Soc12 skeletal system Flashcards
What are the five functions of the skeletal system?
- Protection of vital organs
- muscle attachment
- joints for movement
- storing calcium and phosphorus
- red and white blood cell production
What is the bone that protects the brain and covers the head?
Cranium
What is the bone on the upper arm?
Humerus
What is the bone that protect the heart and lung and covers around them?
Ribs
What is the larger bone in the lower leg that sum refer to as the shin?
Tibia
What is the smaller outer of the two lower leg bones that extend from the knee?
Fibula
What is the flat rounded bone (often called ‘knee cap’)
Patella
What is the bone in the upper leg?
Femur
What is the bone that forms the upper jaw?
Maxilla
What js the bone that forms the lower jaw and part of the ‘skull’
Mandible
What is the bone located in the shoulder and know as the ‘shoulder bone’
Scapula
What is the bone that makes up toes and fingers on the hand and foot?
Phalanges
What is the bone that stretches from the elbow to the smallest finger?
Ulna
What is the bone that runs from the elblow to the thumb?
Radius bone
What is the bone that some people call the “collar bone” located above the rib chage and near to the scapula?
Clavicle
What is the bone located in the centeral part of the chest?-it connects to the ribs
Sternum
What is Set of 7 irregular shaped bones in the ankle/foot area?
Tarsals
What is the bones in the mid-foot that is connected to the tarsals and phalanges
Metatarsals