Skeletal system

Question 1

What are the two types of bone marrow?

Answer 1

Red and Yellow bone marrow

Question 2

What are the three types of cartilage?

Answer 2

Cartilage, Articular cartilage, Meniscus

Question 3

What are the three types of joints?

Answer 3

Sutures, Symphysis, Synovial

Question 4

How mamy bones does the human skeleton have in total?

Answer 4

206 bones

Question 5

How many axial bones and appendicular bones does the human body have?

Answer 5

80 axial bones, 126 appendicular bones

Question 6

Frontal bone

Answer 6

forms the forehead

Question 7

Parietal bone

Answer 7

Forms most of the top and sides of skull

Question 8

Occipital bone

Answer 8

forms back of skull

Question 9

Temperal

Answer 9

forms sides and base of skull

Question 10

Sphenoid bone

Answer 10

forms floor of skull and lower parts of eye socket

Question 11

Ethmoid

Answer 11

Forms the nose, orbits of the eye sockets, and floor of skull

Question 12

External auditory meatus

Answer 12

opening to the external ear in the temporal bone

Question 13

Zygomatic

Answer 13

Cheek bones

Question 14

Maxillary

Answer 14

upper jaw bone

Question 15

Palantine

Answer 15

forms the roof of your mouth

Question 16

Lacrimal

Answer 16

inner aspects of the eye (tear ducts and glands)

Question 17

Vomer

Answer 17

forms base of nasal septum

Question 18

Mandible

Answer 18

lower jaw and only moveable structure of the skull

Question 19

Hyoid

Answer 19

U shaped/V shaped bone located in the soft tissue of the lower jaw

Question 20

Thoracic cavity

Answer 20

Rib cage

Question 21

Rib bones

Answer 21

12 pairs
7 “true” ribs attached to sternum
3 “false” ribs attached to sternum by cartilage
2 floating ribs

Question 22

Sternum

Answer 22

breast bone, front portion of rib cage

Question 23

Pectoral Girdle

Answer 23

shoulders

Question 24

Clavicle

Answer 24

collar bone

Question 25

Scapula

Answer 25

shoulder blade

Question 26

Acromion

Answer 26

high point to the shoulder

Question 27

Humerus

Answer 27

Long upper arm bone

Question 28

Radius

Answer 28

forearm bone that runs up the side of the thumb

Question 29

Ulna

Answer 29

Larger bones of the forearm, forms elbow

Question 30

Olecranon Process

Answer 30

funny bone, large projection from the ulna

Question 31

Carpals

Answer 31

wrist bones

Question 32

metacarpal

Answer 32

forms structure of the hand

Question 33

phalanges

Answer 33

fingers

Question 34

distal

Answer 34

outer most from the body

Question 35

medial

Answer 35

middle portion

Question 36

proximal

Answer 36

closest to the body

Question 37

spinal column

Answer 37

26 vertebrae 7 cervical 12 thoracic 5 lumbar

Question 38

Intervertebral Disks

Answer 38

found between vertebrae, shock absorber

Question 39

Sacrum

Answer 39

traingle shaped structure forming posterier side of pelvic area

Question 40

Coccyx

Answer 40

tail bone

Question 41

ilium

Answer 41

hip bone

Question 42

sacroiliac

Answer 42

provides slight movement between sacrum and ilium

Question 43

ischium

Answer 43

lowest part of pelvic girdle (pelvic area)

Question 44

Pubis

Answer 44

anterior portion of pelvic area

Question 45

pubic symphysis

Answer 45

cartilage joints of pelvic area

Question 46

acetabulum

Answer 46

hollow socket, allows head of femur into the hip socket

Question 47

Femur

Answer 47

Upper leg bone, largest in the body

Question 48

Patella

Answer 48

boney anterior of the kneecap

Question 49

Popliteal

Answer 49

posterior surface of the knee

Question 50

Anterior Cruciate Ligament

Answer 50

ACL, ligament area in the knee

Question 51

Tibia

Answer 51

large weight bearing bone of lower leg

Question 52

Fibula

Answer 52

thin, non-weight bearing lower leg bone

Question 53

Tarsel

Answer 53

bones that make up the ankle

Question 54

Malleolus

Answer 54

round bump on each side of ankle

Question 55

Talus

Answer 55

articlulates with tibia and fibula

Question 56

Calcaneus

Answer 56

Clac, the heel

Question 57

Metatarsals

Answer 57

bones of the feet

Question 58

lower phalanges

Answer 58

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