MusculoSkeletal System: Context

Question 1

maxilla

Answer 1

upper jaw

Question 2

mandible

Answer 2

lower jawbone (only movable bone of the skull)

Question 3

cervical vertebra

Answer 3

vertebrae in the NECK region

Question 4

thoracic vertebra

Answer 4

vertebrae in the CHEST region with ribs attached

Question 5

lumbar vertebra

Answer 5

vertebrae in the SMALL OF THE BACK, about waist level

Question 6

sacrum

Answer 6

5 vertebrae that become fused into one triangular-shaped flat bone at the base of the vertebral column

Question 7

coccyx

Answer 7

3 to 5 very small vertebrae attached to the sacrum, often become fused

Question 8

clavicle

Answer 8

collar bone

Question 9

scapula

Answer 9

shoulder blade

Question 10

humerus

Answer 10

upper arm bone

Question 11

radius

Answer 11

forearm bone on thumb side of lower arm

Question 12

ulna

Answer 12

forearm bone on the pinky side of lower arm

Question 13

carpal

Answer 13

bones of WRIST

Question 14

metacarpals

Answer 14

bones in PALM of HAND

Question 15

phalanges

Answer 15

FINGER bones

Question 16

femur

Answer 16

upper leg bone, thigh bone

Question 17

patella

Answer 17

knee cap

Question 18

tibia

Answer 18

shin bone; thicker lower leg bone

Question 19

fibula

Answer 19

thinner, long bone

Question 20

tarsals

Answer 20

ankle and heel bones

Question 21

metatarsals

Answer 21

forefoot bones

Question 22

phalanges

Answer 22

toe bones

Question 23

abduction

Answer 23

AWAY from midline of the body

Question 24

adduction

Answer 24

TOWARDS midline of the body

Question 25

flexion

Answer 25

bending

Question 26

extension

Answer 26

towards a STRAIGHT condition

Question 27

dorsiflexion

Answer 27

backward bending

Question 28

plantar flexion

Answer 28

pointing toes DOWNWARD

Question 29

eversion

Answer 29

turning OUTWARD

Question 30

inversion

Answer 30

turning INWARD

Question 31

pronation

Answer 31

turn DOWNWARD

Question 32

supination

Answer 32

turning palm, or foot UPWARD

Question 33

elevation

Answer 33

raise a body part

Question 34

depression

Answer 34

downward movement (dropping shoulders)

Question 35

circumduction

Answer 35

circular direction

Question 36

rotation

Answer 36

moving around a central axis