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
- WKST-the skeletal system
43. What kind of motion is possible with a hinge joint?
Backward and forward
- WKST-the skeletal system
46. What do ligaments do?
Attach bones to other bones
- WKST-the skeletal system
48. Arms and legs are part of the what skeleton?
Appendicular
- PectoralGirdle