Skeleton Flashcards
What is the name of the skull?
cranium
What is the name of the collarbone?
clavicle
What is the name of the bone that is located in the shoulder?
scapula
What is the name of the bone in the upper arm?
humerus
What is the name of the thinner bone in the lower arm?
radius
What is the name of the thicker bone in the lower arm?
ulna
What is the name of the bone in the middle of the rib cage?
sternum
What is the name of the range of bones that run down the back?
vertebral column
What is the name of the bone in which the hips are situated?
pelvis
What is the name of the bone in the upper leg?
femur
What is the bone in the knee?
patella
What is the bone at the front of the lower leg?
tibia
What is the collective name given to the part of the skeleton which main function is to provide support (but it also protects organs and provides a means for muscles to be attached.)
the axial skeleton
Which bones are in the axial skeleton?
(1) cranium
(2) ribs
(3) sternum
(4) vertebral column
What is the collective name of the part of the skeleton whose main function is to allow movement (but it also protects some of the major organs and provides a means for the attachment of muscles?)
the appendicular skeleton
What are the 5 types of bones?
(1) long bones
(2) short bones
(3) flat bones
(4) irregular bones
(5) sesamoid bones
Which type of bone is used in large movements and acts as levers?
long bones
Which type of bone protects internal organs?
flat bones
Which type of bone is used in smaller movements?
short bones
Which type of bone is long?
long bones
Which long bones are not long?
short bones
Which type of bone has a tubular structure?
long bones
Which type of bone is covered by hyaline or articular cartilage?
long bones
Give 2 examples of a long bone.
humerus and the femur
The femur and humerus are examples of which type of bones?
long bones
Which type of bone is cube-shaped?
short bones
The carpals and tarsals are an example of what type of bone?
short bones
Give 2 examples of SHORT bones.
carpals and tarsals