Joints
Differences Between Male and Female Skeletons
Vocabulary
Lower Limbs vs. Upper Limbs
Axial vs. Appendicular Skeleton
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What is another name for a joint?
An articulation
100
What are the differences in the skull?
Female skull is smaller and lighter, facial area is rounder, jaw is smaller, less conspicuous muscle attachments and mastoid process is less prominent.
100
What is a more common name for phalanges?
fingers or toes
100
Is the tibia one of the lower limbs or upper limbs?
It is a lower limb.
100
What skeleton is the skull in?
The axial skeleton
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What are the three types of joints?
Fibrous, Cartilaginous, and Synovial.
200
Name some of the differences in the pelvic girdle.
Female hip bones lighter, thinner, less obvious muscle attachments. Female obturator foramina and acetabula are farther apart.
200
Which is more medial to the body, the sternum or the shoulder blade?
The sternum, aka the breastbone.
200
Which is bigger tibia or fibula? Which is bigger, fibula or femur (must answer both)
Tibia Femur
200
What skeleton consists of the bony and cartilaginous parts that support and protect the organs of the head, neck, and trunk? ONLY ONE TEAM CAN ANSWER!
Axial Skeleton
300
Which type of the aforementioned joints allow the most movement? The least?
Synovial joints. Generally fibrous joints.
300
What factors differentiate male and females in the pelvic cavity?
Female pelvic cavity wider, shorter, and roomier, and less funnel shaped. The distance between female ischial spines and ischial tuberosities are greater than in a male.
300
What is the purpose of the clavicle?
The clavicle is a slender rod-like bone with an elongated "S" shape. It braces the freely-moving scapulae and provides multiple attachments for muscles of the upper limbs, chest, and back.
300
Is the radius or ulna located on the thumb side of the forearm in anatomical position?
Radius
300
What is the function of the pectoral girdle? What skeleton is it in?
The pectoral girdle's unction is to connect the bones of the upper limbs to the axial skeleton. It is in the appendicular skeleton.
400
Name the six types of synovial joints.
Ball-and-socket (spheroidal), condylar (ellipsoidal), plane (gliding), hinge, pivot (trochoid), and saddle (sellar) joint.
400
Name the differences relating to the sacrum.
Female sacrum is wider, first sacral vertebrae projects forward to lesser degree. Sacral curvature bent more backwards than in a male.
400
What is the largest tarsal called?
The calcaneus (heel bone)
400
How many carpel bones are there on each hand? ADD 400: What is the purpose of the carpus?
8 on each hand. The carpus articulates with the radius and with the fibrocartilage disc on the ulnar side.
400
What is the difference between the fibula, tibia, and the patella? What skeleton are they all in? Are they upper or lower limbs?
The patella is the knee joint The tibia is larger than the fibula. Appendicular skeleton Lower limbs
500
Give examples of the 6 types of synovial joints.
Ball-and-socket (spheroidal): shoulder, hip Condylar (ellipsoidal): between metacarpals/metatarsals and phalanges Plane (gliding): vertebrae, sacroiliac, and where ribs and sternum connect Hinge: elbow, knee, joints of phalanges Pivot (trochoid): joint between atlas and dens of axis Saddle (sellar): thumb
500
What is the sole difference between a male and a female coccyx?
The female coccyx is more moveable.
500
What is the difference between synarthrotic, amphiarthrotic, and diathrotic?
synarthrotic joints can be immovable amphiarthrotic joints are slightly movable diarthrotic joints are freely movable
500
What is the longest bone of the lower limbs? the upper limbs?
Femur Humerus
500
Which skeleton is the sacrum in?
The axial skeleton
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