Week 5

Question 1

What does the axial skeleton consist of?

Answer 1

The skull / cranium, vertebral column, and the thoracic cage

Question 2

What does the appendicular skeleton consist of?

Answer 2

Upper and lower limbs

Question 3

How many bones are in the body?

Answer 3

206

Question 4

What is the only moveable bone in the skull/cranium?

Answer 4

Mandible (lower jaw)

Question 5

What is a suture?

Answer 5

Joint between most bones of the skull - it is immovable

Question 6

What are the 3 regions of the vertebral column / spine?

Answer 6

1) top - cervical
2) middle - thoracic
3) lower - lumbar

Question 7

Why do women have a broader / wider pelvis?

Answer 7

For childbirth

Question 8

What does articulate mean in anatomy?

Answer 8

Connected to

Question 9

What is the largest and heaviest bone in the body?

Answer 9

Femur

Question 10

What are the 3 structural classifications of joints? Which allow for movement? Which is the most common?

Answer 10

1) fibrous - doesn’t move
2) cartilaginous - allow for some movement
3) synovial - allows for lots of movement - most common

Question 11

What are the 3 functional classifications of joints?

Answer 11

1) immobile
2) limited mobility
3) freely mobile