Functions/Unit Functions
Axial/Appendicular
Ossification
Joints/Types of Joints
100
What is one function of the skeletal system?
Possible Answers:
Allows movement, protects organs, produces blood cells.
100
2 examples of axial skeletons.
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
-skull, ribs, vertebra
100
What is the blue on the outer sides of the bone?
Cartilage
100
Name one type of joint.
POSSIBLE ANSWERS
gliding/saddle, ball/socket, hinge, pivot, suture.
200
What unit function allows movement?
Osteoblasts
200
Which is NOT an example of appendicular?
a) legs
b) scapula
c) sternum
C) sternum
200
When does ossification occur?
During the transition into adolescence.
200
What is a joint?
Anywhere where to bones meet.
300
What unit function produces blood cells?
Hematopoietic stem cells.
300
What does axial mean?
The main axis of the body.
300
What part is replaced by the bone?
Cartilage
300
What is the fluid that is with the joint?
synovial fluid
400
Which stem cells produce blood cells?
a) Neural
b) Hematopoietic
c) Epithial
B) Hematopoietic
400
What does appendicular mean?
The appendages.
400
Why does the cartilage disappear in the later years?
Because as you get older the bone grows over the cartilage.
400
What way does a hinge joint?
It bends and straights.
500
Sarcomeres are part of what function?
TRICK QUESTION (NONE)
500
Humerus, radius and carpals are apart of what skeletal group?
Appendicular
500
What is ossification?
The process of the cartilage being replaced by bones.
500
What way does a ball joint move?
It moves in a circle.