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1
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What is the bone in your head?

A

Skull

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What is the bone in your jaw?

A

Mandible

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3
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What is the bone in your collarbone?

A

Clavicle

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What is the bone in your shoulder blade?

A

Scapula

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5
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What is the bone in the center of your chest?

A

Sternum

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6
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What is the bone on your upper arm?

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Humerus

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What is the bone in your lower arm connected to your thumb?

A

Radius

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8
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What is the bone on the underside of your lower arm?

A

Ulna

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9
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What is the bone in your wrist?

A

Carpal

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10
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What is the bone in your palm?

A

Metacarpal

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What are the bones in your fingers/toes?

A

Phalanges

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12
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What is the bone in your hips?

A

Pelvis

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13
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What is the bone below your pelvis?

A

Sacrum

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14
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What is the bone in your at the very bottom of your spine?

A

Coccyx

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15
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What is the bone in your thigh?

A

Femur

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16
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What is the thick bone in your calf?

A

Tibla

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17
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What is the thin bone in your calf?

A

Fibula

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18
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What is the bone in your heel?

A

Calcaneus

19
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What is the bone in your ankle?

A

Tarsal

20
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What is the bone in the bottom of your foot?

A

Metatarsal

21
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What is cartilage?

A

A firm tissue that is softer and more flexible than bone. It is found in many joints

22
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What is ossification?

A

The process of baby’s cartilage turning into bone

23
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What is an osteoblast and osteoclast?

A

Osteoblasts form new bone and are often found on the surface of bone and osteoclasts dissolve old bone tissue

24
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What three minerals can be found in bones?

A

Sodium, calcium and phosphorus

25
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What is collagen?

A

A protein that allows bones to resist tension

26
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What is cortical bone and cancellous bone?

A

Cortical is dense bone and cancellous is spongy

27
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What is red bone marrow and yellow bone marrow?

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Red marrow creates blood cells and yellow marrow is mostly fat cells

28
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Why do we have bones?

A

To provide support, protect organs, help us move, store minerals, and produce blood cells

29
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What are the four kinds of joints?

A

Hinge, pivot, ball and socket, gliding

30
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Whats an example of a hinge joint?

A

Knee or elbow

31
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Whats an example of a pivot joint?

A

Vertebrae, radius and ulna

32
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Whats an example of a gilding joint?

A

Wrist and ankle

33
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Whats an example of a ball and socket joint?

A

Hip and shoulder

34
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What is a ligament?

A

Connects bone to bone

35
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What is a tendon

A

Connects muscle to bone

36
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What is a greenstick fracture?

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A partial fracture where the bone doesn’t completely break

37
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What is a hairline fracture?

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When the bone fragments remain in aligment

38
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What is an open/compound fracture?

A

When the bone fully breaks and punctures the skin

39
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What is the difference between sprain and strain?

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Sprain is the tear or stretching of a ligament and strain is the tear or stretching of a tendon or muscle

40
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What is the separation of two bones where they meet at a joint?

A

Dislocation

41
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What is osteoporosis?

A

A disease when bones become fragile

42
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What is scoliosis?

A

Curve in the spine

43
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What is arthritis?

A

Inflammation of a joint causing swelling

44
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What is osteoarthritis?

A

The breakdown of joint cartilage

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