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Bone Composition
Appendicular
Axial
Joints
System Functions
100
Bones which have shafts and are found in limbs.
What are long bones?
100
They are found in both the hands and feet.
What are phalanges?
100
A skull without a mandible.
What is a cranium?
100
Movement upon an axis.
What is rotation?
100
What the skeletal system primarily protects.
What are organs?
200
This contains nerves and blood vessels, and runs through compact bone.
What are Haversian canals?
200
The bone that is found on the thumb side of the forearm.
What is the radius?
200
Below the sternum, this bone is often broken during CPR.
What is xiphoid process?
200
Movement away/outwards from the body.
What is abduction?
200
The tissue in which red blood cells are produced. (100pt Bonus: how much of it is composed of fat?)
What is marrow? (Bonus: 96%)
300
A cell that creates bone matter.
What is an osteoclast?
300
The two bones that are found in the lower leg (specify which is which.)
What is the tibia and fibula (the tibia is the larger one)?
300
The bones of the lower back. (Be specific)
What are lumbar vertebrae?
300
This connective tissue binds muscle to bone.
What is a tendon?
300
This element stored in the skeletal system is used by actin and myosin.
What is calcium?
400
The tough layer of connective tissue surrounding a bone.
What is periosteum?
400
One of the most commonly broken bones. It's Latin translation is "little key".
What is the clavicle?
400
These two bones are bade up of fused vertebrae.
What is sacrum and coccyx?
400
This membrane secretes fluid that lubricates joints.
What is synovial membrane/synovium?
400
What an embryo's skeleton is mainly composed of.
What is cartilage?
500
The canal which stores marrow.
What is the medullary canal?
500
The heel bone.
What is calcaneus?
500
The number of bones in the human body.
What is 206?
500
Two examples of ball and socket joints.
What are shoulder and hips?
500
Five functions of the skeletal system.
What is protection, support, movement, mineral storage, and blood cell production.