Bones

Question 1

What is the bone protecting your head?

Answer 1

Cranium

Question 2

What is the bone in your upper jaw?

Answer 2

Maxilla

Question 3

What is the name of the bone in your lower jaw?

Answer 3

Mandible

Question 4

What is the correct term for the collar bone?

Answer 4

Clavicle

Question 5

What is the bone in between your ribs?

Answer 5

Sternum

Question 6

What is the bone found at your hip?

Answer 6

Pelvis

Question 7

What is the bone found on the outside of your lower arm?

Answer 7

Radius

Question 8

What is the bone found at the inside of your lower arm?

Answer 8

Ulna

Question 9

What is the bone at the top of your foot called?

Answer 9

Tarsals

Question 10

What is the bone in the middle of your foot called?

Answer 10

Metatarsals

Question 11

What is the bone found at the end of your foot called?

Answer 11

Phalanges

Question 12

What is the bone in your upper arm called?

Answer 12

Humerus

Question 13

What bones protect your heart and lungs?

Answer 13

Ribs

Question 14

What is the bone in your upper leg called?

Answer 14

Femur

Question 15

What is the bone found in the knee?

Answer 15

Patella

Question 16

What is the correct term for your shoulder bone?

Answer 16

Scapula

Question 17

What is the bone found at the bottom of the spine?

Answer 17

Sacrum

Question 18

What is the bone found at the top of your pelvis called?

Answer 18

Ilium

Question 19

What are the bones at the tip of your fingers called?

Answer 19

Phalanges

Question 20

What are the bones at your wrist called?

Answer 20

Carpals

Question 21

What is the bone between your phalanges and carpals?

Answer 21

Metacarpals

Question 22

What is the bone at the front of your lower leg called (shin)?

Answer 22

Tibia

Question 23

What is the name of the smaller bone behind the tibia?

Answer 23

Fibula

Question 24

What is the bone found at the bottom of the pelvis?

Answer 24

Ischium

Question 25

What is the classification of a long bone?

Answer 25

A long bone is a bone that is longer than it is wide. A long bone has a shaft and two ends. All limb bones apart from the kneecap, wrist and ankle bones are long bones

Question 26

What do long bones do in sport?

Answer 26

Long bones act as levers. These bones are vital to generate movement, power and speed.

Question 27

What is the classification of a short bone?

Answer 27

Short bones are bones that are roughly the same size in length, with and thickness. The only short bones in the body are carpals and tarsals

Question 28

What do short bones do in sport?

Answer 28

Short bones are associated with weight bearing, shock absorption and spreading loads. They play a key role in activities like tennis, road running or dancing

Question 29

What is the classification of a flat bone?

Answer 29

Flat bones, or plates usually protect organs or offer a good surface for muscles to attach to. For example ribs protect heart and lungs while the scapula has three main muscle groups attached to it.

Question 30

Why are flat bones important in sport?

Answer 30

- They protect vital organs | - Provide attachment to muscles to help movement for every type of physical exercise

Question 31

What is the classification of an Irregular bone?

Answer 31

Irregular bones have an odd shape and perform a range of functions

Question 32

Why are irregular bones important in sport

Answer 32

- They offer protection ( vertebrae protects spinal cord). | - They tend to have very specific functions, for example the first and second vertebrae allow you to

Question 33

Cervical Vertebrae

Answer 33

- 7 vertebrae - Form the neck - Allow a variety of movement

Question 34

Thoracic Vertebrae

Answer 34

- 12 Vertebrae - Found in the chest region - Ten of these vertebrae, raise a pair of ribs when you breathe

Question 35

Lumbar Vertebrae

Answer 35

- 5 vertebrae - Form the lower back - Discs large to allow more mobility

Question 36

Sacral vertebrae

Answer 36

- 5 fused vertebrae | - Work with hip bones

Question 37

Coccygeal Vertebrae

Answer 37

- 4 fused vertebrae in coccyx