Disorders
The disorder where bones become weak and fragile.
What is osteoporosis?
The function that prevents us from being shapeless blobs.
What is structure/support?
The part of the skeleton that contains the femur, humerus, tibia, radius, ulna, scapula, phalanges, carpals, etc.
What is the appendicular skeleton?
The joint with the greatest range of motion.
What is ball and socket joint?
The soft spot on a baby's head.
What is fontanelle?
What is Osteoarthritis?
The function of the skeletal system that involves tendons and muscles.
What is movement?
The type of bone found in the upper and lower arms and legs.
What is long bone?
The joint found in the knee and elbow.
What is a hinge joint?
The type of cell that forms bone.
What is osteoblast?
The trauma caused by stretching or tearing of ligaments.
What is sprain?
The function of the skeletal system that can define the purpose of the skull, ribs, and sternum.
What is protection?
The part of the skeleton that contains the skull, spinal cord, ribs, sternum, and hyoid.
What is the axial skeleton?
The joint that allows rotation.
What is the pivot joint?
The anterior bone found in the lower leg.
What is the tibia?
The disorder caused by high amounts of uric acid in joints.
What is gout?
The process of producing RBC's in long bones.
What is hemopoiesis/hematopoiesis?
The hollow cylinder of hard, compact bone.
What is the diaphysis?
The fixed joints that have zero movement and can be found in the skull.
What is synarthroses?
The type of motion that involves flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction.
What is circumduction?
The disorder characterized by softening and weakening of bones.
What is rickets?
The function that explains why extra calcium and phosphorus are found in compact bone.
What is mineral storage?
What is the spongy bone marrow?
The joint found in the wrists, ankles, and vertebrae.
What is the gliding joint?
The five sections of the vertebrae.
What is cervical (7), thoracic (12), lumbar (5), sacrum (4), and coccyx (5)?