Skeleton and Joints

Question 1

Structural Kinesiology

Answer 1

Structures of the human body, especially the muscular-skeletal system and how muscles interact around joints to produce movement

Question 2

Functions of the skeletal system

Answer 2

Leverage
Protection
Mineral store
Bone marrow store
Structure and support (scaffold)

Question 3

Flat Bones

Answer 3

Thin and generally curved (sternum, cranium)

Question 4

Irregular Bones

Answer 4

Irregular size and shape. Don’t fit into any other classifications (vertebrae)

Question 5

Short Bones

Answer 5

Roughly cube shaped (tarsal, carpals)

Question 6

Sesamoid Bones

Answer 6

Embedded in a tendon (patella)

Question 7

Long Bones

Answer 7

Diaphysis, much longer than wide, epiphysis at each end (femur)

Question 8

Axial Skeleton

Answer 8

All bones associated with: skull, spine, ribs and sternum

Question 9

Appendicular Skeleton

Answer 9

All bones associated with: pelvic girdle, shoulder girdle, all 4 limbs

Question 10

Fixed (fibrous) joints

Answer 10

Immoveable (cranium)

Question 11

Symphysis joints

Answer 11

Slightly moveable (vertebrae)

Question 12

Synovial joints

Answer 12

Freely moveable (knee)

Question 13

Ligaments

Answer 13

very strong bands of fibrous connective tissue, that holds the bones of a joint (bone to bone)

Question 14

Tendon

Answer 14

tough connective bands of connective tissue joining muscles to bone. Typically attach to bones near the joints