skeletal system

Question 1

How many cervical vertebrae are there?

Answer 1

7 cervical

Question 2

How many thoracic vertebrae are there?

Answer 2

12 thoracic

Question 3

How many lumbar vertebrae are there?

Answer 3

5 lumbar

Question 4

How many sacral vertebrae are there?

Answer 4

5 sacrum

Question 5

How many coccygeal vertebrae are there?

Answer 5

4 coccyx

Question 6

What is the sagittal axis?

Answer 6

From front to back

Question 7

What is the frontal axis?

Answer 7

Going from right to left

Question 8

What is the longitudinal axis?

Answer 8

Top to bottom

Question 9

What is flexion?

Answer 9

Decreases the angle between two body parts

Question 10

What is extension?

Answer 10

Increases the angle between two body parts

Question 11

What is abduction?

Answer 11

Movement that draws a body part away from the midline

Question 12

What is adduction?

Answer 12

Movement that moves a body part towards the midline

Question 13

What is pronation?

Answer 13

Rotation of the forearm or foot so that the palm or sole faces downward

Question 14

What is supination?

Answer 14

Rotation so that the palm or sole faces upwards

Question 15

What is dorsiflexion?

Answer 15

Movement that brings the top of the foot close to the shin

Question 16

What is plantarflexion?

Answer 16

Movement that points the toes downwards

Question 17

What is elevation?

Answer 17

Movement that raises a body part

Question 18

What is depression?

Answer 18

Movement that lowers a body part

Question 19

What is circumduction?

Answer 19

Movement that involves flexion, abduction, extension, and adduction, creating a circular motion of a body part

Question 20

What does superior mean?

Answer 20

Position above a specific point

Question 21

What does inferior mean?

Answer 21

Position below a specific point

Question 22

What does proximal mean?

Answer 22

Position closer to the point of attachment or trunk of the body

Question 23

What does distal mean?

Answer 23

Position farther from the point of attachment or trunk of the body

Question 24

What does anterior mean?

Answer 24

Front

Question 25

What does posterior mean?

Answer 25

Back

Question 26

What does medial mean?

Answer 26

Closer to the midline of the body

Question 27

What does lateral mean?

Answer 27

Farther from the midline of the body

Question 28

What does intermediate mean?

Answer 28

Position in between two other positions

Question 29

What is a long bone? Give an example.

Answer 29

A bone that is longer than it is wide ## Footnote Example: tibia, phalanges

Question 30

What is a short bone? Give an example.

Answer 30

A bone that is approximately as long as it is wide ## Footnote Example: carpals, tarsals

Question 31

What is a flat bone? Give an example.

Answer 31

A bone that is thin and flat ## Footnote Example: cranium, ribs

Question 32

What is an irregular bone? Give an example.

Answer 32

A bone that has a complex shape ## Footnote Example: vertebrae, scapula