Science Flash Cards
What are the five functions of the skeletal system?
Shape Protection Movement Blood cell production Calcium storage
What are the five types of joints?
Ball and socket Hinged Fixed Saddle Gliding
What is the function of ligaments?
To connect bone to bone
What is the function of tendons.
To connect bone to muscle.
How many bones are in the adult skeletal system?
206
What can you do to have strong bones?
Eat healthy, drink milk or another substitute with calcium in it.
In first aid what does RICE stand for?
Rest
Ice
Compress
Elevate
Why do adults have less bones than a baby?
Because in developmental stages the babies bones form together to make one larger bone instead of two smaller ones.
Which of the following are found only in plant cells. Cytoplasm Nucleus Cell wall Cell membrane
Cell wall
Only plant cells have both a cell membrane and a cell wall
Plants have green organelles that capture sunlight to make food what are these called.
Chloroplasts
___________ 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.
Mitochondria creates energy for the cell
What part of the cell controls activities
The nucleus
The process in which a cell divides is called?
Mitosis
The movement of water across the cell membrane?
Osmosis
What are your fingers and toes called?
Phalanges.
What is the top parts of your feet called?
Tarsels
What is the bottom part of your feet called?
Metatarsals
What is the front bottom part of your leg called.
Tibia
What is the back bottom part of your leg called?
Fibula
What is your knee called?
Patella
What is the upper part of your leg called?
Femur
What is the end of your spine behind your pelvis called?
Coccyx
What are your hips called?
Pelvis
What is your lower back called?
Lower lumbar
What is the middle of your back called?
Middle thoracic
What are your ribs called?
Ribs
What is your sternum called?
Sternum
What is your shoulder blade called?
Scapula
What is your collar bone called?
Cervical
What is your neck called?
Upper cervical
What is your jaw called?
Mandible
What is the bone below your nose called?
Maxilla
What is the top of your head called?
Cranium
What is your upper arm called?
Humerus
What is the pinky side of your lower arm called?
Ulna
What is the thumb side of your lower arm called?
Radius
What is the muscle on your shoulder called?
Deltoid
What is your bicep called?
Bicep
What is the muscle in the back of your upper arm called?
Tricep
What is the Muscle in your back under your arm called.
Latissimus
What is your butt called?
Gluteus Maximus
What are your thighs called?
Quadriceps
What are the backs of your upper legs called?
Hamstrings
What is the back of your lower leg called?
Gastrocnemius
