Skeletal system

Question 1

Biopsy

Answer 1

Removal of tissue

Question 2

Ecography

Answer 2

Uses ultrasound to see organ

Question 3

Electromyography

Answer 3

Measures electrical activity in muscle tissue

Question 4

Endoscopy

Answer 4

Inspection of inaccessible body cavities e.g. digestive

Question 5

Radiography

Answer 5

X-ray

Question 6

MRI (Magnetic resonance imagery)

Answer 6

Precise, detailed body image

Question 7

Bone

Answer 7

A rigid organ (part of the vertebrae skeleton)

Question 8

Ligament

Answer 8

Connective tissue that connects bone to bone

Question 9

Muscle

Answer 9

Contractile soft tissue which produces human movement

Question 10

Tendon

Answer 10

Flexible inelastic soft tissue which connects muscle to bone

Question 11

Cartilage

Answer 11

Smooth elastic soft tissue which protects the end of the bone

Question 12

Nerve

Answer 12

Conducts electrical impulses to and from muscles and organs

Question 13

Functions of the skeletal system

Answer 13

• Support
• Protection
• Movement
• Storage of minerals and fat
• Blood cell production
• Muscle attachment

Question 14

Long

Answer 14

Longer than they are wide – humerus, tibia

Question 15

Short

Answer 15

Broad as they are long e.g. carpels, tarsels

Question 16

Flat

Answer 16

Relatively thin, flattened shape and curved - scapula

Question 17

Irregular

Answer 17

The rest and don’t fit in the other categories - vertebrae

Question 18

Ossification/osteogenesis

Answer 18

Formation of new bone

Question 19

Osteoclasts

Answer 19

Cells that break down bone

Question 20

Epiphyseal plate

Answer 20

Bone growth occurs

Question 21

Osteoporosis

Answer 21

Soft and porous bones

Question 22

OsteoBlasts

Answer 22

Cells that Build new bone

Question 23

Periostem

Answer 23

‘Skin’ of the bone

Question 24

Red bone marrow

Answer 24

Production of red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets

Question 25

Yellow bone marrow

Answer 25

Fat storage used for energy production

Question 26

Hyaline cartilage

Answer 26

Provides smooth surfaces for joint movement and structural support with minimal friction

Question 27

Fibro cartilage

Answer 27

Intervertebral discs, menisci, symphysis pubis and joint capsules

Question 28

Elastic cartilage

Answer 28

Ears and nose tip

Question 29

Ligaments characteristics

Answer 29

- Connect bone to bone - Prevent muscles being overstretched - Made of collagen fibers - Strap-like structure

Question 30

Fibrous (synarthrosis)

Answer 30

Immovable - Sacrum, skull

Question 31

Cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis)

Answer 31

Slightly moveable - Vertebrae, ribs and sternum

Question 32

Synovial (diarthrosis)

Answer 32

Freely moveable Full range of movement - The rest of the joints

Question 33

Synovial joint types

Answer 33

- Ball and socket - Saddle - Pivot - Hinge - Gliding - Ellipsoid

Question 34

Glenohumeral joint

Answer 34

Shoulder - ball and socket

Question 35

Femoroacetabular joint

Answer 35

Hip - ball and socket

Question 36

First carpometacarpal joint

Answer 36

Base of the thumb - Saddle

Question 37

Atlas and axis

Answer 37

Between C1 and C2- pivot

Question 38

Proximal radio-ulna joint

Answer 38

Proximal forearm - pivot

Question 39

Interphalangeal

Answer 39

Fingers - hinge

Question 40

Humeroulnar

Answer 40

Elbow - hinge

Question 41

Tibiofemoral

Answer 41

Knee - hinge

Question 42

Cranium

Answer 42

Sutural bone

Question 43

Talocrucial

Answer 43

Ankle - modified hinge

Question 44

Intercarpal

Answer 44

Fingers - gliding

Question 45

Sacroiliac

Answer 45

Sacrum to ilium - Gliding

Question 46

Acromioclavicular

Answer 46

Shoulder between the acromion of the scapula and clavicle

Question 47

Radiocarpal

Answer 47

At the wrist between the radius and carpel bones in the hand - ellipsoid

Question 48

Metacarpophalangeal

Answer 48

Between carpels and the phalanges - ellipsoid

Question 49

Metatarsophalangeal

Answer 49

Between tarsals and the phalanges - ellipsoid