Skeletal System

Question 1

The skeletal system is composed of the

Answer 1

Bones, joints, and cartilages

Question 2

The skeletal system has 2 components.

Answer 2

Axial and Appendicular

Question 3

Axial skeleton parts

Answer 3

Skull, Rib cage, ossicles, and spine

Question 4

Appendicular skeleton parts

Answer 4

Shoulder girdle, upper limbs, pelvic girdle, and lower limbs.

Question 5

What does the endoskeleton do?

Answer 5

Allows the body to rise up above the ground or stand upright, and bears the our weight.

Question 7

What mineral does the skeletal system store?

Answer 7

The skeletal system acts as a storehouse for calcium ions.

Question 8

Function of cartilage

Answer 8

Protects your bones. It acts as a shock absorber and reduces friction between bone surfaces at the joints.

Question 9

Function of joints

Answer 9

They help you sit and move.

Question 10

Function of Tendons

Answer 10

Connects muscle to bone

Question 11

Function of Ligaments

Answer 11

A tough band of connective tissues that connect bone to bone

Question 12

What are fibrous joints?

Answer 12

Immovable and bones fused together, skull is an example.

Question 13

What are cartilaginous joints?

Answer 13

These joints allow partial movement and occur where the connection between expressing bones is made of cartilage. Examples include the joints between the ribs and sternum.

Question 14

What are synovial joints?

Answer 14

Allows wide range of movement, bones include shoulder, knee, or hip.

Question 15

Functional Classification of Joints

Answer 15

Immovable, slightly immovable, and freely movable joints

Question 16

What are the different types of bones?

Answer 16

Long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid bones.

Question 17

Define long bones

Answer 17

Consists of diaphysis and epiphyses.

Question 18

Bones that belong from the long bone category

Answer 18

Upper limb bones, lower limb bones, hand and foot bones, and clavicle

Question 19

Define short bones

Answer 19

Has a layer of compact bone, widely covering an area of spongy and bone marrow, giving them a cuboid shape.

Question 20

Bones that belong from the short bone category

Answer 20

Carpal and tarsal bones.

Question 21

Define flat bones

Answer 21

Thin and broad that protects vital organs.

Question 22

Bones that belong from the flat bone category

Answer 22

Cranial bones, scapula, ribs, and sternum.

Question 23

Define irregular bones

Answer 23

Has no definite shape and classified separately.

Question 24

Bones that belong from the irregular category

Answer 24

All 33 vertebrae, pelvic bones, certain cranial bones.

Question 25

Define sesamoid bones

Answer 25

These bones develop in embedded in tendons.

Question 26

Bones that belong from the irregular category

Answer 26

Patellae and pisiform bones.