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Soc12 The Skeletal System Flashcards

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What are the 5 functions of the skeletal system?

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  • Protection of vital organs
  • Muscle attachment
  • Joints for movement
  • Storing calcium and phosphorus
  • Red and white blood cell production
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What are the bones in your feet/ankle?

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  • Tarsals
  • Metatarsals
  • Phalanges
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What are the bones in your legs?

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  • Femur
  • Tibia
  • Fibula
  • Patella
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What is the real name for your shoulder blade?

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Scapula

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What is the real name for your collar bone?

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Clavicle

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What are the bones in your spine?

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  • Cervical
  • Thoracic
  • Lumbar
  • Sacrum
  • Coccyx
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What are the bones in your hands/wrist?

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  • Carpals
  • Metacarpals
  • Phalanges
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Whar are the bones in your arm?

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  • Humerus
  • Radius
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What are the bones in your torso?

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  • Sternum
  • Pelvis
  • Clavicle
  • Scapula
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What is the real name for the skull?

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Cranium

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What are Long Bones?

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Long bones are bones that are longer than they are wide

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What are the 4 joints?

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  • Hinge
  • Ball and Socket
  • Pivot
  • Condyloid
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What is a pivot joint?

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A pivot that allows the movement of rotation, these can only be found in your neck: atlas and axis (first two vertebrae)

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What is a hinge joint?

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A joint that allows only backward and forward motion, found in the knee, elbow and ankle: The tibia is a hinged femur so the leg can be bent.

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What is a ball and socket joint?

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When the rounded head of a long bone fits into a cup-shaped hole. In the hip, the long femur fits into the pelvis.

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What is a Condyloid joint?

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When a joint is similar to the ball and socket joint, but the ball rests against the end of the bone, rather than inside the socket. The wrist is a condyloid joint.

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What are short bones?

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

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What are flat bones?

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Flat bones usually protect organs or offer a good surface for muscles to attach to.

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What are irregular bones?

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Irregular bones have odd shapes and vary in function.

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What is a flexion?

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A bending movement that decreases the angle between body parts

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What is an extension?

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A straightening movement that increases the angle between body parts

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What is a dorsi-flexion?

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A bending or flexing moving the toes up, closer to the shin

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What is a plantar-flexion?

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An extending or pointing of the toes downwards, away from the shin

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What is an example of a flexion?

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Someone working out in the gym bends their arm up when doing a bicep curl

25
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What is an example of an extension?

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A swimmer swings their arm backwards in preparation for a racing dive

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What is an example of a dorsi-flexion?

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A sprinter positions their feet in the starting blocks

27
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What is an example of a dorsi-flexion?

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A floor gymnast points their toes upwards

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What is an abduction?

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A movement that pulls away from the midline of the body

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What is an adduction?

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A movementthat pulls towards the midline of the body

30
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What is a rotation?

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A movement around a single axis or pivot point

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What is a circumduction?

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A movement in a circular or conical shape

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What is an example of an abduction?

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A gymnast moves their arms out sideways at the shoulder when performing on the rings

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What is an example of an adduction?

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

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What is an example of a rotation?

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A tennis player when serving

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What is an example of a circumduction?

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A cricketer when they bowl a ball

36
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What is a tendon?

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Non-elastic fibres that attach muscles to bone to help them move

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What is a ligament?

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Elastic fibres that join bone to bone, usually to hold things together and keep them stable

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