Human Skeleton

Question 1

tibia

Answer 1

big weight baring portion (inside of leg)

Question 2

parts of sternum

Answer 2

manubrium, body, xiphoid process

Question 3

illium

Answer 3

big flat panel on side

Question 4

ribs

Answer 4

12 pairs

Question 5

patella

Answer 5

knee cap (developed within tendons)

Question 6

cautal

Answer 6

tail end

Question 7

schematic vertebrae

Answer 7

allows us to move, protect spinal chord

Question 8

metacarpals

Answer 8

incased in palm, one per digit

Question 9

inter

Answer 9

between

Question 10

articular facets

Answer 10

smooth part where joint actually forms (superior faces upward, inferior downward)

Question 11

axial skeleton

Answer 11

composed of the skull, vertebrae, and sacrum (fused vertebrae)

Question 12

phalanges

Answer 12

3 in all types except 2 in big toe

Question 13

articular process

Answer 13

lies on each side of the neural arch (superior faces upward, inferior faces downward)

Question 14

intra

Answer 14

inside

Question 15

humorous

Answer 15

major bone in human arm (connects shoulder to elbow)

Question 16

intervertebral notches

Answer 16

up and down on each pedicle (make up intervertebral foramina)

Question 17

vertebral arch

Answer 17

circle of bone around the canal where spinal chord passes

Question 18

vertebral foramen

Answer 18

stacked=foramina; vertebral canal (nerves pass through)

Question 19

transverse process

Answer 19

sticks out sideways, “wings”

Question 20

carpals

Answer 20

pebbles in wrist

Question 21

ischium

Answer 21

v-shape on each side

Question 22

vertebral body

Answer 22

main, anterior, bony part

Question 23

scapula

Answer 23

shoulder blades (hovers over ribs)

Question 24

ulna

Answer 24

forma hinge to bend forearm

Question 25

sacrum vertebrae

Answer 25

made up of 5 fused vertebrae

Question 26

lamina

Answer 26

completes arch in back

Question 27

phalanges

Answer 27

phalanx (singular); 3 in fingers, 2 in thumbs

Question 28

lumbar vertebrae

Answer 28

5, lower back

Question 29

clavicle

Answer 29

collarbone

Question 30

atlas

Answer 30

(C1) holds up noggin, no vertebral body

Question 31

thoracic vertebrae

Answer 31

12, attachment to ribs

Question 32

hip

Answer 32

hip joint between femur and pelvis

Question 33

body

Answer 33

middle; attachment for ribs

Question 34

pedicle

Answer 34

where vertebral arch meets vertebral body

Question 35

xiphoid process

Answer 35

bottom

Question 36

spinous process

Answer 36

sticks off back of arch (feel in the back of each)

Question 37

big flat bone=

Answer 37

muscle attachment

Question 38

manubrium

Answer 38

top

Question 39

thigh

Answer 39

hip to knee

Question 40

appendicular skeleton

Answer 40

limbs, limb gurtle (anchored to axial skeleton)

Question 41

leg

Answer 41

knee to ankle

Question 42

metatarsals

Answer 42

sole of foot

Question 43

femur

Answer 43

lower limb, equivalent of humorous (comes into hip joints)

Question 44

sesamoid bone

Answer 44

hovers other bones (patella=largest in body)

Question 45

cervical vertebrae

Answer 45

7, make up the neck

Question 46

hyoid

Answer 46

under mandible (snap if suffocated or strangled)

Question 47

spine

Answer 47

composed of stacked vertebrae

Question 48

tarsals

Answer 48

bunch of little bones (for precise adjustment)

Question 49

fibula

Answer 49

muscle attachment, smaller (outside of leg)

Question 50

forearm

Answer 50

elbow to wrist

Question 51

pelvis

Answer 51

limb gurtle (big anchoring point); sacrum is part of it

Question 52

coccyx vertebrae

Answer 52

lowest point, where tail used to be

Question 53

pubis

Answer 53

v-shape towards front on bottom

Question 54

sternum

Answer 54

breast plate

Question 55

arm

Answer 55

shoulder to elbow

Question 56

joints

Answer 56

allow us to move, not very stable; if not used you lose them. strong joints anchor pelvis to axial skeleton

Question 57

radius

Answer 57

radiate in circle, allows arm to turn

Question 58

intervertebral foramina

Answer 58

holes made by stacked vertebrae, spinal cord passed