Overview of the Skeletal System

Question 1

What is the Primary function of the skeletal system?

Answer 1

Forms the body’s framework.
Protect vital organs, store minerals, and produce blood cells in the marrow.

Question 2

what is a joint?

Answer 2

where two or more bones come together

Question 3

how many types of joints are there?

Answer 3

3

Question 4

what are the different joint types?

Answer 4

synovial, cartilaginous, and fibrous joints

Question 5

what is a synovial joint?

Answer 5

where two bones connect and allow a wide range of motion and enclosed in a capsule with fluid.

Question 6

what are the different types of synovial joints?

Answer 6

1. ball and socket like hips and shoulders
2. hinge joints like knees and elbows

Question 7

what are ligaments?

Answer 7

supports joints, connects one bone to another or joins bone to cartilage

Question 8

what is a cartilaginous joint?

Answer 8

a joint that connects bone to cartilage and only allows slight movement

Question 9

what is a fibrous joint?

Answer 9

joints that are inflexible layers of dense connective tissue and holds bones tightly together

Question 10

what is a bursa?

Answer 10

a fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to ease movement in areas with a lot of friction

Question 11

how many bones are there in the huma body?

Answer 11

270 in children, 206 in adults with bones fusing together with age

Question 12

Bones are attached to muscles via ______, and to each other via ________

Answer 12

tendons, ligaments

Question 13

Name the major head bones

Answer 13

Skull
Mandible

Question 14

Name the sections of the vertebrae

Answer 14

Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacrum

Question 15

Name the major bones of the chest

Answer 15

Clavicle
Sternum
Rib
Scapula

Question 16

Name the major bones of the arm

Answer 16

Humerus
Ulna
Radius

Question 17

Name the major bones of the hip/ pelvic region

Answer 17

Ilium
Ischium

Question 18

Name the major bones of the legs

Answer 18

Femur
Patella
Tibia
Fibula