The Musculoskeletal System

Question 1

How many bones are there in the human body?

Answer 1

206 bones total

Question 2

What are the 3 regions in the body?

Answer 2

• Head
• Truck
• Limbs

Question 3

What is the definition of a bone?

Answer 3

A BONE is a hard solid organ that forms part of the skeleton.

Question 4

What are bones constant being renewed with?

Answer 4

• Bones are continuously being renewed with new bone cells.

Question 5

What is the HARDEST thing in the body?

Answer 5

• Bone tissue is the hardest thing in the body.

Question 6

What are the 2 types of bone?

Answer 6

Spongy and Compact

Question 7

What are bones catorigized by?

Answer 7

Long, Short, Flat, and Irregular

Question 8

What is a long bone?

Answer 8

Long bones are long, thin middle and rounded ends. Mostly compact bone with bone marrow in the middle. Found in the limbs (mostly).

Question 9

What is a short bone?

Answer 9

Short bones are cubic in shape (length and width are about the same). The are mostly spongy bone and are found in the wrists and ankles.

Question 10

What is a flat bone?

Answer 10

Flat bones are flat, curved, and thin. They have outer layers of compact bone and the inside is spongy bone. Examples: Skull and sternum.

Question 11

What is an irregular bone?

Answer 11

Irregular bones do not have a specific shape. Mostly found in the spine.

Question 12

What is a Mandible?

Answer 12

Jaw/Jaw bone

Question 13

What is a clavicle?

Answer 13

The clavicle is the bone that connects the breastplate (sternum) to the shoulder.

Question 14

What is the Sternum?

Answer 14

The sternum is a partially T-shaped vertical bone that forms the anterior portion of the chest wall centrally.

Question 15

What is the Vertebrae?

Answer 15

it is the spine

Question 16

what is the Humorous?

Answer 16

From your shoulder to the elbow.

Question 17

what is the Femur?

Answer 17

Your thighbone

Question 18

What is a joint?

Answer 18

A joint is a junction between two or more bones.

Question 19

What are the 5 functions of the bones?

Answer 19

­ Support, Protection, Blood Cells, Storage,

movement

Question 20

What are the types of joint?

Answer 20

Freely Movable (hip, knee), Fixed (skull), Semi­moveable(vertebrae)

Question 21

What are the 5 mechanics of Joints?

Answer 21

­- Extension (increase angle between two bones)
­ - Rotation (around an axis)
­ - Abduction (increase distance from the body)
­- Adduction (decrease distance from the body)
- Flexion (decrease angle between two bones)

Question 22

What are the 4 functions of muscles?

Answer 22

­- Movement (contact and release, controlled by the nervous system)
­- Posture (keeps the body shape even when not being used)
­- Joint Stabilization (keeps the joint in place)
­- Heat Release (Energy into thermal to keep body temp)

Question 23

What is a smooth muscle?

Answer 23

line the organs, weak but tireless

Question 24

What is a skeletal muscle?

Answer 24

bicep, strong but little endurance

Question 25

What is a cardiac muscle?

Answer 25

Heart, strong and tireless