Functions of the Skeletal System
Joints provide movement for the bones.
What is movement
Example: Vertebrae
What is irregular bone?
This allows the attachment of the joint to form a capsule.
What is the anatomical neck?
Encasing essential organs ex. ribcage
What is protection
Daily Double
Example: Femur
What is long bone?
This is a small knobby structure on bones that allow the muscles & ligaments to attach.
What is tubercles?
Bearing the weight of the body.
What is support
What is flat bone?
It’s groovy!!! This Groove Nerve houses radials on the posterior side of the humerus.
What is the Radial Groove Nerve?
Daily Double!!!
Holding of minerals to be released in the bloodstream.
What is storage?
Example: Patella
What is Sesamoid bone?
This means depression, coronoid fossa is a depression where the apex of the coronoid process meets.
What is Fossa?
Production of red & white blood cells from the red bone marrow.
What is manufacturing.
Example: Wrist
What is short bone?
This is between the humerus tubercles and the shaft; they are prone to fracture.
What is Surgical neck?