skeletal system

Question 1

Axial skeleton

Answer 1

consists of the bones of the head and trunk of a vertebrate

Question 2

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 2

divided into six major regions: pectoral girdles, left and right clavicle, scapula, arms and forearm, Left and right humerus, ulna radius

Question 3

Compact bone

Answer 3

matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substances an inorganic salts

Question 4

Spongy bone

Answer 4

filled with red bone marrow

Question 5

Long bones

Answer 5

hard dense bones that provide strength and structure

Question 6

Short bones

Answer 6

provide support and stability

Question 7

Flat bones

Answer 7

protection an provision of broad surfaces

Question 8

Irregular bones

Answer 8

serve many different things but can protect the nervous system

Question 9

Diaphysis

Answer 9

shaft or central part of a long bone

Question 10

Periosteum

Answer 10

dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones except at the surfaces of the joints

Question 11

Epiphyseal line

Answer 11

cartilage plate at the end of each long bone

Question 12

Comminuted fracture

Answer 12

break or splinter in the bone

Question 13

Compression fracture

Answer 13

bones weaken and crumple

Question 14

Depressed fracture

Answer 14

crushed portion of the skull

Question 15

Impacted fracture

Answer 15

broken extremities hit each other

Question 16

Spiral fracture

Answer 16

torque is applied along the axis of a bone

Question 17

Greenstick fracture

Answer 17

fracture in a young soft bone

Question 18

Hematoma

Answer 18

solid swelling of clotted blood within the tissues

Question 19

Cranium

Answer 19

skull, part enclosing the brain

Question 20

Occipital bone

Answer 20

bone that forms around the base and back of the skull

Question 21

Vertebral column

Answer 21

the spine

Question 22

Vertebrae

Answer 22

each of the small bones that form the backbone

Question 23

Intervertebral discs

Answer 23

allows movement of the vertebrae

Question 24

Cervical vertebrae

Answer 24

vertebrae of the neck below the skull

Question 25

Thoracic vertebrae

Answer 25

upper middle back

Question 26

Lumbar vertebrae

Answer 26

any of the vertebrae situated between the thoracic vertebrae

Question 27

Sacrum

Answer 27

triangular bone in the lower back

Question 28

Coccyx

Answer 28

triangular arrangement of the bone

Question 29

Sternum

Answer 29

long flat bone sat at the chest that is shaped like a tie

Question 30

Ribs

Answer 30

long curved bones that are attached to the vertebrate

Question 31

Clavicle

Answer 31

long bone that sits along the shoulders acts as a strut for the head

Question 32

Scapulae

Answer 32

connects the humerus to the clavicle, shoulder blade

Question 33

Humerus

Answer 33

long wing bone of the upper arm

Question 34

Radius

Answer 34

the thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm

Question 35

Ulna

Answer 35

the thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm

Question 36

Carpal bones

Answer 36

proximal row of carpal bones

Question 37

Pelvic girdle

Answer 37

the pelvis

Question 38

Femur

Answer 38

forms the hip joints

Question 39

Tibia

Answer 39

larger bone of the lower shin

Question 40

Fibula

Answer 40

smaller bone of the lower shin