Bones
The innermost part of the bone that makes blood cells
Bone marrow
The longest, and strongest bone in your body.
Femur
Swelling, bruising, or bleeding, intense pain, and numbness are all signs of a...
Broken bone
What are the 3 main roles of bones?
1. allow your body to move
2. the protect your delicate organs
3. the produce blood cells in the bone marrow
A thin, dense membrane that contains nerves and blood vessels that nourish the bone
Periosteum
Medical term for shoulder blade
Scapula
Fall from height, trauma, motor vehicle accidents are all ways that...?
A bone can break.
True or false: Once cracked, bones cannot be repaired.
False
What role do the toes and feet bones play?
Provide posture and balance, supports our body weight.
a thin, flat bone running down the center of the chest.
Sternum
Being held in the correct position and protecting the broken bone can lead the bone to...
heal
How many pairs of ribs are there ribs usually?
12 pairs
Eating veggies, consuming enough protein, and eating high calcium foods is all doing what?
Keeping the skeletal system healthy.
Is the middle section of your spine
Thoracic vertebrae
Inserting metal rods is one of the ways that what?
Broken bones are treated
How many bones are in the spine?
33 bones
The smooth and hard outer bone surface
compact bone
A triangular arrangement of bone that makes up the very bottom portion of the spine below the sacrum
Coccyx vertebrae
closed/simple fractures, open/compound fractures, segmental/comminuted fracture, and stable fractures are all what?
Kinds of broken bones
What is the parieto-temporal suture?
Represents the articulation between the parietal and temporal bones