Skeletal system - head, neck, shoulders

Question 1

Name the only moveable bone in the head

Answer 1

Mandible

Question 2

Which bone makes up the forehead

Answer 2

Frontal

Question 3

Name the two types of bone tissue

Answer 3

Compact and Cancellous

Question 4

What is the hard part of bone called?

Answer 4

Compact tissue

Question 5

What is the spongy part of bone called?

Answer 5

Cancellous tissue.

Question 6

Which bone type has a system called Haversian, which is concentric rings that form a canal for nerves, blood and lymph vessels to pass through?

Answer 6

Compact also known as dense bone.

Question 7

Where in the bone are red blood cells made?

Answer 7

bone marrow of the cancellous bone.

Question 8

What is an osteocyte?

Answer 8

star shaped cell found in mature bone tissue.

Question 9

What is the name of the cells which form in the bone marrow and help bones to form?

Answer 9

Osteoblasts.

Question 10

Which cell breaks down and absorbs bone tissue back into the body?

Answer 10

Osteoclasts.

Question 11

List the different classification of bone e.g. long

Answer 11

long, short, flat, irregular and sesamoid.

Question 12

What are the functions of the skeleton?

Answer 12

Support, Attachment for muscles and tendons, Development of red blood cells, Protection of vital organs, Acts as a mineral store for calcium, Movement.

Question 13

How many bones does the skull have?

Answer 13

22

Question 14

Which bone forms the upper sides of the skull?

Answer 14

Parietals

Question 15

What is the name of the bones which form the cheekbones?

Answer 15

Zygomatics

Question 16

These bones form the sides of the skull below the parietals and around the ears, name them

Answer 16

Temporal bones.

Question 17

How many cervical bones are there and where are they?

Answer 17

7 at the top of the spinal column and they form the neck.

Question 18

Where is the occipital bone?

Answer 18

forms the back of the skull.

Question 19

Which bone forms part of the orbit and the roof of the nasal cavity?

Answer 19

Ethmoid bone.

Question 20

this bone links the cranium and face bones and is situated infront of the temporal bone, what is it?

Answer 20

Sphenoid bone.

Question 21

These small bones form the bridge of the nose.

Answer 21

Nasal bones.

Question 22

This bone is where the upper teeth fix into, which bone is it?

Answer 22

Maxilla

Question 23

This is a small bone situated next to the tear ducts.

Answer 23

Lacrimal - production of tears is called lacrimination.

Question 24

Two bones which form the roof of the mouth.

Answer 24

Palatine bones.

Question 25

This bone is at the back of the nasal septum.

Answer 25

Vomer.

Question 26

two bones at the sides of the nasal cavity.

Answer 26

Turbinate.

Question 27

this is a horse shoe shaped bone in the neck between the chin and thyroid cartilage.

Answer 27

Hyoid bone.

Question 28

How many pairs of ribs are there?

Answer 28

12 pairs.

Question 29

What is the technical name for the breast bone?

Answer 29

Sternum.

Question 30

Which bones protect your lungs?

Answer 30

Rib cage.

Question 31

What is the clavicle also know as?

Answer 31

collar bone.

Question 32

There are two large flat bones, triangular in shape at the top of your back, what are these called?

Answer 32

Scapula (shoulder blades)

Question 33

What is an epiphysis?

Answer 33

the rounded end of a long bone.

Question 34

What is the midsection of a long bone called?

Answer 34

Diaphysis

Question 35

What is periosteum?

Answer 35

the lining which covers most bones of the human body.