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Test: Skeletal System Flashcards

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6. What bones do you sit on?

A

Ischium

Notability pg. 36

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7. The ankle bones are called what?

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Tarsals

Notability pg. 36

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10. What arm bone is connected to the thumb?

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Radius

Notability pg. 36

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19. What bone is the cheek bone?

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Zygomatic

Notability pg. 39

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24. What is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

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Circulate blood

Notability pg. 42

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26. Where is periosteum ?

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A membrane covering the outside of bone.

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28. What are the black dots in the center of the osteons.

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Haversian canals

Notability pg. 42

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29. What is in the inner pores of spongy bone that produces new blood cells.

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Bone marrow

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30. What is the outer membrane of the bone called?

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Periosteum

Notability pg. 35

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34. What is much of newborn baby’s skeleton is made of?

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Cartilage

Notability pg. 42

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35. What is thoracic vertebrae?

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Thoracic vertebrae have ribs attached.

Notability pg. 36

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39. What is sacrum vertebrae made up of?

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5 vertebrae

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40. Which term best characterizes compact bone?

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Rigid

Notability pg. 35

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42. Where is the tibia located?

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The tibia is the bigger of the two bones in the leg and is next to the fibia.
Notability pg.36

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43. Where is the tarsal located?

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The tarsal bone is located on the back of the foot.

Notability pg.36

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47. What advantage do we gain from our bones being hollow?

A

We can move around easily

Notability pg. 38

17
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63. What bone is made up of 4 fused vertebrae ?

A

Coccyx

Notability pg.36

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71. What are the ribs attached to T11-T12 called?

A

Floating ribs

Notability pg. 36

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76. What joint is a pivot joint?

A

Axis & Atlas or C1 & C2

Notability pg. 36

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77. The skull has two bones separated by a line. What does it represent?

A

Immovable joint, parietal and frontal

Notability pg. 36

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79. Explain why some people say we have 33 vertebrae and some say we have 26 vertebrae. How can both be right ?

A

Bones fuse together over time; Babies have more; cartilage turns to bone; Breakfast 7 (Cervical vertebrae) Lunch 12 (Thoracic vertebrae) Dinner 5 24.
Notability pg. 36

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72. What bone or bones make up the orbit.

A

Zygomatic, Sphenoid and Frontal

Notability pg, 36

23
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69. What is the tibia?

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Shin bone

Notability pg. 36

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