Axial Skeleton
The axial skeleton's main function
What is protection?
This is the primary function of the appendicular skeleton
What is movement?
What is a joint?
These terms refer to below or further away from the head
These are the four types of bone
What are Long, Short, Flat and Irregular bones?
This many bones makes up the axial skeleton?
What is 80?
This bone is considered to be the strongest
What is the femur?
This type of connective tissue connects bone to bone.
What are ligaments?
These terms refer to front and back
What is anterior and posterior ?
The long section or shaft of the bone
What is the diaphysis?
These bones make up the axial skeleton
What is the skull, vertebral column, rib cage, and sternum?
These bones give a connection between the axial and appendicular skeleton (2-upper body and lower body)
What are the clavicles and the pelvic girdle?
This is the most common type of joint
What is a synovial joint?
These two terms refer to being closer or further from the midline of the body
What is lateral or medial?
The vertebral column is broken up into these 5 sections
What is the cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral (sacrum) and coccygeal (coccyx) vertebrae?
This bone is the larger of the two lower leg bones
What is the tibia?
This type of joint allows for the most amount of movement.
What is the ball and socket joint?
These two terms refer to being nearer to the limb attachment to the body or further
What is proximal or distal?
The then layer that covers the ends of the bone where they articulate with other bones to form joints
What is articular cartilage?
The rib cage is made up of these sections
What are the true, false and floating ribs?
The pelvic girdle is made up of these three fused together bones?
What are the ilium, ischium and the pubis bones?
This is the most common place to find a cartilaginous joint
What is the vertebral column or between vertebrae
The tibia is a __________ to the fibula
What is medial?
The space where yellow bone marrow is stored and blood vessels pass through
What is the medullary cavity?