Skeletal System

Question 1

What is epiphysis?

Answer 1

It is the end part of a long bond, initially growing separately from the shaft.

Question 2

What is the articular cartilage?

Answer 2

Is the white, smooth tissue that covers the ends of bones where they come together at the joint.

Question 3

What is diaphysis?

Answer 3

The shaft or central part of the long bone.

Question 4

What is periosteum?

Answer 4

It is a dense layer of vascular connective tissue enveloping the bones…. expect at the surface of the joints.

Question 5

What is the compact bone?

Answer 5

It is a dense bone which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substances and inorganic salts. It is also called the ‘cortical bone’.

Question 6

What is the spongy bone?

Answer 6

A network of irregularly-shaped sheets and spikes of bones.

Question 7

Axial skeleton

Answer 7

The Bones that make up the vertebral column and skull

Question 8

Skull

Answer 8

The bone that protects that brain

Question 9

Cranium

Answer 9

The part of the skull enclosing the brain

Question 10

Hyoid bone

Answer 10

The bone in the neck that supports the tongue

Question 11

Vertebral column

Answer 11

Spinal column

Question 12

Sacrum

Answer 12

Triangular bien in lower back. Between the two hip bones and the pelvis

Question 13

Coccyx

Answer 13

Your tailbone

Question 14

Thoracic cage

Answer 14

Formed by thoracic vertebrae. The breastbone

Question 15

Ribs

Answer 15

Surrounds and protects the chest.

Question 16

Sternum

Answer 16

Commonly known as the breastbone

Question 17

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 17

Portion of the skeleton of vertebrates consisting of bones or cartilage the support the appendages

Question 18

Pertoral girdle

Answer 18

Set of bones which connects the arms to the axial skeleton.

Question 19

Scapula

Answer 19

Shoulder blade

Question 20

Clavicle

Answer 20

Collarbone

Question 21

Upper limbs

Answer 21

The region extending from the deltoid region of the hand

Question 22

Humerus

Answer 22

“Funny bone” the long bone in the arm or forelimb

Question 23

Radius

Answer 23

The thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm

Question 24

Ulna

Answer 24

Opposite side of the thumb. The thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm

Question 25

Carpals

Answer 25

Wrist

Question 26

Metacarpals

Answer 26

Bone in the hand.

Question 27

Phalanges

Answer 27

Fingers and toes

Question 28

Spine

Answer 28

Long bone in the back

Question 29

Crest

Answer 29

Rigid or raised surface.

Ex. Pelvic bone

Question 30

Sinus

Answer 30

Passage way in your nose

Question 31

Meatus

Answer 31

Passage or opening leading in the interior of the body

Question 32

Epicondyle

Answer 32

Above or on the condyle of a long bone

Question 33

Fossa

Answer 33

Depression or hallow in a bone

Question 34

Condyle

Answer 34

At the end of some bones forming an articulation with another bone

Question 35

Facet

Answer 35

Joints in the spine

Question 36

Fovea

Answer 36

A small depression in the retina of the eye where vision is at its highest

Question 37

Femur

Answer 37

Strongest bone in the leg

Question 38

Tibia

Answer 38

Below the knee. Calls the shinbone

Question 39

Fibula

Answer 39

The smallest of the two bones

Question 40

Head

Answer 40

Includes head, neck, blood vessels, eyes, nose, mouth

Question 41

Lower limbs

Answer 41

The legs. Lower parts of the body

Question 42

Patella

Answer 42

Knee cap

Question 43

Coxae

Answer 43

Hipbone

Question 44

Tarsals

Answer 44

Ankles

Question 45

Suture

Answer 45

Seamlike junction between two bones. Stitch like. Like the skulls

Question 46

Trochanter

Answer 46

Two bony protuberance by which muscles are attached to the upper part of the thigh bone.

Question 47

Tubercle

Answer 47

Small rounded projection or protuberance especially on a bone

Question 48

Tuberosity

Answer 48

A large prominence on a bone usually serving for the attachment of muscles or ligaments

Question 49

Fontanal

Answer 49

Space between the bones

Question 50

Foramen

Answer 50

Opening or hole in a bone