Skeletal System

Question 1

What are the functions of the skeletal system?

Answer 1

• sites for muscle attachment
• Production of blood cells
• Storage of inorganic salts

Question 2

What are osteocytes?

Answer 2

Bone cells

Question 3

What are osteoblasts?

Answer 3

Cells that build new bone

Question 4

What are osteoclasts?

Answer 4

Break down bone

Question 5

What are the functions of red marrow?

Answer 5

produce red and white blood cells and platelets

Question 6

What are the functions of yellow marrow?

Answer 6

store adipocytes

Question 7

How many bones are in the skull?

Answer 7

13

Question 8

How many bones are in the face?

Answer 8

8

Question 9

What are foramens?

Answer 9

Openings for blood vessels and nerves

Question 10

What are sutures?

Answer 10

Areas where bones join together

Question 11

What does articulate mean?

Answer 11

joining together

Question 12

Where is the atlas?

Answer 12

1st cervical vertebra

Question 13

Where is the axis?

Answer 13

Joint connecting skull and spine

Question 14

What are the regions of the vertebral column and the number of bones in each?

Answer 14

cervical- 7
thoracic- 12
lumbar-5 
Sacrum
Occyx

Question 15

How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 15

126

Question 16

What is the function of a ligament?

Answer 16

attaches bones to bones

Question 17

What is the function of a tendon?

Answer 17

attaches muscles to bones

Question 18

What are Bursae?

Answer 18

a fluid-filled sac or saclike cavity, especially one countering friction at a joint.

Question 19

What is in the oral cavity?

Answer 19

teeth and tongue

Question 20

What is in the nasal cavity?

Answer 20

nose

Question 21

What separates the thoracic and abdominopelvic cavity?

Answer 21

the diaphragm

Question 22

What is in the cranial cavity?

Answer 22

the brain, vertebral canal

Question 23

What is in the thoracic cavity?

Answer 23

heart, lungs, ribcage

Question 24

What is in the abdominal cavity?

Answer 24

stomach, liver, spleen, gallbladder, kidneys

Question 25

What is in the pelvic cavity?

Answer 25

urinary bladder

Question 26

What does gross mean in anatomy?

Answer 26

The large parts that can be seen to the naked eye

Question 27

What does superior and inferior mean?

Answer 27

superior- above | inferior- below

Question 28

What does anterior and posterior mean?

Answer 28

anterior- towards front | posterior- towards back

Question 29

What does medial and lateral mean?

Answer 29

medial- closer to vertical midline | lateral- closer to sides

Question 30

What does superficial and deep mean?

Answer 30

superficial- close to surface | deep- closer to internal

Question 31

What is a sagittal cut?

Answer 31

Down middle, left right

Question 32

What is a transverse cut?

Answer 32

cuts perpendicular with midline, makes a "T" with midline

Question 33

What is a coronal cut?

Answer 33

front and back

Question 34

What does proximal and distal mean?

Answer 34

Proximal- close to point of attachment | Distal- far from point of attachment

Question 35

Where is compact bone found?

Answer 35

outer shell of all bone and also the shafts in long bones

Question 36

Where is spongy bone found?

Answer 36

found at the expanded heads of long bones and fills most irregular bones

Question 37

What is the function of spongy bone?

Answer 37

filled with red bone marrow- produces blood cells

Question 38

What is the function of compact bone?

Answer 38

houses blood vessels and supplies blood to spongy bone

Question 39

What bones make up the axial skeleton?

Answer 39

skull bones, the ossicles of the middle ear, the hyoid bone, the rib cage, sternum and the vertebral column.

Question 40

How many bones are in the axial skeleton?

Answer 40

80

Question 41

What bones make up the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 41

the bones in your pelvic and shoulder girdle, arms and legs

Question 42

How do endochondral bones form?

Answer 42

Form from a hyaline cartilage model and ossify

Question 43

Where are endochondral bones found?

Answer 43

Long bones

Question 44

How do intramembranous form?

Answer 44

Form from sheets of connective tissues that fuse

Question 45

Where are intramembranous bones found?

Answer 45

Skull