Skeletal System

Question 1

Form the longitudinal axis of the body

Answer 1

Axial Skeleton

Question 2

Limbs and girdles

Answer 2

Appendicular Skeleton

Question 3

A dense bone that looks smooth and homogeneous

Answer 3

Compact Bone

Question 4

A bone that is made up of small needlelike pieces of bone and lots of open space

Answer 4

Spongy Bone

Question 5

Bones that are typically longer than they are wide with a head at both ends, mostly compact

Answer 5

Long Bones

Question 6

Normally cube shaped and mostly spongy bone; wrist and ankle

Answer 6

Short Bones

Question 7

Thin flattened bones, usually curved; Skull

Answer 7

Flat Bones

Question 8

Bones that don’t fit into any category

Answer 8

Irregular Bones

Question 9

The shaft of the bone

Answer 9

Diaphysis

Question 10

the connective fiber that protects the diaphysis

Answer 10

Periosteum

Question 11

Remnant of the epiphyseal plate

Answer 11

Epiphyseal Line

Question 12

Bone breaks into many fragments

Answer 12

Comminuted Fracture

Question 13

Bone is crushed

Answer 13

Compression Fracture

Question 14

Broken Bone is pressed inward

Answer 14

Depressed Fracture

Question 15

Broken Bone ends are forced into each other

Answer 15

Impacted Fracture

Question 16

Ragged Break of bone

Answer 16

Spiral Fracture

Question 17

Bone breaks incompletely

Answer 17

Greenstick Fracture

Question 18

Blood filled swelling caused by a rupture of a blood vessel from bone break

Answer 18

Hermatoma

Question 19

Encloses and protects the brain tissue; part of the skull

Answer 19

Cranium

Question 20

Most posterior bone of the cranium

Answer 20

Occipital Bone

Question 21

The spine, extends from skull

Answer 21

Vertebral column

Question 22

24 of these are in the spine

Answer 22

Vertebrae

Question 23

Pads of flexible fibrocartiliage that cushion the vertebrae

Answer 23

Intervertebral Discs

Question 24

First 7 vertebrae of the spine; near the neck

Answer 24

cervical vertebrae

Question 25

12 middle vertebrae

Answer 25

Thoracic Vertebrae

Question 26

Last 5 vertebrae; support lower back

Answer 26

Lumbar Vertebrae

Question 27

5 of the fused vertebrae

Answer 27

Sacrum

Question 28

4 of the fused vertebrae, also known as tail bone

Answer 28

Coccyx

Question 29

Resulted of the fusion of the manubrium, body, xiphoid process. Attached to the first seven pairs of ribs

Answer 29

Sternum

Question 30

12 pairs, protect lungs

Answer 30

Ribs

Question 31

The collarbone; helps form shoulder joint

Answer 31

Clavicle

Question 32

The shoulder blades

Answer 32

Scapulae

Question 33

Forms the arm

Answer 33

Humerus

Question 34

Lateral bone of the forearm

Answer 34

Radius

Question 35

Medial Bone of the forearm

Answer 35

Ulna

Question 36

Makes up the bones of the wrist

Answer 36

Carpal Bones

Question 37

Formed by two hip bones

Answer 37

Pelvic Girdle

Question 38

Is the thigh bone. Heaviest, strongest bone in the body

Answer 38

Femur

Question 39

Shinbone; medial bone in the leg

Answer 39

Tibia

Question 40

Joints to the tibia, part of it forms the ankle

Answer 40

Fibula