Structure of the skeleton Flashcards
What does the skeleton provide?
a framework for muscle attachment to enable movement.
Where is the ulna and radius located?
The radius is the inner bone in your arm and the ulna is the outer bone of your arm.
Where are the carpels found and where are the tarsals found?
Carpals = wrist
Tarsals = ankle
Name the 5 regions of the vertebral column.
Cervical
Thoracic
lumbar
sacrum
coccyx
State 2 bones located in the hand that help someone hold a ball.
Carpals and metacarpals.
Where is the clavicle located?
Collarbone
here is the sternum located?
Chest
Where is your femur and patella located?
Top bone in leg
The kneecap
Where is the tibia and fibula located?
tibia = inner bone on lower leg
fibula = short outer bone on lower leg
What is a flat bone? Example?
Protects the vital organs in the body. The cranium and sternum.
What is a short bone?
and examples
Provide support and mobility. Carpals and tarsals.
Tarsals when landing a jump or carpels when doing a handstand.
What is a long bone?
and examples
Longer than they are wide. Tibia and fibula. Acts as levers for movement.
The radius and ulna when throwing a shot put.
What is an irregular bone?
For protection and muscle attachment
e.g Trapezius attatching to the scapula.
Or the vertebrae column
