SOC 12: The Skeletal System

Question 1

What are the 5 functions of the skeletal system?

Answer 1

Protection of vital organs
Muscle attacthemnt
Joints for movement
Storing calcium and phosphorus
Red and white blood cell production

Question 2

What bones are located in your spine?

Answer 2

Cervical
Thorocic
Lumbar
Sacrum
Coccyx

Question 3

What bones are located in your hand/wrist?

Answer 3

Carpals(cufflinks)
Metacarpals
Phalanges

Question 4

What bones are located in your foot/ankle?

Answer 4

Tarsals
Metatarsals
Phalanges

Question 5

What bones are located in your leg?

Answer 5

Fibula
Tibia

Question 6

What bones are located in the arm?

Answer 6

Radius
Humerus
Ulna

Question 7

What bones are located in the torso?

Answer 7

Ribs
Sternum
Clavicle(collarbone)
Pelvis

Question 8

What is the real name for the collarbone?

Answer 8

Clavicle

Question 9

What is the real name for the sholder blade?

Answer 9

Scapula

Question 10

What is the real name for skull?

Answer 10

Cranium

Question 11

What is a long bone?

Answer 11

A long bone is a bone which is longer than they are wide

Question 12

What is a short bone?

Answer 12

Short bones are bones the same size in length,width and thickness

Question 13

What is a flat bone?

Answer 13

A flat bone usually protect organs or offers a good surface for muscles to attract to

Question 14

What is an irregular bones?

Answer 14

Offer protection when playing contact sport and form specific functions

Question 15

4 type of bones?

Answer 15

Long bones
Short bones
Flat bones
Irregular bones

Question 16

What are the 4 joints?

Answer 16

Pivot
Hinge
Ball and socket
Condyloid

Question 17

Where and what is the pivot joint?

Answer 17

can be found in the neck between the top two vertebrae. It allows only rotational movement such as moving your head from side to side

Question 18

Where and what is the hinge joint?

Answer 18

these can be found in the elbow, knee and ankle. Hinge joints are like the hinges on a door, and allow you to move the elbow and knee in only one direction

Question 19

Where and what is the ball and socket joint?

Answer 19

these types of joint can be found at the shoulder and hip and allow movement in almost every direction

Question 20

Where and what is the condyloid joint?

Answer 20

this type of joint is found at the wrist. It allows you to flex and extend the joint, and move it from side to side.

Question 21

What is flexion?

Answer 21

bending movement, for example bicep curl bending bicep whilst pussy tricep relaxes (extension)

Question 22

What is extension?

Answer 22

straightening movement, for example tricep resting whilst bicep bends

Question 23

What is dorsiflexion?

Answer 23

bending or flexing the toes up, closer to the shin

Question 24

What is pantar flexion?

Answer 24

extending or pointing the toes down, away from the shin

Question 25

Examples of flexion?

Answer 25

Bending your arm during a bicep curl

Question 26

Examples of extension?

Answer 26

When swimming you would swim their arm up backwards when preparing for a racing drive

Question 27

Examples of dorsiflexion?

Answer 27

A sprinter positioning their feet into the starting blocks

Question 28

Examples of plantar flexion?

Answer 28

A gymnast pointing their toes

Question 29

What joint provides flexion?

Answer 29

Shoulder,hip and elbow

Question 30

What is abduction?

Answer 30

movement that pulls away from the midline of the body

Question 31

Examples of abduction?

Answer 31

Agymnast moves their arms out sideways at the shoulder when performing 'the crucifixno the rings

Question 32

What joint provides extension?

Answer 32

Shoulder and hip

Question 33

What joint provides dorsiflexion?

Answer 33

Ankle

Question 34

What joint provides Plantar Flexion?

Answer 34

Ankle

Question 35

What joint provides Abduction?

Answer 35

Shoulder and hip

Question 36

What joint provides rotation?

Answer 36

Shoulder and hip

Question 37

What joint provides circumduction?

Answer 37

Shoulder and hip

Question 38

What joint provides adduction?

Answer 38

Shoulder and hip

Question 39

Rotation definition?

Answer 39

movement around a single axis or pivot point

Question 40

Circumduction definition?

Answer 40

moving in a circular or conical shape

Question 41

Adduction definition?

Answer 41

Movement that pulls towards the body

Question 42

Examples of rotation?

Answer 42

A tennis player serving

Question 43

Examples of circumduction?

Answer 43

Cricketer bowls a ball

Question 44

Examples of adduction?

Answer 44

A golfer on the tee swings the club down towards the ball

Question 45

What type of joint is extension?

Answer 45

Ball and socket,hinge,condyloid

Question 46

What type of joint is flexion?

Answer 46

Ball and socket,hinge,condyloid

Question 47

What type of joint is dorsiflexion?

Answer 47

Hinge

Question 48

What type of joint is Pantar flexion?

Answer 48

Hinge

Question 49

What type of joint is abduction?

Answer 49

Ball and socket

Question 50

What type of joint is rotation?

Answer 50

Ball and socket

Question 51

What type of joint is circumduction?

Answer 51

Ball and socket

Question 52

What type of joint is adduction?

Answer 52

Ball and socket

Question 53

What is a tendon?

Answer 53

very strong, inelastic connective tissues that allow a muscle to pull on a bone to move it.

Question 54

Why is a tendon important in sport?

Answer 54

helps to facilitate joint movement and stability via the tension generated by the muscle

Question 55

What is a ligament?

Answer 55

a type of connective tissue and are tough, fibrous and slightly elastic

Question 56

Why is ligament important in sport?

Answer 56

Allow the joint to move in the direction(s) it was meant to move. Hold bones together