Skeletal System

Question 1

The largest or principle portion of the bone.

Answer 1

Body

Question 2

The enlarged and often rounded end of a bone which articulates with another bone.

Answer 2

Head

Question 3

The constricted part of a bone lying between the head and the body.

Answer 3

Neck

Question 4

A pronounced band in a bone.

Answer 4

Angle

Question 5

A small, smooth articular surface which may be flat, concave, or convex

Answer 5

Facet

Question 6

A smooth and rounded knob which articulates with another bone.

Answer 6

Condyle

Question 7

A protuberance located above a condyle

Answer 7

Epicondyle

Question 8

A prominent but narrow ridge

Answer 8

Crest

Question 9

An elevated narrow ridge

Answer 9

Spine

Question 10

Prominent protuberance on the surface of a bone

Answer 10

Process

Question 11

A small rounded protuberance

Answer 11

Tubercle

Question 12

A moderate protuberance

Answer 12

Tuberosity

Question 13

A very large protuberance

Answer 13

Trochanter

Question 14

A shallow, wide, or elongated depression on the surface of a bone

Answer 14

Fossa

Question 15

A depression on the edge of a bone

Answer 15

Notch

Question 16

A tunnel which penetrates a bone

Answer 16

Canal

Question 17

A large openening that gives way to a canal

Answer 17

Meatus

Question 18

An often rounded hole which pierces a bone

Answer 18

Foramen

Question 19

Shaft of the long bone

Answer 19

Diaphysis

Question 20

Located at the end of a shaft of a long bone

Answer 20

Epiphysis

Question 21

Joins the diaphysis to the epiphysis in a growing bone

Answer 21

Epiphyseal plate

Question 22

Which skull is heavier,males or females?

Answer 22

Males

Question 23

Which forehead is more vertical and lacks a well developed brow ridge,males or females?

Answer 23

Females

Question 24

Which lower jaw and teeth are smaller, males or females?

Answer 24

Females

Question 25

Which pelvis is broader and lighter, males or females?

Answer 25

Females

Question 26

Which pelvic opening is an oval to round shape and which is heart shaped? {Males or females)

Answer 26

Females. Males.

Question 27

Which angle below the pubic synthesis and bewteen the two pubic bones is 100 degrees or more, and which is 90 degrees or less? Males or females?

Answer 27

Females. Males.

Question 28

Which obturator foramen is triangular shaped and which is oval shaped? Males or females?

Answer 28

Females. Males.

Question 29

Which coccyx points forward and which points down, males or females?

Answer 29

Male. Female.

Question 30

Movement back and forth or side to side, with no rotation or angular movement. (carpals, tarsals)

Answer 30

Gliding

Question 31

Movement which draws bones toward each other, or decreases the angle of the joint to the bone. (bending elbow, knee, neck, and toes)

Answer 31

Flexion

Question 32

Movement which separates bones from one another, or increases the angle of the joint to the bone

Answer 32

Extension.

Question 33

Moving part of the body away from the midline of the body, (raising an arm away from the body, or spreading the digits)

Answer 33

Abduction

Question 34

Moving a part toward the midline of the body.(bringing an arm towards the body)

Answer 34

Adducition

Question 35

The movement of a bone around its own axis,with no other simultaneous motion.

Answer 35

Rotation

Question 36

Motion where the proximal end of a bone is stable and the distal end moves in the form of a cone(picther's windup)

Answer 36

Circumduction

Question 37

A motion of the forearm which turns the palm backward or downward from the elbow. Doesnt rotate humerus.(rotation of forearm so the palm faces down)

Answer 37

Pronation

Question 38

A motion of the forearm which turns palm foward or upward from the elbow.Doesnt rotate humerus.(rotation of the forearm so the palm faces up)

Answer 38

Supination

Question 39

Moves sole of the foot inward towards the opposite foot at the ankle

Answer 39

Inversion

Question 40

Moves the sole of foot outward at ankle away from the other foot.

Answer 40

Eversion

Question 41

Flexing the foot upward at the ankle

Answer 41

Dorsiflexion

Question 42

Flexing the foot downward at the ankle

Answer 42

Plantar flexion

Question 43

Movement of a bone forward or anteriorly parallel to the ground (sticking jaw out or moving the arms so the elbows touch in front of the body)

Answer 43

Protraction

Question 44

Movement of a bone backward or posteriorly parallel to the ground (when upper and lower incisors meet to nip food)

Answer 44

Retraction

Question 45

A movement that raises a bone vertically, or upward (closing the mouth or the upward movement of a shoulder shrug)

Answer 45

Elevation

Question 46

A movement that lowers a bone vertically. (Opening the mouth or lowering the shoulders)

Answer 46

Depression