Naming Bones
scientific name for fingers and toes
phalanges
This bone marrow stores fat cells
yellow marrow
bones that protect your heart and lungs
ribs
The body has how many freely moveable joints?
Six
The number of bones in an adult human body
206
The bone of the upper leg (thigh).
Femur
Bones of the arms and legs, such as the Humerus, Femur, and Tibia, are part of which skeletal division?
What is Appendicular?
the scientific name for the breastbone.
Sternum
A freely moveable joint is classified as?
Synovial
The scientific name for the kneecap
patella
The two bones of the forearm
The radius and ulna
Red bone marrow produces what
blood cells
The bone of the upper arm
Humerus
The sutures of the skull are what kind of joint?
Immovable
Name a flat bone
Cranium, scapula, clavicle, ribs.
The bones of the wrist between the carpals and phalanges.
metacarpals
The rounded ends of a bone
The epiphysis
The smaller of the two forearm bones
Ulna
The most freely moveable joint.
Ball-and-socket joints.
Bone cells that are referred to as "bone breakers".
Osteoclasts
What bone is the most superior on the body?
What is the skull?
This connects bone to bone at a joint
Ligaments
The four shapes a bone can be.
Long, Flat, Short, and Irregular
Which joint is found at the knee?
Hinge Joint.
When a bone pops out of alignment, this condition is called?
Dislocation