Vocabulary
What are cords of dense connective tissue connecting muscles to bones?
Tendon
What are the cords of dense connective tissue connecting two bones together?
Ligament
The pelvic and pectoral girdles are considered part of the _________ skeleton.
appendicular
What are the bones in the ankles or wrist called?
Tarsals
Point to where you Femur is located.
Your thigh bone.
What is the flexible connective tissue found throughout the body, including on the articular ends of bones?
Cartilage
What is an articulation or junction between two or more bones?
Joint
The _______ girdle is much sturdier and provides far less mobility than the other.
pelvic
What are the bones in the main portion of the foot or palm called?
Metatarsals.
Point to where your tibia is located.
The bigger calf bone.
What is the longest bone in the upper limbs?
Humerus
What forms part of the elbow joint in the upper limb?
Ulna
The pelvic girdle consists of _______, _________, and __________.
sacrum, coccyx, and hip bones
What are the bones of the fingers or toes called?
Phalanges
Point to where your Patella is located.
Your knee bone.
What is the the virtually useless last four fused vertebrae in the spinal column?
Coccyx
What forms part of the wrist joint in the upper limb?
Radius
The axial skeleton consists of the bones in the _____, ______, and _______.
chest/ ribcage, skull, and spinal column.
What is the difference between your thumb and big toe?
there is a special joint in your thumb that makes it opposable
Point to where your Fibula is located.
The smaller calf bone.
What is attached to the sternum? It is the only long bone in the human body that lies horizontally.
Clavicle
What is the solid base of the vertebral column that connects to the ilium?
Sacrum
The ________ is located in between the ribs of the skeleton.
Sternum
What is the similarities of your thumb and big toe?
They both only have 2 phalange bones, while all other phalanges have 3.
Point to where your Ulna is located.
The smaller forearm bone.