Skeletal System

Question 0

The skeletal is made mostly of _____ at birth.

Answer 0

Cartilage

Question 1

Name four purposes of the skeletal system

Answer 1

• give body shape
• produce blood cells
• support muscles and organs
• protect inner organs, body movement

Question 2

What is the process known as cartilage hardening into bone?

Answer 2

Ossification

Question 3

Soft areas on a baby’s skull are called ____.

Answer 3

Fontanels

Question 4

What is the purpose of fontanels?

Answer 4

Allow baby to pass through birth canal (skull bones move)

Question 5

which skeleton Provides support for vital organs and is made up of 80 bones

Answer 5

axial

Question 6

what skeleton Form the frame of the body and enable movement, has 126 bones

Answer 6

appendicular

Question 7

What is Periosteum?

Answer 7

outside bone layer

Question 8

What does compact bone do?

Answer 8

Provides support

Question 9

describe spongy bone

Answer 9

light and strong

Question 10

describe bone marrow

Answer 10

blood cell productions begins here

Question 11

Tough bands of tissue where bone meets bone

Answer 11

ligaments

Question 12

Connective tissue where muscle meets bone

Answer 12

tendons

Question 13

What helps bones glide smoothly across each other

Answer 13

synovial fluid

Question 14

Name the four types of joints…

Answer 14

Hinge, ball and socket, pivot, ellipsoidal

Question 15

Where are hinge joints located and what is their motion?

Answer 15

Elbows and knees, back and forth

Question 16

Where are ball and socket joints located and what is their motion?

Answer 16

Hips and shoulders, rotation

Question 17

Where are pivot joints located and what is their motion?

Answer 17

Elbows and neck, side to side

Question 18

Where are ellipsoidal joints located and what is their motion?

Answer 18

Wrists and ankles, gliding motion

Question 19

What exactly is a joint?

Answer 19

When two bones come together

Question 20

What is scoliosis

Answer 20

Sideways curvature of the spine

Question 21

what are two main functions of the skeletal system

Answer 21

support and shape

Question 22

What is osteoporosis?

Answer 22

Thinning of the bones

Question 23

What are the four types of fractures in bones?

Answer 23

Open, closed, simple, compound

Question 24

What is a simple fracture?

Answer 24

One complete break of the bone

Question 25

What is a compound fracture?

Answer 25

Two or more breaks in the bone

Question 26

What is a closed fracture?

Answer 26

When the break is under the skin

Question 27

What is an open fracture?

Answer 27

When the bone breaks through the skin