bones Flashcards
What is the bone in your head?
Skull
What is the bone in your jaw?
Mandible
What is the bone in your collarbone?
Clavicle
What is the bone in your shoulder blade?
Scapula
What is the bone in the center of your chest?
Sternum
What is the bone on your upper arm?
Humerus
What is the bone in your lower arm connected to your thumb?
Radius
What is the bone on the underside of your lower arm?
Ulna
What is the bone in your wrist?
Carpal
What is the bone in your palm?
Metacarpal
What are the bones in your fingers/toes?
Phalanges
What is the bone in your hips?
Pelvis
What is the bone below your pelvis?
Sacrum
What is the bone in your at the very bottom of your spine?
Coccyx
What is the bone in your thigh?
Femur
What is the thick bone in your calf?
Tibla
What is the thin bone in your calf?
Fibula
What is the bone in your heel?
Calcaneus
What is the bone in your ankle?
Tarsal
What is the bone in the bottom of your foot?
Metatarsal
What is cartilage?
A firm tissue that is softer and more flexible than bone. It is found in many joints
What is ossification?
The process of baby’s cartilage turning into bone
What is an osteoblast and osteoclast?
Osteoblasts form new bone and are often found on the surface of bone and osteoclasts dissolve old bone tissue
What three minerals can be found in bones?
Sodium, calcium and phosphorus
What is collagen?
A protein that allows bones to resist tension
What is cortical bone and cancellous bone?
Cortical is dense bone and cancellous is spongy
What is red bone marrow and yellow bone marrow?
Red marrow creates blood cells and yellow marrow is mostly fat cells
Why do we have bones?
To provide support, protect organs, help us move, store minerals, and produce blood cells
What are the four kinds of joints?
Hinge, pivot, ball and socket, gliding
Whats an example of a hinge joint?
Knee or elbow
Whats an example of a pivot joint?
Vertebrae, radius and ulna
Whats an example of a gilding joint?
Wrist and ankle
Whats an example of a ball and socket joint?
Hip and shoulder
What is a ligament?
Connects bone to bone
What is a tendon
Connects muscle to bone
What is a greenstick fracture?
A partial fracture where the bone doesn’t completely break
What is a hairline fracture?
When the bone fragments remain in aligment
What is an open/compound fracture?
When the bone fully breaks and punctures the skin
What is the difference between sprain and strain?
Sprain is the tear or stretching of a ligament and strain is the tear or stretching of a tendon or muscle
What is the separation of two bones where they meet at a joint?
Dislocation
What is osteoporosis?
A disease when bones become fragile
What is scoliosis?
Curve in the spine
What is arthritis?
Inflammation of a joint causing swelling
What is osteoarthritis?
The breakdown of joint cartilage
