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Skeletal System Flashcards

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1
Q

Our bones protect delicate organs in our body, especially the ______, _____, and _______

A

Brain, lungs, and heart

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2
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Our bones give our body _____

A

Shape

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3
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Our bones also make _____ ___

A

Blood cells

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4
Q

Blood cells are found in _____ bone marrow

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Red

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5
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Fat is stored in _____ bone marrow

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Yellow

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6
Q

Fats are also called _____

A

Lipids

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7
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Calcium helps are heart to ____ and our mind to _____

A

Beat, think

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8
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Calcium is taken into our body in a material called _______ _____

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Calcium salts

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9
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Calcium helps make our bones sturdy and ____

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Strong

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10
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Milk, cheese, and yogurt contain _____

A

Calcium

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11
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Other foods that contain calcium are ______

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Spinach, salmon, ice cream

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12
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90% of calcium stored in our homes is out there by the time we are ___ years old

A

18

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13
Q

__________ results in weak bones with holes in them

A

Osteoporosis

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14
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Vitamin __ also makes are bones strong

A

D

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15
Q

Our bodies can make vitamin d while in the _______

A

Sunlight

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16
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When you don’t get enough vitamin d you get a disease called _____

A

Rickets

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17
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When someone doesn’t get the right nutrients they are suffering from ______

A

Malnutrition

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18
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Another mineral in our body is ________ we get it by eating cereal, fish, and _______ vegetables

A

Phosphorus, and green

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19
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The outside bone is a tough membrane called ________

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Periosteum

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20
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Your body is constantly tearing down old bone and building new bone, that’s called _______

A

Remodeling

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21
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The next layer of bone is called _______ this is mostly what we look at when we see a skeleton

A

Compact bone

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22
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Compact bone is made of calcium right tough fibers called ______

A

Collagen

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23
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A network of tunnels that is strong interconnected patterns designed to withstand pressure is ______ bone

A

Spongey

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24
Q

A hallowed out cavity filled with fluid is called ____ ______

A

Bone marrow

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25
Q

Red bone marrow dies of old age after __ months

A

4

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26
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Without fat in your diet, their would be no _____ _______

A

Cell membrane

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27
Q

The Greek word osteon means ____

A

Bone

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28
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Our cells make new bone called ______

A

Osteoblasts

29
Q

Osteon last need _____

A

Exercise

30
Q

Protein makes _____

A

Collagen

31
Q

Our bones grow in special places called __________

A

Growth plates

32
Q

In long bones growth plates are near the ____ of the bone

A

End

33
Q

A firm resilient substance that stacks up on our growth plates is ______

A

Cartilage

34
Q

Cartilage absorbs _____ well

A

Shock

35
Q

When a baby is born they will have about ____ bones

A

300

36
Q

An adult only has ___ bones

A

206

37
Q

The longest bone in the body is the _____

A

Femur

38
Q

The tiniest bone is in our ear, it is the ______

A

Stapes

39
Q

The scientific name for the hammer is _____

A

Malleus

40
Q

The scientific name for anvil is _____

A

Incus

41
Q

The scientific name for stirrup is _____

A

Stapes

42
Q

The stapes is only _____ mm long

A

2.5

43
Q

Long bones in our bones are in our ____,_____,____,____

A

Arms, legs, fingers, and toes

44
Q

Short bones are in our _____&_____

A

Wrists and ankles

45
Q

Flat bones are in our ____

A

Skull

46
Q

Our ribs and sternum are also ____ bones

A

Flat

47
Q

Sesamoid bones are small bones found in our _____

A

Hands

48
Q

One bone in our neck that is not connected to any other bone is the _____

A

Hyoid

49
Q

Bones are connected by a special tissue called _____

A

Ligaments

50
Q

Our cranium is made of how many boneS?

A

8

51
Q

Where a bone meets is called a what?

A

Joint

52
Q

Joints in our cranium are called what?

A

Sutures

53
Q

Our Mandible is located where?

A

Our lower jaw

54
Q

Our neck has how many vertebrae ?

A

7

55
Q

The vertebrae in our neck are called ______ vertebrae

A

Cervical

56
Q

There are how many theocratic vertebrae?

A

12

57
Q

We have how many lumbar vertebrae?

A

5

58
Q

We have how many ribs on each side?

A

12 (24 total)

59
Q

Scientists call your fingers _____

A

Digits

60
Q

Your hips are called your _____

A

Coxae

61
Q

Hinge joints are in our elbows and ___

A

Knees

62
Q

Hinge joints can only open and _____

A

Shut

63
Q

Our hips and shoulders have ball and socket joints which can move up down back and forth and ____

A

Rotate

64
Q

Saddle joints are in our ankles they have less locomotion than a ______ joint

A

Ball and socket

65
Q

Plane joints are in our ____, they allow our back to bend and ____

A

Vertebrae & twist

66
Q

Pivot joints connect our skull our ____

A

Vertebrae column

67
Q

Ellipsoidal joints connect our ______ to our metacarpals

A

Phalanges

68
Q

Ellipsoildal joints can move forward & backwards, but not _____

A

Rotate

69
Q

If we didn’t have any form or structure we would look like a ______

A

Blob on the ground

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