Bones/functions
Bone locations/nicknames
Bones types
Joints
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100
How many bones are in the human body?
206
100

What is another name for the shin bone?

Tibia

100
What type of bone is the cranium?
Flat
100

A __ is where two or more bones meet in the body.

Joints (or articulations)

100

T or F: the epiphyseal plate is seen only in the skeleton of adults.

False

200

Name four of the five types of bones (i.e. their shape).

Long bones, Short bones, Irregular bones, Flat bones and Sesamoid.

200

Where is the femur and what is its nickname?

Upper leg/thigh; thigh bone

200

What type of bone is the humerus?

Long

200
What is the most common joint in the body?
Synovial joints
200

Rheumatoid arthritis is an _____ disease, where the body's immune system mistakenly attacks the joints and other structures of the body.

Autoimmune

300
What are three functions of the skeletal system?
Provide framework/gives body its shape, Allows movement - Muscles attached to bones/levers, Provides protection for vital organs, Produces red blood cells in the marrow of long bones and Stores vital minerals such as calcium
300

The shoulder blade is also known as the ___.

Scapula

300

What type of bones are the carpals?

Short

300

Name the three types of joints in the human body and how we differentiate them.

Fiborous - Immoveable, Cartligenous - Slightly moveable and Synovial - Freely moveable

300

What is another name for the jaw bone? What type of bone is it (for +300 points)?

Mandible - Irregular

400
Name one of each type of bone.
Long - Femur, tibia, fibula, radius, ulna Short - Phalanges, Clavicle, metacarpals, metatarsals Flat - Ribs, sternum, Scapula, Cranium, illium Irregular - Carpals, Tarsals, mandible, vertebrae Sesamoid - Patella
400

What is another name for the clavicle?

Collar bone

400

What type of bone are the ribs?

Flat

400

Name three types of synovial joints

Hinge, Ball and socket, Saddle, Pivot, Gliding Condyloid

400
List two fiborous joints.
Cranium, sacrum, sternum
500

Name the locations of the three parts of the vertebral column (there's five but we have mainly discussed three, the other two being the sacrum and coccyx)

Cervical- neck, Thoracic- chest/attached to ribs, Lumbar- lower back

500
Where are the distal phalanges?
Fingers and toes
500

What type of bones are the bones of the vertebrae?

Irregular

500

What type of joint is a ball and socket joint?

Synovial joint

500

Red bone marrow undergoes this process, which produces blood cells for the body

Hematopoiesis

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