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Hughes_elle Test - The Skeletal System Flashcards

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  1. Describe the Transverse Process.
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The Tranverse Process is in the spine. It is a lateral process in the vertebrae.

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  1. What is the scapula?
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The scapula is also know as the shoulder blade.

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  1. Where is the cortical bone located?
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It is located in the shaft of long bones.

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  1. What is the haversian canal?
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The haversian canal contains many blood vessels that form form a network in bone.

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  1. What is the trabecular bone?
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It is also known as the spongy bone. It is located at the ends of long bones.

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  1. The spaces in bones are filled with a soft connective tissue called…..
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Marrow

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  1. Where is the tarsal, talus and bone of the a gliding joint located?
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In the ankle

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  1. Name reasons you make new bone cells?
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During growth, to heal broken bones and in response to the force of the body’s weight

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  1. What is the frontal bone?
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It is located in the forehead.

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  1. Where is the vomer located?
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Below the nasal bone

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  1. The vomer and ethmoid are part of what bone?
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Nasal septum

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  1. Where is the sphenoid bone located?
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Behind the eye and below the front of the brain

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  1. What is the flat bone?
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Skull bones are flat bones.

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  1. What is the first cervical vertebrae?
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It is also known as the atlas.

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  1. What is the axis?
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It is the second cervical vertebrae.

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  1. What is the place where two or more bones meet?
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Joint

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  1. What avantage do we gain from the fact that bones are hollow?
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We can move around easily.

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  1. Which organ system makes blood cells?
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Skeletal system

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  1. Much of a newborn baby’s skeleton is made up of
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Cartilage

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  1. What is the name of the opening in the center of an osteon that carries blood vessels and nerves?
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Haversian canal

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  1. Compact bone is made of
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Osteons

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  1. What is the main function of bone marrow?
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Producing blood cells

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  1. Which bone is used to pivot your head?
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Axis

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  1. What is bone is made up of 4 fused vertebrae?
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Skull

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  1. What are the ribs attached T8-T10 called?
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False

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  1. What is the sternum?
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Breast bone

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  1. What does calcium do?
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It makes bones stronger

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  1. The ribs that attache to your sternum …..
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Are not floating ribs

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  1. Which joint is a pivot joint?
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Axis and atlas

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  1. An example of a hinge joint is
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The knee and arm joint which allows backward and forward motion

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  1. What does the ball and socket provide?
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The greatest range of motion which includes humerus, scapula and clavicle

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