Axial
The skeletal system provides an ____ framework for the body.
What is internal?
The adult skeleton is composed of ___ bones.
What is 206?
Bones that do not fit any normal category are ___.
What are irregular bones?
How many bones form the skeletal framework of each upper limb?
What is 30?
___ carpal bones are arranged in two irregular rows of four bones each wrist.
What is 8?
_____ is stored in bones.
What is calcium, and phosphorus?
All the bones of the limbs, except the patella (kneecap), the wrist and ankle bones are ___bones.
What are long bones?
The appendicular skeleton is composed of ___ bones.
What is 126?
The arm is formed by a single bone, the ___ , which is a typical long bone.
What is the humerus?
The pelvic girdle is formed by ___ coxal bones, commonly called hip bones.
What is 2?
___ bone is composed of small needle like pieces of bone and lots of open space.
What is spongy bone?
____ are generally cube-shaped and contain mostly spongy bone.
What are short bones?
Each shoulder girdle, or pectoral girdle consists of two bones, a clavicle and a ___.
What is the scapula?
Two bones, the ___ and the ___, form the skeleton of the forearm.
What is the radius, and the ulna?
Bearing weight is the most important function of this girdle, because the total weight of the upper body rests on the bony pelvis.
True or False
What is True?
___ bone is dense, looks smooth, and is homogeneous.
What is compact bone?
____ are thin, flattened, and usually curved.
What are flat bones?
The clavicle attaches to the ___ medially.
What is the sternum?
The skeleton of the hand consists of the ___, the metacarpals, and the phalanges.
What are the carpals?
Each hip bone is formed by the fusion of three bones: the ilium, ischium, and pubis.
True/False
What is True?
Blood cell formation occurs within the ___ of certain bones.
What are marrow cavities?
Most bones of the skull, the ribs, and the sternum (breastbone) are ___.
What are flat bones?
The clavicle attaches to the ___ laterally.
What is the scapula?
The shoulder girdle attaches to the ___ skeleton at only one point- the sternoclavicular joint.
What is the axial skeleton?
What is considered the sit down bone?
What is the ischium?