Bone Basics
This forms along the axis of the body and includes the bones of the skull, vertebral column and ribcage.
What is the Axial Skeleton
The name of these 7 of these supraclavicular bones
Cervicle Vertebrae
Sometimes called your collarbone, it is an example of a flat bone.
What is the Clavicle
The largest opening in a bone that allows your spinal chord to go from your brain to the rest of your spine
What is the Foramen Magnum?
Joints are held together by these strong, yet elastic bands of connective tissue.
**Double Jeopardy** Double the points
Your scapula is characterized as this “type” of bone
What is a flat bone?
This bone of the upper arm isn't all that funny…
Humerus
The reduction of calcium and the bone becoming weaker and more porous is a sign that someone has this.
What is osteoporosis?
These are the small openings that allow blood vessels and nerves to travel through bone.
What is a foramen?
Muscles move body parts because they’re attached to bones by strips of this dense connective tissue.
What are tendons
These cylindrical structural units are characteristic of compact bone:
What is/are “Osteons?”
The smallest bone of the carpal bones
What is the pisiform
With the total of 24 vertebrae, the breakdown of each section is
What are 7 cervicle, 12 thoracic and 5 Lumbar vertebrae
These are the cells that go around cleaning up and breaking down all the old bone material in the body.
What are osteoclasts
This viscous fluid resides within joint capsules
What is synovial fluid
It is responsible for manufacturing new blood cells
Bone Marrow (or Red Bone Marrow)
The largest sesamoid bone in the body.
What is the patella?
The “bone building cells” secrete calcium compounds and collagen to build the extracellular matrix.
What is/are “Osteoblasts?”
This joint is only found in your 1st carpometacarpal joint. Those who ride horses will know this word well!
What is the saddle joint
This is another name for a growth plate
What is the "epiphyseal plate"
The technical term for Axis and Atlas
Double Jeopardy- Points are double-
Along with structure and movement- What else does the skeletal system aid the body in?
What is Shock absorption?
This is a hallowed out space in a bone
What is a sinus?
This type of joint resembles the movement of the ball and socket joint but is actually called this type of joint. It is found in the wrist.
What is an Ellipsoidal joint?
While it is called a vitamin, it is actually a hormone. This is important to have if you are to absorb calcium into your bones.
What is Vitamin D
The strongest bone in the body
What is the femur
This is another name for the ribs that do not attache directly to the sternum.
What are false ribs?
PTH is made in this organ of the body
What are the parathyroid glands
Fibrous, Cartilaginous and synovial are types of these important structures.
What is a joint?