Skeleton System Flashcards
What 2 parts can the skeletal system be divided into?
Axial
Appendicular
Which skeletal system is the skull part of?
Axial
Which skeletal system does the sternum belong to?
Axial
Name all the axial skeleton bones
Skull, spine, ribs, sternum
Does the shoulder girdle belong to the appendicular or axial skeletal system?
Appendicular
Which skeletal system does the pelvic girdle belong to?
Appendicular
Name the appendicular skeleton bones
shoulder girdle, upper limbs, lower limbs, pelvic girdle
The lower and upper limbs belong to which skeletal system?
Appendicular
The hand has how many types of phalanges?
3
Name the three phalanges of the hand
distal, intermediate, proximal
Metacarpals belong to the hand or foot
hand
the foot has how many phalanges
3
metatarsals and tarsals belong to the hand or foot
foot
What is a middle phalange?
the bone between the distal and proximal bones ON THE FOOT
what is the difference between an intermediate phalange and a middle phalange
middle is foot, intermediate is hand
Which skeletal system is this?
Axial
What skeletal system is this?
appendicular
The ilium bones are in what classification?
the pelvis (appendicular)
What is the ischium bone?
the lower (inferior) rear of the pelvis - 2 bones
How many carpal bones are there in the hand?
16 bones (2 rows of 4 bones that form the wrist)
How many phalange bones are in the hand?
28
how many metacarpal bones are in the hand?
10 (palm of the hand)
How many tarsals in the foot?
14 (bones of ankle)
howe many metatarsal bones are there?
10 (bones of the foot)
how many phalange bones are there in the foot?
28 (bones in toes)
How many bones are there in the hand?
54
Name the three typers of bones in the arm
humerus, radius, ulna
Which location is the femur bone found?
the leg
what is the scapula bone?
located in the shoulder
the larger and inner (medial) bone of the lower leg is called what? Tibia or Fibia?
Tibia
THe human skeleton contains roughly how many bones?
206
what is bone made of?
a calcified connective tissue that forms most of the adult skeleton
_____ bones are longer than they are wide
long