skeletal system

Question 1

types of bones: length > width

Answer 1

long bone

Question 2

types of bones: long diaphysis, 2 epiphyses

Answer 2

long bone

Question 3

types of bones: job is support weight and enable movement

Answer 3

long bone

Question 4

types of bones: curved to increase shatter resistance

Answer 4

long bones

Question 5

types of bones: hollow medullary cavity on insides

Answer 5

long bones

Question 6

types of bones: roughly cube shaped

Answer 6

short bones

Question 7

types of bones: usually sit together with other short bones in a group

Answer 7

short bones

Question 8

types of bones: job provide stability to joints that bear weight

Answer 8

short bones

Question 9

types of bones: have complicated shapes and don’t fit in any other category

Answer 9

irregular bones

Question 10

types of bones: thin, flat, and usually a bit curved

Answer 10

flat bones

Question 11

types of bones: job is to protect internal organs

Answer 11

flat bones

Question 12

types of bones: provide a great place for muscles to attach

Answer 12

flat bones

Question 13

types of bones: short bones that are buried within tendons

Answer 13

sesamoid bones

Question 14

types of bones: job is to protect tendons that run over joints from stress and wear

Answer 14

sesamoid bones

Question 15

cranial bones: front wall of cranium, forms the forehead

Answer 15

frontal bone

Question 16

cranial bones: bottom and side walls of cranium (pair)

Answer 16

temporal bones

Question 17

cranial bones: top and side walls of cranium (pair)

Answer 17

parietal bones

Question 18

cranial bones: back and bottom walls of cranium

Answer 18

occipital bone

Question 19

cranial bones: found deep in the cranium, makes up much of the nasal cavity

Answer 19

ethmoid bone

Question 20

cranial bones: found deep in the cranium, behind the eye sockets, shaped like a butterfly

Answer 20

sphenoid bone

Question 21

how many bones make up the vertebral column?

Answer 21

26 bones

Question 22

what are the functions of the vertebral column?

Answer 22

supports the upper body
protects spinal cord
provides points of attachment

Question 23

why is the vertebral column curved?

Answer 23

to distribute pressure access the entire spine

Question 24

how many bones make up the cervical vertebrae?

Answer 24

7 bones

Question 25

which is the smallest vertebrae?

Answer 25

cervical

Question 26

how many bones make up the thoracic vertebrae?

Answer 26

12

Question 27

which is the medium sized vertebrae?

Answer 27

thoracic

Question 28

how many bones make up the lumbar vertebrae?

Answer 28

5

Question 29

which is the largest vertebrae?

Answer 29

lumbar

Question 30

bone at the bottom of the vertebral column attached to the hip bones

Answer 30

sacrum

Question 31

very bottom of the vertebral column, known as the tail bone

Answer 31

coccyx

Question 32

how many curves does a healthy spin have?

Answer 32

4