A&P - Chapter 11 (Part 1)

Question 1

What are 5 functions of bones?

Answer 1

1. Support
2. Protection
3. Movement
4. Mineral storgage
5. Hematopoiesis

Question 2

What does support do for bones?

Answer 2

Gives them shape to the body

Question 3

What does bone protection do?

Answer 3

Protects internal organs

Question 4

What do bones store? (2)

Answer 4

1. Ca

2. Ph

Question 5

What does mineral storage in the bones allow?

Answer 5

For there to be Ca homeostasis

Question 6

Hematopoiesis

Answer 6

Formation of blood cells

Question 7

Where are blood cells produced?

Answer 7

In red bone marrow

Question 8

How many bones do we have in the body?

Answer 8

206

Question 9

What are 5 types of bones?

Answer 9

1. Long
2. Short
3. Flat
4. Irregular
5. Sesamoid
   - round bones

Question 10

What do long bones look like? (3)

Answer 10

1. Cylindrical
2. Longer than they are wide
3. Enlarged ends that articulate with other bones

Question 11

What are 6 examples of long bones?

Answer 11

1. Femur
2. Tibia
3. Fibular
4. Humerus
5. Radius
6. Ulna

Question 12

What do short bones look like? (2)

Answer 12

1. Cube/box shaped

2. Wider than they are longer

Question 13

What are 2 examples of short bones?

Answer 13

1. Carpals

2. Tarsals

Question 14

What do flat bones look like? (4)

Answer 14

1. Broad
2. Thin
3. Flattened
4. Curved surface

Question 15

What are 4 examples of flat bones?

Answer 15

1. Skull
2. Scapula
3. Ribs
4. Sternum

Question 16

What do irregular bones look like? (2)

Answer 16

1. Clustered in groups

2. Various shapes and sizes

Question 17

What are 3 examples of irregular bones?

Answer 17

1. Vertebrae
2. Hip bones
3. Facial bones

Question 18

What do sesamoid bones look like?

Answer 18

Round

Question 19

What are sesamoid bones also sometimes categorized as?

Answer 19

Irregular bones

Question 20

What is the largest type of sesamoid bone?

Answer 20

Patella

- not actually attached (held by tendons)