Quiz 1

Question 1

Support

Answer 1

Framework that supports body and cradles its soft organs

Question 2

Protection

Answer 2

For delicate organs: heart, lungs and brain

Question 3

Movement

Answer 3

Bones act as levers for muscles

Question 4

Mineral Storage

Answer 4

Calcium + Phosphate

Question 5

5 Functions of the Skeleton

Answer 5

1. Support
2. Protection
3. Movement
4. Mineral Storage
5. Blood Cell Formation

Question 6

How many bones in the average adult?

Answer 6

206 Bones

Question 7

Who has more bones? The average baby or average adult?

Answer 7

Average Baby

Because not all there vertebrae bones have fused together yet

Question 8

What are the 2 major bones groups?

Answer 8

Axial Skeleton and Appendicular Skeleton

Question 9

What is the main function of the Axial Skeleton?

Answer 9

Protection

Question 10

What is the main function of an appendicular skeleton?

Answer 10

Movement

Question 11

What does the Axial Skeleton form?

Answer 11

Forms long axis of the body

Question 12

What does the Appendicular Skeleton form?

Answer 12

Upper and lower limbs and girdles

Question 13

Example of Axial Bones

Answer 13

Skull, Vertebrae Column, and Ribcage

Question 14

Example of Appendicular Bones

Answer 14

Shoulder bones and hip bones

Question 15

Long Bones

Answer 15

Long bones are hard, dense bones that provide strength, structure, and mobility. The thigh bone (femur) is a long bone. A long bone has a shaft and two ends. Some bones in the fingers are classified as long bones, even though they are short in length.

Question 16

Short Bones

Answer 16

Short bones are designated as those bones that are as wide as they are long. Their primary function is to provide support and stability with little to no movement. They are one of five types of bones

Question 17

Flat Bones

Answer 17

Flat bones are bones whose principal function is either extensive protection or the provision of broad surfaces for muscular attachment. These bones are expanded into broad, flat plates, as in the cranium (skull), the ilium (pelvis), sternum and the rib cage

Question 18

Irregular Bones

Answer 18

The irregular bones are bones which, from their peculiar form, cannot be grouped as long, short, flat or sesamoid bones

Question 19

Sesamoid Bones

Answer 19

A circular bones – patella

Question 20

Tendon

Answer 20

Attached Muscle to Bone

Question 21

Ligament

Answer 21

Attaches Bone to Bone

Question 22

What are the 4 parts of a bone?

Answer 22

1. Outer Layer (periosteum)
2. Compact Bone
3. Spongy Bone
4. Bone Marrow

Question 23

Are Bones Alive?

Answer 23

Yes. Bones are filled with minerals and cells before it dries out and dies. Then it is dead.

Question 24

What do bones have more of, Cells or Minerals?

Answer 24

Bones have more minerals and how you can tell is if you look at a dry bone it holds its condition very will. In a dry bone all the cells die and if it was a majority cells, we wouldn’t see it anymore or it would be more deformed

Question 25

What does red marrow do?

Answer 25

Red marrow produces red blood cells

Question 26

What does yellow marrow do?

Answer 26

Yellow marrow produces fat