Test - Skeletal System Flashcards
- What is the bone in the center of the nasal septum?
The vomer.
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- Where is the sacrum located and how many vertebrae make it up?
The sacrum has 5 vertebrae and is just above the coccyx.
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- Where is the maxilla located?
Above the mandible and under the nasal septum.
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- Where is the sphenoid located?
Underneath the parietal and frontal’s joint and next to the orbit.
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- Identify the ankle bone.
The scientific name for the ankle is the calcaneus, calcaneus is a type of tarsal. The ankle is also a bone of a gliding joint.
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- Where is the spongy or trabecular located?
Trabecular bone is located inside of the combat bone and on the outside of the bone marrow.
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- How does exercise help maintain healthy bones?
By making bones grow stronger and denser.
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- Strong connective tissue that holds movable joints together is a:
Ligament
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- What do ligaments do?
Attaches bones to other bones.
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- As a adult, your skeleton is made of _____ bones than when you were born.
A smaller amount of.
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- What is not a function of the skeletal system?
Circulating blood
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- What is the joint called in the knee?
Hinge joint.
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- What joint is a pivot joint?
Neck vertebrae 1 and 2.
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- What joints are immovable?
The joint with the parietal and frontal bones in your skull.
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- What kind of motion is allowed in the knee and what bones make up the joint?
Backward and forward, femur, patella, tibia and fibula.
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