Science Flash Cards

Question 0

What are the five functions of the skeletal system?

Answer 0

Shape
Protection
Movement
Blood cell production
Calcium storage

Question 1

What are the five types of joints?

Answer 1

Ball and socket
Hinged
Fixed
Saddle
Gliding

Question 2

What is the function of ligaments?

Answer 2

To connect bone to bone

Question 3

What is the function of tendons.

Answer 3

To connect bone to muscle.

Question 4

How many bones are in the adult skeletal system?

Answer 4

206

Question 5

What can you do to have strong bones?

Answer 5

Eat healthy, drink milk or another substitute with calcium in it.

Question 6

In first aid what does RICE stand for?

Answer 6

Rest
Ice
Compress
Elevate

Question 7

Why do adults have less bones than a baby?

Answer 7

Because in developmental stages the babies bones form together to make one larger bone instead of two smaller ones.

Question 8

Which of the following are found only in plant cells.
Cytoplasm
Nucleus
Cell wall
Cell membrane

Answer 8

Cell wall

Only plant cells have both a cell membrane and a cell wall

Question 9

Plants have green organelles that capture sunlight to make food what are these called.

Answer 9

Chloroplasts

Question 10

___________ is known as the “power house” of the cell because it takes energy from the cells food and makes it into energy that the cell uses to carry out functions.

Answer 10

Mitochondria creates energy for the cell

Question 11

What part of the cell controls activities

Answer 11

The nucleus

Question 12

The process in which a cell divides is called?

Answer 12

Mitosis

Question 13

The movement of water across the cell membrane?

Answer 13

Osmosis

Question 14

What are your fingers and toes called?

Answer 14

Phalanges.

Question 15

What is the top parts of your feet called?

Answer 15

Tarsels

Question 16

What is the bottom part of your feet called?

Answer 16

Metatarsals

Question 17

What is the front bottom part of your leg called.

Answer 17

Tibia

Question 18

What is the back bottom part of your leg called?

Answer 18

Fibula

Question 19

What is your knee called?

Answer 19

Patella

Question 20

What is the upper part of your leg called?

Answer 20

Femur

Question 21

What is the end of your spine behind your pelvis called?

Answer 21

Coccyx

Question 22

What are your hips called?

Answer 22

Pelvis

Question 23

What is your lower back called?

Answer 23

Lower lumbar

Question 24

What is the middle of your back called?

Answer 24

Middle thoracic

Question 25

What are your ribs called?

Answer 25

Ribs

Question 26

What is your sternum called?

Answer 26

Sternum

Question 27

What is your shoulder blade called?

Answer 27

Scapula

Question 28

What is your collar bone called?

Answer 28

Cervical

Question 29

What is your neck called?

Answer 29

Upper cervical

Question 30

What is your jaw called?

Answer 30

Mandible

Question 31

What is the bone below your nose called?

Answer 31

Maxilla

Question 32

What is the top of your head called?

Answer 32

Cranium

Question 33

What is your upper arm called?

Answer 33

Humerus

Question 34

What is the pinky side of your lower arm called?

Answer 34

Ulna

Question 35

What is the thumb side of your lower arm called?

Answer 35

Radius

Question 36

What is the muscle on your shoulder called?

Answer 36

Deltoid

Question 37

What is your bicep called?

Answer 37

Bicep

Question 38

What is the muscle in the back of your upper arm called?

Answer 38

Tricep

Question 39

What is the Muscle in your back under your arm called.

Answer 39

Latissimus

Question 40

What is your butt called?

Answer 40

Gluteus Maximus

Question 41

What are your thighs called?

Answer 41

Quadriceps

Question 42

What are the backs of your upper legs called?

Answer 42

Hamstrings

Question 43

What is the back of your lower leg called?

Answer 43

Gastrocnemius