Skeletal Structure

Question 1

2 parts of skeleton

Answer 1

Axial

Appendicular

Question 2

5 parts of Axial skeleton

Answer 2

Skull
inner ear ossicles
hyoid
chest (thoracic cage)
vertebral column

Question 3

primary purpose of axial skeleton

Answer 3

to protect body’s most vital organs

Question 4

No of bones in axial skeleton

Answer 4

80

Question 5

3 bones in inner ear ossicles

Answer 5

hammer, stirrup, anvil

Question 6

How many times does Hyoid move in a lifetime

Answer 6

1 x girls - babies suckle/breathe same time until 3 month

2 x boys - puberty, voice drops

Question 7

The skull forms what 2 structure?

Answer 7

Cranium

face

Question 8

Skull bones are joined with -

Answer 8

sutures

Question 9

What do sinuses do

Answer 9

lighten bones
immunity
linked to nose
resonate voice

Question 10

What are the soft spots in a baby’s skull

Answer 10

fontanelles

Question 11

purpose of fontanelles

Answer 11

head fits trough birth canal

Question 12

when do fontanelles ossify

Answer 12

12-18 months old

Question 13

what treatment recommend to all new babies

Answer 13

cranial sacral

Question 14

dipping fontanelle can indicate

Answer 14

dehydration (unless normal)

Question 15

bulging fontanelle indicates

Answer 15

meningitis
tumour
etc etc

Question 16

Vertebral column split into 5 parts -

Answer 16

Cervical
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacrum
Coccyx

Question 17

How many cervical vertebrae

Answer 17

7

Question 18

how many thoracic vertebrae

Answer 18

12

Question 19

how many lumbar vertabrae

Answer 19

5

Question 20

function of vertebral column

Answer 20

protects spinal cord
movement
supports skull
axis of trunk

Question 21

What are C1 and C2 known as -

Answer 21

c1 - atlas

c2 axis with raised ‘dent’ for atlas to sit on

Question 22

how many intervertebral discs in column

Answer 22

24

Question 23

which part of vertebral column has no discs

Answer 23

sacrum

Question 24

how to intervertebral discs change shape along spine?

Answer 24

progressively thicker at bottom

Question 25

role of vertebral discs

Answer 25

shock absorbing
separating
stick spine together

Question 26

composition of vertebral disc

Answer 26

no blood vessels
annulus fibrosis - outside
nucleus pulposus - middle

Question 27

no of bones in thoracic cage & ribs

Answer 27

Sternum

12 pairs of ribs

Question 28

Bottom part of sternum called

Answer 28

Xiphoid process

Question 29

rib cartilage called

Answer 29

costal cartilage

Question 30

no of bones appendicular skeleton

Answer 30

126

Question 31

definition of appendicular skeleton

Answer 31

distal skeleton

appendages to major body parts

Question 32

function of appendicular skeleton

Answer 32

movement
protects organs - digestion
reproduction
excretion

Question 33

6 major areas of appendicular skeleton

Answer 33

shoulder girdle
arm
hand
pelvic girdle
leg
foot

Question 34

6 bone sections of arm top - bottom

Answer 34

humerus
ulna, radius
carpals, metacarpals
phalanges

Question 35

shoulder girdle - 2 bones

Answer 35

clavicle, scapula

Question 36

Why is scapula flat bone

Answer 36

attachment

Question 37

pelvis 2 main parts

Answer 37

hip bones

sacrum

Question 38

3 lots of hip bones

Answer 38

illiac crest,
iscium
pubic symphysis

Question 39

What is longest/strongest bone in body/

Answer 39

Femur

Question 40

leg bones top - bottom

Answer 40

Femur
Tibia
Fibula
Patella
Tarsals
Metatarsals
Phalanges

Question 41

Muscles two attachment points known as

Answer 41

origin and insertion