Vocab

Question 1

Axial Skeleton

Answer 1

The skull and spine

Question 2

Appendicular Skeleton

Answer 2

The rest of the skeleton

Question 3

Compact bone

Answer 3

Dense, smooth bone

Question 4

Spongy bone

Answer 4

small, needle like pieces of bone with lots of open space

Question 5

Long Bones

Answer 5

Bones that are longer then they are wide (Limbs)

Question 6

Short Bones

Answer 6

Cube shaped and contain mostly spongy bone (Wrist and ankle)

Question 7

Flat bones

Answer 7

Thin, flattened and curved (Ribs)

Question 8

Irregular bones

Answer 8

Do not fit into any other categories (hip and vertebrae)

Question 9

Diaphysis

Answer 9

The shaft of a bone

Question 10

Periosteum

Answer 10

fibrous connective tissue protecting the Diaphysis

Question 11

Epiphyseal line

Answer 11

Thin line of bony tissue

Question 12

Comminuted fracture

Answer 12

Bone breaks into many fragments

Question 13

Compression fracture

Answer 13

Bone is crushed

Question 14

Depressed fracture

Answer 14

Broken bone portion is pressed inward

Question 15

Impacted fracture

Answer 15

Broken bone ends are forced into each other

Question 16

Spiral fracture

Answer 16

Ragged break caused by twisting forces

Question 17

Greenstick fracture

Answer 17

Bone breaks incompletely

Question 18

Hematoma

Answer 18

Blood filled swelling when a bone breaks

Question 19

Cranium

Answer 19

Your skull which is made up of 8 bones

Question 20

Occipital bone

Answer 20

Most posterior bone of the cranium

Question 21

Vertebral column

Answer 21

Your vertebrae in the pelvic bone

Question 22

Vertebrae

Answer 22

The bones that make up your spine (33)

Question 23

Intervertebral discs

Answer 23

Pads of flexible fibrocartilage between the vertebrae

Question 24

Cervical vertebrae

Answer 24

C1-C7

Question 25

Thoracic Vertebrae

Answer 25

T1-T12

Question 26

Lumbar vertebrae

Answer 26

L1-L5

Question 27

Sacrum

Answer 27

5 fused vertebrae at the bottom

Question 28

Coccyx

Answer 28

4 fused vertebrae (tailbone)

Question 29

Sternum

Answer 29

Bone that your rubs connect into in the middle of your chest

Question 30

Ribs

Answer 30

Twelve pairs of ribs

Question 31

Clavicle

Answer 31

Your collarbone

Question 32

Humerus

Answer 32

Long arm bone

Question 33

Radius

Answer 33

The lateral bone on the left side of the thumb

Question 34

Ulna

Answer 34

Medial bone on the little finger side

Question 35

Carpal bones

Answer 35

Bones in your wrist

Question 36

Metacarpals

Answer 36

Bones in the palm of the hand

Question 37

Phalanges

Answer 37

Finger bones

Question 38

Pelvic Girdle

Answer 38

Your hip bones

Question 39

Femur

Answer 39

The bone in your thigh

Question 40

Tibia

Answer 40

The shinbone

Question 41

Fibula

Answer 41

Lies alongside the tibia

Question 42

Metatarsals

Answer 42

Bones of the foot