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Muscoskeletal System Flashcards

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Functions of the skeleton

A 
Support
Protection
Movement
Shape
Manufacturing of blood components
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What are the two sections of the skeleton called

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Axial skeleton

Appendicular skeleton

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What does the axial skeleton consist of

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Skull
Spine
Ribs
Sternum

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4
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What is the other name for the
Skull
Shoulder blade
Collar bone

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Cranium
Scapula
Clavicle

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What are the 5 sections of the vertebrae and how many vertebrae in each

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Cervical 7
Thoracic 12
Lumbar 5
Sacrum 5 
Coccyx 4
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6
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How may bones in the rib cage and what are they called

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Top 7 - true ribs connected to breastbone
Next 3 - false ribs connected to chest by cartilage
Bottom 2 - floating ribs connected to spine

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What is the appendicular skeleton called the

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Limbs, the pectoral girdle and pelvic girdle

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What does the pectoral girdle connect to

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Vertebral column and arms

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What is the pelvic girdle composed of

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Two halves of the hip joined to sacrum

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What does each half of the pelvic girdle consist of

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3 fused bones

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How are the 2 halves of the pelvic girdle connected

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Band of flexible cartilage

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12
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What is the pelvis

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The hollow cavity where the hip bone attaches to sacrum

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13
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What kind of limbs are arms and legs and why

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Pentadactyl because they end in 5 eg toes and fingers

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What is cartilage

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It contains firm bit flexible protein collagen
It lacks nerves and blood vessels
It protects bones by acting as a shock absorber snd allows friction free movement

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15
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How does cartilage transport

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Depends on materials diffusing through to cells that form it

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16
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What is the membrane that long bones are enclosed in

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Periosteum

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17
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Whats the long shaft and the head of a bone called

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Head - epiphysis

Shaft - diaphysis

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18
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What are the three inner structure parts of a bone

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Compact bone
Sponey
Medullary cavity

19
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What is compact bin made of

A

Bone forming cells embedded in a matrix
Made up of 70% inorganic salts eg calcium 30% protein
Supplied with nutrients by blood vessels

20
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Where do you mainly find compact bone

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The shaft

21
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What are the functions of compact bone

A

Slats give strength

Protein gives flexibility

22
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What is spongey bone made of

A

Network of thin boney bars separated by different size spaces filled eith red bone marrow

23
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What is the function of the spongey bone

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Strength and rigidity and makes red blood cells

24
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What is the medulla cavity

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Contains bone marrow
In young people full of active red bone marrow and in adults it is confined to the spongey bone - contains inactive yellow fat rich marrow

25
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In the eight week what is replaced with bone

A

Embryonic cartilage

26
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What are bone forming cells

A

Osteoblasts

27
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Where are growth plates located and what are they made of

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Between epiphysis and diaphysis

Made of cartilage

28
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What are bine digesting cells

A

Osteoclasts

29
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What causes bones to get stronger

A

Physical activity and hormones

30
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What hormones cause bones to bet stronger

A

Growth hormone - increases mass

Parathormone removes calcium from bone to increase level in blood

31
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What is a joint

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Where two or more bones meet

32
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Where is synovial fluid found

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At the end of bones covered with cartilage and the bones are separated by a cavity

33
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Wh are ligaments

A

Strong fibrous slightly elastic tissues that connect bone to bone

34
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What are tendons

A

Strong flexible inelastic fibres that connect muscle to bone

35
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What is athritis

A

Skeletal disorder where joints become inflamed

36
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What the most common type of athiritis

A

Osteoarthritis

37
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What causes arthritis

A

Cartilage in synovial joints wearing down

38
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What type of arthritis is caused by body’s immune turning in on itself

A

Rheumatoid arthritis

39
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Prevention of arthritis

A

Proper footwear

Dont run on hard surfaces

40
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What is treatment for arthritis

A

Rest

No cure

41
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What a skeletal muscle

A

Voluntary muscle

42
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Whats a smooth muscle

A

Unstriped involuntary

43
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What is the name of muscle that work in conjunction together

A

Antagonistic pair

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