Skeletal System Flashcards

1
Q

Our bones protect delicate organs in our body, especially the ______, _____, and _______

A

Brain, lungs, and heart

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2
Q

Our bones give our body _____

A

Shape

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3
Q

Our bones also make _____ ___

A

Blood cells

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4
Q

Blood cells are found in _____ bone marrow

A

Red

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5
Q

Fat is stored in _____ bone marrow

A

Yellow

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6
Q

Fats are also called _____

A

Lipids

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7
Q

Calcium helps are heart to ____ and our mind to _____

A

Beat, think

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8
Q

Calcium is taken into our body in a material called _______ _____

A

Calcium salts

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9
Q

Calcium helps make our bones sturdy and ____

A

Strong

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10
Q

Milk, cheese, and yogurt contain _____

A

Calcium

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11
Q

Other foods that contain calcium are ______

A

Spinach, salmon, ice cream

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12
Q

90% of calcium stored in our homes is out there by the time we are ___ years old

A

18

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13
Q

__________ results in weak bones with holes in them

A

Osteoporosis

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14
Q

Vitamin __ also makes are bones strong

A

D

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15
Q

Our bodies can make vitamin d while in the _______

A

Sunlight

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16
Q

When you don’t get enough vitamin d you get a disease called _____

A

Rickets

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17
Q

When someone doesn’t get the right nutrients they are suffering from ______

A

Malnutrition

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18
Q

Another mineral in our body is ________ we get it by eating cereal, fish, and _______ vegetables

A

Phosphorus, and green

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19
Q

The outside bone is a tough membrane called ________

A

Periosteum

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20
Q

Your body is constantly tearing down old bone and building new bone, that’s called _______

A

Remodeling

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21
Q

The next layer of bone is called _______ this is mostly what we look at when we see a skeleton

A

Compact bone

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22
Q

Compact bone is made of calcium right tough fibers called ______

A

Collagen

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23
Q

A network of tunnels that is strong interconnected patterns designed to withstand pressure is ______ bone

A

Spongey

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24
Q

A hallowed out cavity filled with fluid is called ____ ______

A

Bone marrow

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25
Red bone marrow dies of old age after __ months
4
26
Without fat in your diet, their would be no _____ _______
Cell membrane
27
The Greek word osteon means ____
Bone
28
Our cells make new bone called ______
Osteoblasts
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Osteon last need _____
Exercise
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Protein makes _____
Collagen
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Our bones grow in special places called __________
Growth plates
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In long bones growth plates are near the ____ of the bone
End
33
A firm resilient substance that stacks up on our growth plates is ______
Cartilage
34
Cartilage absorbs _____ well
Shock
35
When a baby is born they will have about ____ bones
300
36
An adult only has ___ bones
206
37
The longest bone in the body is the _____
Femur
38
The tiniest bone is in our ear, it is the ______
Stapes
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The scientific name for the hammer is _____
Malleus
40
The scientific name for anvil is _____
Incus
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The scientific name for stirrup is _____
Stapes
42
The stapes is only _____ mm long
2.5
43
Long bones in our bones are in our ____,_____,____,____
Arms, legs, fingers, and toes
44
Short bones are in our _____&_____
Wrists and ankles
45
Flat bones are in our ____
Skull
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Our ribs and sternum are also ____ bones
Flat
47
Sesamoid bones are small bones found in our _____
Hands
48
One bone in our neck that is not connected to any other bone is the _____
Hyoid
49
Bones are connected by a special tissue called _____
Ligaments
50
Our cranium is made of how many boneS?
8
51
Where a bone meets is called a what?
Joint
52
Joints in our cranium are called what?
Sutures
53
Our Mandible is located where?
Our lower jaw
54
Our neck has how many vertebrae ?
7
55
The vertebrae in our neck are called ______ vertebrae
Cervical
56
There are how many theocratic vertebrae?
12
57
We have how many lumbar vertebrae?
5
58
We have how many ribs on each side?
12 (24 total)
59
Scientists call your fingers _____
Digits
60
Your hips are called your _____
Coxae
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Hinge joints are in our elbows and ___
Knees
62
Hinge joints can only open and _____
Shut
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Our hips and shoulders have ball and socket joints which can move up down back and forth and ____
Rotate
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Saddle joints are in our ankles they have less locomotion than a ______ joint
Ball and socket
65
Plane joints are in our ____, they allow our back to bend and ____
Vertebrae & twist
66
Pivot joints connect our skull our ____
Vertebrae column
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Ellipsoidal joints connect our ______ to our metacarpals
Phalanges
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Ellipsoildal joints can move forward & backwards, but not _____
Rotate
69
If we didn't have any form or structure we would look like a ______
Blob on the ground