pltw skeloten Flashcards
The skeleton including the head, vertebrae, and rib cage is
the axial skeleton
The skeleton that includes the arms and legs is the
the appendicular skeleton
What are the four shapes of bones?
long, short, flat, irregular
What are the zigzag structures between bones of the skull called?
sutures
back of the brain
sutures
front part of the brain
frontal
part of skull just above the teeth
maxilla
bottom jaw part of the skull
mandible
side of your brain wear your ears are
temporal
before the temporal part of brain
sphenoid
the very top part of the spine
cervical
4th part of spine
sacrum
3rd part of spine
lumbar
5th part of the spine
coccyx
2nd part of spine
thoracic
True ribs
connect to the sternum
False ribs
connect to another rib’s cartilage to the sternum connect to the thoracic vertebrae
What structure on the ulna makes the elbow
olecranon process
Which ankle bone is the biggest and transport weight from the body to the foot?
talus
What bone forms your heel and provides an attachment for the Achilles tendon?
calcaneous
Storage of fats and minerals
Yellow Marrow
Reduce friction at joints
Articular Cartilage
Covers diaphysis, fibrous connective tissue
periosteum
Center of long bone, contains yellow marrow
medullary cavity
Homogenous bone tissue , concentric circles, found in shaft
compact bone
Bone tissue with empty space, found in epiphysis
spongy bone
Supply bone cells with nutrients and oxygen
artery
Blood cell formation
red marrow
