Functions & Organization
This skeletal function protects organs such as the brain and lungs.
What is protection?
This bone forms the forehead.
What is the frontal bone?
This is the longest and strongest bone in the body.
What is the femur?
A bump or projection used primarily for muscle attachment.
What is a tuberosity? (Accept process, tubercle, crest, etc.)
The elbow is this type of synovial joint.
What is a hinge joint?
This division of the skeleton includes the skull, ribs, sternum, and vertebral column.
What is the axial skeleton?
This structure protects the spinal cord.
What is the vertebral column?
This bone is commonly called the collarbone.
What is the clavicle?
A rounded structure that helps form a joint.
What is a condyle?
The shoulder is this type of synovial joint
What is a ball-and-socket joint?
This skeletal function occurs in red bone marrow.
What is blood cell production (hematopoiesis)?
This vertebral region contains 12 vertebrae.
What is the thoracic region?
This forearm bone is located on the thumb side.
What is the radius?
A hole in a bone through which nerves or blood vessels may pass.
What is a foramen?
Movement of a limb away from the body's midline.
What is abduction?
This division of the skeleton is mainly responsible for movement.
What is the appendicular skeleton?
This vertebral region bears the greatest amount of body weight.
What is the lumbar region?
This lower leg bone bears most of the body's weight.
What is the tibia?
Bone markings are generally classified into these three categories.
This joint type allows you to shake your head "no."
What is a pivot joint?
Name all five major functions of the skeletal system.
Name the five regions of the vertebral column.
Name the bones of the pectoral girdle.
This category includes condyles, facets, and heads.
What are joint surfaces?
Name the six synovial joint types.