Test- Skeletal System Flashcards
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Where are the Ulna and Radius bones located?
In your arm
- Bones of the Anterior
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The Vomer bone is apart of what body part?
Your nose
- CLF- Skull (Anterior View)
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Name the functions of the skeletal system
Bones maintain mineral homeostasis, storing minerals, anchoring muscles, facilitating movement, producing blood cells, and protecting important organs, such as the heart and the lungs.
- Skeletal System Study Guide
25
Describe compact bone
Dense and hard outer shell of most bone. Gives bone the stiff quality that allows it to protect the body’s organs and generally support the body.
- Skeletal System Study Guide
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Where is your atlas bone located?
In your neck
- Bones of the Anterior
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Where is your axis bone located? And why is it called the axis bone?
Your axis bone is located in your neck, and it’s called axis because just as the earth rotates on its axis, your head rotates on that bone.
- BP- Joints
41
Your phalanges are located where?
In your foot (toes)
- CLF- Bones of the Anterior
47
What advantage do we gain from the fact that our bones are hollow?
Our bones can make marrow easily
- Skeletal System Study Guide
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What is the main function of the bone marrow?
To produce blood cells
- Skeletal System Study Guide
49
The vertebra that allows the head to turn or pivot is the…
Cervical vertebrae
- Bones of the Anterior
56
Where can you find periosteum?
On the outermost portion of your bones
- Skeletal System Study Guide
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What might happen if your spine were completely straight?
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