The Foot
The heel bone
What is the calcaneus?
The largest bone in the human body.
What is the femur?
The number of bones in an adult skeleton.
What is 206?
The bones protecting your heart and lungs, but do *not* attach directly to the sternum.
What are false ribs (or floating)?
The center, most simple part of the brain that controls our survival functions.
What is our “Old Brain"
Bones of the mid-foot
What are meta-tarsals?
Covers and protects the ends of bones.
What is cartilage?
The largest muscle of the human body.
What is the gluteus maximus?
The 12 pieces of the spine that attach to the ribs.
What are thoracic vertebrae?
The man who survived after having part of his brain blown out from a work accident in 1848.
Who is Phineas Gage?
The primary tendon that helps you *point* your foot.
What is the achilles tendon?
The joint that has the widest range of motion.
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
A sponge-like bone tissue with many tiny holes/cavities and gives space for blood and marrow to produce and travel.
What is cancellous tissue?
The large hole in the bottom of our skull.
What is the foramen magnum?
A tube of neurons that act as a highway of communication between the brain and the rest of the body.
What is the spinal cord?
The name of the rubberband-like connective tissue that holds up our arch.
What is the plantar fascia ligament?
A lubricant (like grease) in joint cavities
What is synovial fluid?
One is wider and circular, while the other is narrow and more heart-shaped.
What are the 2 main differences between the male and female pelvis?
The name of the top vertebra
This has a hard time operating when correctly when someone is under a lot of stress.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
The percentages of weight distribution for a human standing normally.
What is 60% on the heel, 30% on the ball, and 10% on the sides of the feet.
Skull sutures.
What are fibrous joints?
The three types of muscles.
What is cardiac, skeletal, and smooth?
How do human spines differ from our chimp-like ancestors?
What is an “S” shaped spine with a Lumbar curve.
Function of our temporal lobes.
What is hearing, understanding language, and memory.