Skeletal system Flashcards
What is the skeletal system made up of?
Bones, joints, cartilage, tendons and ligaments.
Name the 2 types of connective tissues that form bones.
Cancellous - soft and spongy
Compact- hard and solid
List 4 different shapes of bones.
Long, short, flat and irregular
How many bones are in the human body?
206
Where would you find the
zygomatic, mandible, maxillae, nasal, vomer, turbinate, lacrimal, palatine bones?
In the face zygomatic - cheekbones mandible - lower jaw maxillae - upper jaw nasal - bridge of the nose vomer - septum turbinate- outside of the nose lacrimal - inner walls of the eye socket palatine bones - floor of the nose and roof of the mouth
where would you find the cervical vertebra, clavicle, scapulae, humerous, sternum, hyoid?
Bones of the chest, neck and shoulders. cervical vertebra - top of the spine clavicle - collarbone scapulae - shoulder blade humerous- upper arm bone, sternum- chest bone hyoid - U shaped bone inbetween the clavicles
Where would you find the Ulna, Radius, carpals, metacarpals and phlanges?
Bones of the hand and arm
Where would you find the femur, patella, tibia, fibula, tarsals, metatarsals, phlanges, calcaneus
Bones of the leg and foot.
Name the 6 types of joint you would find in the body.
Ball and socket Condyloid Plane Saddle Hinge Pivot
Name the carpal bones
hamate, capiatate, scaphoid, lunate, trapezium, trapezoid, triquetral
What are the 5 sections of the spine?
Cervical Thoracic Lumbar Sacral Coccyx
How many bones are in each section of the spine?
Cervical - 7 Thoracic - 12 Lumbar - 5 Sacral - 5 Coccyx - 4
What are the main functions of the skeletal system ?
Protection
Support / shape
Movement
