skeleton

Question 1

functions of the skeleton

Answer 1

support, movement, protection, storage (minerals, calcium used for function) Red blood cell formation.

Question 2

two types of bones

Answer 2

compact and cancellous/spongy, both are made up of the same material but it is arranged diff and found in diff porportions.

Question 3

compact

Answer 3

found where strength and load bearing needed “middle long bit of a bone”

Question 4

cancellous/spongy

Answer 4

found where shock absorption required. “top bulky bit of bone”

Question 5

Long bone

Answer 5

longer than they are wide.
extremities or epiphyses "ends are different shapes"
shaft or disphysis "elongation".
function as levers for movement "limbs".
thicker compact bone in disphysis.

Question 6

short bones

Answer 6

near equal in width and length eg carpal bones “hands”.
weight bearing.
most cancellous bone.

Question 7

flat bones

Answer 7

protection-cranial bones.
muscle attachment-scapula.
thin plates of compact bone-some cancellous

Question 8

irregular bones

Answer 8

variable shape and function

Question 9

Axial skeleton “division of the skeleton

Answer 9

is the central core of the body, everything else moves around it. protection.

Question 10

axial skeleton

Answer 10

skull-cranium (vault)-facial bones
vertebral column-cervical (7)- thoracic (12)-lumbar (5)-sacrum and coccyx
rob cage-ribs, sternum.

Question 11

appendicular skeleton “division of the skeleton”

Answer 11

limbs, regions, arm “humeriuos”, forearm, forearm, thigh “femer”, leg”knee and ankle”