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The Skeletal And Muscular Systems Flashcards

1
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Where is the scapula (bone)

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Behind the shoulder on your back

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2
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Where is you sternum (bone)

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In between your pecs

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Where is your humerus (bone)

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Top of your arm

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Where are your ribs (bone)

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Your ribs

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5
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Where is your vertebral column (bone)

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Your spine

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Where is your radius (bone)

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Top bone in lower arm

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7
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Where is your ulna (bone)

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Lower bone in lower arm

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Where are your carpals (bone)

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In your wrist

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9
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Where are your metacarpals (bone)

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Upper fingers/ knuckles

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Where are you Phalanges (hands) (bone)

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Finger tips

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11
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Where is your pelvic girdle (bone)

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Next to hip sockets

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12
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Where is you ilium (bone)

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The highest bone in your pelvic girdle

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13
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Where is your ischium (bone)

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Middle bone in your pelvic girdle

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14
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Where is your pubis (bone)

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Lowest bone in the pelvic girdle

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15
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Where is the femur (bone)

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Upper leg

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16
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Where is your patella (bone)

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Your knee cap or in you knee

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17
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Where is you tibia (bone)

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The biggest bone in your lower leg

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18
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Where is your fibula (bone)

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Smallest bone in lower leg

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19
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Where are your tarsals (bone)

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Upper foot/ ankle

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20
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Where are you metatarsals (bone)

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Mid foot/knuckles

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21
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Where are your phalanges (foot) (bone)

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Tips of toe

22
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What is your skeletal system held together by

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Joints and ligaments

23
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What are the 3 types of joints

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Fibrous joints (immovable joints) 
Cartilagenous joints (slightly moveable joints)
Synovial joints (freely movable joints)
24
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What are the 6 types of synovial joints

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Hinge
Ball and socket
Saddle
Pivot
Gliding
Condyloid
25
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What is the skeletal system purpose

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To support the organs and tissues of the body
To provide protection for internal organs
To allow movement
To store minerals such as calcium and phosphorus
To make red blood marrow which produces red blood cells or yellow marrow which stores fat

26
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How many bones are in the skeletal system

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206

27
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What are the two main groups of the skeletal system

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Axial Skelton: skull, spine, rib cage, (upper body and no arms)

Appendicular Skeleton: pelvic girdle, shoulder girdle, the limbs; arms and legs, (lower body and arms)

28
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How many bones are in the skull

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The cranium consists of 8 bones fused together and he face has 14 bones, so altogether the skull has 22 bones

29
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Where is the trapezius (muscles)

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In the back of your neck

30
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Where is your deltoid (muscles)

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In your shoulder

31
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Where is your pectorals (muscles)

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Where your boobs are

32
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Where is your bicep (muscles)

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Muscle in the front of upper arm

33
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Where is your triceps (muscles)

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Back of upper arm

34
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Where is your intercostal muscles (muscles)

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Where your ribs are

35
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Where is your abdominals (muscles)

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Your abs

36
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Where is your Latissimus Dorsi (muscles)

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In the middle of your back

37
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Where is your gluteals (muscles)

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In your butt

38
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Where is your quadriceps (muscles)

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Front of your upper leg

39
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Where are your hamstrings (muscles)

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Back of upper leg, opposite from quadriceps

40
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Where is you gastrocnemius (muscles)

A

Your calfs

41
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How many muscles are in your body

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Over 600

42
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Do muscles make up most of our flesh

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Yes

43
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Does muscle tissue weigh more than fat tissue

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Yes

44
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What are what the two types of muscles

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Voluntary muscles: you make them move when you want them to move. Striated or skeletal muscles are another way to spdescribes them because they are attached to the skeletal system.

Involuntary muscles: they work automatically without you thinking about them. They help move blood through the body. They are also called cardiac and smooth muscles

45
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What are tendons

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They are cords that join muscle to bone

46
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What are the two names of our muscle fibres

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Fast twitch: better for fast runners

Slow twitch: better for long distance runners

47
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What are the 5 types of bones

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Long bones
Short bones
Flat bones
Irregular bones
Sesamoid bones
48
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Where is the clavicle (bone)

A

Your collar bone

49
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What is the study of muscles called

A

Myology

50
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What percentage of our body do muscles make up?

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50%

51
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What is another name for calf muscles

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Gastrocnemius

52
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What is the spine made up of

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The cervical vertebrae
Thoracic vertebrae
Lumbar vertebrae
Fused sacral vertebrae (sacrum)
Fused coccygeal vertebrae (coccyx)

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