Skeletal System Flashcards
Skeleton transmits the force generated by muscle contraction, providing _______ and for _______
- support for maintenance of posture
- movement and locomotion
Skeleton often serves to amplify the ______________
displacement, the velocity or the force of muscle contraction
2 major categories of skeleton
- non-rigid
- rigid
2 major categories of skeleton
- non-rigid
- rigid
hydrostatic skeleton is ______
non-rigid
water pressure inside an earthworm is an example of _____ skeleton
non-rigid
bones inside the human hand is an example of ______
endoskeleton
the shell outside a snail is an example of _____
exoskeleton
inn hydrostatic skeleton, force is transmitted not through rigid skeletal elements but instead by ________
internal pressure
skeleton is _____
(rigid or non-rigid)
rigid
2 variations of skeleton
- endoskeleton
- exoskeleton
exoskeleton is secreted by the ______
epidermis
exoskeleton is secreted by the ______
epidermis
exoskeleton can be:
- chitin exoskeleton
- calcium carbonate exoskeleton
functions of the skeletal system
- support
- movement
- protection
- blood production
- storage
5 types of bone
- long bone
- short bone
- irregular bone
- sesamoid bone
- flat bone
example of long bone
humerus
example of short bone
caral bone
example of irregular bone
vertebra
example of flat bone
sternum
example of sesamoid bone
- patalla
bone formation and development (20
- intramembranous ossification
- endochondral ossification
intramembranous ossification =
- membrane / dermal bone
endochondral ossification =
cartilage bone / replacement bone
intramembranous ossification commences in ____
utero