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What are your toe and finger bones known as
what is phalanges
These are 3 functions of the skeletal system.
What is provides structure, creates blood cells, allows movement, protects organs, gives body shape.
What bone is on the thumb side of lower arm?
What is the radius
What is the substance that covers the end of the bone that provides cushion and prevents friction at the joint?
What is articular cartilage
A complete break of a bone but it does not puncture through the skin?
What is a simple or closed fracture?
Another name for your kneecap
What is patella
What is the collection of bones that protect your brain?
What is the cranium
What are the cranial bones that we have pairs of?
What are the parietal and temporal bones
What is the largest section of a long bone called?
This type of injury occurs when someone rolls an ankle and ligaments are damaged.
What is a sprain/sprained ankle?
What are your wrist bones known as?
What makes up the axial skeleton?
Skull, rib cage (including sternum), spinal column
Which bone in your leg is most medial and slightly larger than it's partner?
What is the tibia
What connects bone to bone?
What are ligaments?
What type of fracture is where bone protrudes out of the skin?
What is an open or compound fracture
What is your upper arm bone also known as?
What is the humerus
What makes up the appendicular skeleton?
Arm bones, leg bones, shoulder girdle, and pelvic girdle
What is temporal
Where is the yellow marrow found?
What disease affects women more than men and causes a loss of bone mass causing them to be at risk for fractures
What is osteoporosis
What bone is also known as your heel?
What is the calcaneus
What is the gelatinous discs in between the vertebrae called which help provide shock absorption and prevent damage to the spinal cord?
What are the intervertebral discs
What collection of vertebrae are responsible for most of our support and are the most likely location for an injury to the vertebral column?
What are the lumbar vertebrae?
What is the term for blood cell production?
What is hematopoiesis?
What treatment is typically needed if someone has osteomyelitis?
IV antibiotics