range of motion?
What is Rotation?
External/Internal Rotation
Which irregular bones protect your spinal cord?
What is our your vertebrae?
What are the scientific names of both your lower leg bones?
What are your tibia and fibula?
Name two causes of bone fractures.
Trauma
Osteoporosis
Overuse
Which structure acts as fat pad between joint surfaces and soft tissues (muscle and skin)?
What are bursa?
When someone is writing, which motion are they creating at the wrist joint?
What is ulnar deviation?
What flat bone is also referred to as your chest plate?
What is your sternum?
TRUE OR FALSE
Your clavicles, along with your rib cage, help protect your heart and lungs.
TRUE
Name one sign and symptom of a bone fracture.
What is pain
swelling
bruising
deformity
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Out shoulders and hip joints allow for the most range of motion (movement). This is because of the movement of rotation. Which other joint in the human body allows for rotation.
Think about movement
What are C1 and C2?
What are Atlas and Axis?
What is the "No" movement in your head and neck
Which motion is created at the ankles one someone performs a calf raise?
What is plantarflexion?
The skeletal system provides the human body with many functions: protection, mobility, ...
Besides the primary functions you have learned, which function do our long bones provide for our body when we are young?
What is growth?
What are growth plates?
What is the scientific name for your heel?
Spelling counts
What is your calcaneus?
How would a doctor treat a patient who came to them with a bone fracture?
Open ended response