What type of support does our skeletal system provide?
What is structural.
100
How would you define a long bone and provide an example
What is longer than it is wide. Humerus, tibia, fibula, radius, ulna, phalanges, metacarpals, metatarsals, etc.
100
What is the diaphysis and give some of its characteristics.
What is the shaft of the bone. It is made up of compact bone and contains yellow bone marrow.
100
How many bones are there total in the adult body?
What is 206
200
What are the three types of joints discussed within class?
What is...Synarthrotic, Diarthrotic, Amphiarthrotic
200
What do our bones store?
What is minerals and nutrients.
200
How would you define a flat bone and provide an example.
What is thin and relatively broad, large surface area. Sternum, ribs, scapula
200
What is the epiphysis and give some of its characteristics.
What is the end of the bone. It is made up of spongy bone and contains red bone marrow.
200
How many bones are in appendicular skeleton and axial skeleton.
What is 126 and 80.
300
What is the definition of synarthrotic?
Immovable
300
What is hemopoiesis?
What is the production of blood cells
300
How would you define an irregular bone and provide an example.
What is having a complex shape. Vertebrae, facial bones
300
What is the epiphyseal line and give some of its characteristics.
What is also known as the growth plate. It is where the diaphysis and epiphysis meet.
300
Name the carpal bones in order.
What is scaphoid, lunate. triquetral, pisiform, trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate
400
What is an amphiarthrotic joint?
Slightly movable joint
400
What are the functions of the skeletal system?
What is support, protection, movement, storage, hemopoiesis
400
How would you describe a short bone and provide an example.
What is nearly equal in length and width; cubelike. Carpals, tarsals
400
What is articular cartilage and what is its purpose?
What is the thin layer of cartilage of a long bone. It helps gliding movements and protects the epiphysis.
400
Name the structures discussed in class of the axial skeleton.
What is the skull, mandible, spine, ribs, sternum, sacrum, coccyx
500
List the 5 types of a diarthrotic joint.
What is gliding, ball and socket, saddle, hinge, and pivot.
500
Give 3 examples of how our skeletal system provides protection.
What is the skull protecting the brain, the ribs/sternum protecting the heart and lungs, the spine protecting the vertebral column, the pelvis protecting the digestive and reproductive organs.
500
How would you define a sesamoid bone and provide an example.
What is a bone situated within a tendon. Patella, sesamoids at the base of 1st metatarsal
500
Define periosteum and give its purpose.
What is a covering around the bone. It is essential for bone growth, repair, and nutrition.
500
How are exercise and the skeletal system directly related?
What is function determines form. Positive stress creates more dense bones, whereas negative stress creates less dense bones.