Skeletal System (1+2)

Question 1

How many bones are in a baby?

Answer 1

300

Question 2

What are the five functions of the skeletal system?

Answer 2

1. Movement
2. Support of posture
3. Protection of major organisms
4. Makes blood
5. Storage of minerals

Question 3

What are the two sections the skeletal system is divided into?

Answer 3

Axial and appendicular

Question 4

Axial skeleton is

Answer 4

Skeleton which consists of the skull, vertebrae, and ribs

Question 5

Appendicular skeleton is

Answer 5

Skeleton which includes the pelvic girdle and the bones of the arms and legs

Question 6

Long bones

Answer 6

Femur, humorous

Question 7

Short bone

Answer 7

Patella, carpals, tarsals

Question 8

Flat bones

Answer 8

Ribs, pelvis

Question 9

Irregular bones

Answer 9

Vertebrae, mandible

Question 10

What are the two types of bone tissue

Answer 10

Compact and cancellous

Question 11

Compact bone

Answer 11

Dense, smooth, strong

Question 12

Cancellous bone

Answer 12

Spongy and lightweight

Question 13

The main shaft of the long bone is called the

Answer 13

Diaphysis (composed of compact bone)

Question 14

The two ends of the bone are called

Answer 14

Epiphysis (composed of cancellous bone)

Question 15

What does the inside cavity of the bone contain?

Answer 15

Bone marrow

Question 16

What are the two types of bone marrow?

Answer 16

Red and yellow bone marrow

Question 17

What does red bone marrow contain?

Answer 17

Red and white blood cells, platelets

Question 18

What does the yellow bone marrow contain?

Answer 18

Fat

Question 19

Osteoblasts are responsible for

Answer 19

Building bone

Question 20

Osteoclasts are responsible for

Answer 20

Bone dissolving

Question 21

What are osteocytes?

Answer 21

Mature osteoblasts that have become trapped in the bone matrix they produced

Question 22

What happens if osteoblasts, osteocytes, and osteoclasts aren’t working together well?

Answer 22

Osteoporosis

Question 23

What is the bone that sits above the larynx? What is its purpose?

Answer 23

Hyoid bone thats purpose is movement of the tongue

Question 24

What happens at the epiphyseal plate?

Answer 24

Growth

Question 25

What type of connective tissue is found at the end of long bones?

Answer 25

Articular cartilage

Question 26

Ligament

Answer 26

Connects bone to bone

Question 27

Tendon

Answer 27

Connects muscle to bone

Question 28

What are fontanels and why do we have them?

Answer 28

Soft spots that are on babies heads for brain growth and passage down the vaginal canal

Question 29

What are the 3 types of joints?

Answer 29

1. Fibrous (skull)
2. Cartilaginous (between the skull and ribs)
3. Synovial (gliding joint in wrist)

Question 30

Which is the smallest and most fragile facial bone?

Answer 30

Lacrimal

Question 31

Which bone on the skull protects the organs that are responsible for hearing and equilibrium?

Answer 31

Temporal

Question 32

Which is the only movable facial bone?

Answer 32

Mandible

Question 33

Which facial bone is known as the cheek bone?

Answer 33

Zygomatic

Question 34

What is the space called at the base of the skull that houses the spinal cord?

Answer 34

Foramen Magnum

Question 35

Which bone makes up the forehead?

Answer 35

Frontal

Question 36

How many bones are in an adult?

Answer 36

206

Question 37

What is fetal ossification?

Answer 37

When cartilage turns to bone

Question 38

Wolf’s law

Answer 38

Bone in a healthy person will adapt to the loads under which it is placed

Question 39

Red blood cells

Answer 39

Carry oxygen to major muscles

Question 40

White blood cells

Answer 40

Fight infection