The Musculoskeletal System Flashcards
3 functions of endoskeletal system
- provides framework for the body
- participates in hemopoietic functions
- serves as depot for calcium salts
total number of human bones
206
out of 206 bones, ____ are axial while ____ are appendicular
- 80
- 126
appendicular bones support the _____ and _____
- arms
- legs
axial skeleton consist of
- skull
- middle ear bones
- hyoid bone
- vertebral column
- ribs
- sternum
number of bones in the skull
22
out of 22 bones in the skull, how many are cranial and facial?
- 8
- 14
number of middle ear bones
6
kinds of middle ear
- malleus
- incus
- stapes
number of hyoid bone
1
number of vertebral column
26
number of ribs
24
number of sternum
1
appendicular division consists of
- pectoral girdle
- upper limb bones
- pelvic girdle
- lower limb bones
number of pectoral girdle bones
4
number of upper limb bones
60
number of pelvic girdle bones
2
number of lower limb bones
60
attach bones to one another
joints
joints serve as points of _______ and ______ between bones
- connection
- interaction
3 kinds of joints
- fibrous
- cartilage
- synovial
nearly immovable joints
fibrous
slightly immovable joints
cartilage
freely movable joints
synovial