Spencer_Elisabeth Test: Skeletal System Flashcards
3. What is the innermost layer of the bone?
Marrow
- Osteology notes
1. What are the circles found in the top layer of the bone?
Osteons
- Osteology notes
10. What bone is located directly under the frontal bone and to the side?
Sphenoid
- Skull lateral
19. What is the second longest bone going up from the tip of your toe when you’re in anatomical position?
Metatarsal
- CLF-Anterior
20. What is the bone located under the tibia and fibula?
tarsal, talus, bone of the gliding joint
- CLF-Anterior
22. What is the bone at the very tip of your toe?
Distal phalange
- CLF-Anterior
29. What bone is at the top of the eye socket?
Frontal
- Skull lateral
30. The bone under the nasal bone is called what?
Nasal septum
- Skull lateral
31. What bone is to the very left or right of your eye socket?
Zygomaticus
- Skull lateral
33. What are all functions of the skeletal system?
- Work with muscles to move the body
- storage of minerals
- blood production
- protect the organs
- WKST-the skeletal system
36. The vertebra that allows the head to turn or pivot is called what?
Axis
- VertebralColumn
39. How does exercise help maintain healthy bones?
By making bones stronger and denser
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43. What kind of motion is possible with a hinge joint?
Backward and forward
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46. What do ligaments do?
Attach bones to other bones
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48. Arms and legs are part of the what skeleton?
Appendicular
- PectoralGirdle
50. What might happen if your spine were perfectly straight?
Walking would be extremely uncomfortable
- Osteology notes
54. The pelvic girdle and pelvic girdles make up the what skeleton?
Appendicular
- PectoralGirdle
63. When you see the word fragment “oste” you could infer that the word has something to do with what?
Bone
- Osteology notes
64. Compact bone is made of what?
Osteons
- Osteology notes
68. What bones make up the palm of the hand?
Metacarpals
- CLF-Anterior
70. What are the ribs attached to T8-T10 called?
False
- CLF-Anterior
71. What is made up of the facial bones and the cranium?
Skull
- Skull lateral
74. What is another name for the mandible?
Lower jaw
- Skull lateral
79. One function of your ligament is to help protects your organs, true or false?
False, Skeleton
- Osteology notes
80. The ribs that attach to your sternum are floating ribs, true or false?
False, true ribs
- CLF-Anterior
82. What kid of motion does your knee perform? What bones make up this joint?
Back and forth-femur, patella, tibia, fibula
- WKST-the skeletal system
83. Which joint provides the greatest range of movement? Which joint is an example? What bones make up this joint?
Ball and socket- scapula, clavicle, humerus
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86. Which joint is a pivot joint? What bones make up this joint?
B, atlas, axis
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