The skeletal system Flashcards
What does the axial skeleton consist of?
Skull, Spine, Ribs, Sternum
what is the top of the skull called
Cranial portion
What is the central part of the skull called?
Facial portion
What is the bottom part of the skull (jaw area) called?
Mandible
What 3 parts make up the skull?
Cranial portion, facial portion, mandible
What bone is in the neck?
Cervical Vertebra
What bone runs along the top of the shoulder and upper chest?
Clavicle
What bone joins to the shoulder?
Scapula
What is the central bone in the chest
Sternum
What bones surround the sternum?
Ribs
What bone runs from sternum to the pelvic region?
Lumbar vertebra
What is the wing shaped bone between the hips?
The pelvis
What bone intersects with the hip bones to form the pelvis?
Sacrum
What bone is the attachment site for tendons and supports a person while sitting?
Coccyx
What is the main bone in the upper part of the leg?
Femur
What bone runs on the lateral side below the knee
Fibula
What bone runs on the medial side below the knee?
Tibia
What bones are just below the ankle?
Tarsals
What bone joins Tarsals to toe bones?
Metatarsals
What bone is in the toes and fingers
Phalanges
What bone runs along the upper portion of the arm?
Humerus
What bone runs on the lateral side of the lower arm
Radius
What bone runs along the medial side of the lower arm
Ulna
What bones are in the wrist
Carpals
What bones join wrist to fingers
Metacarpals
What bone runs along the spine
Thoracic Vertebra
What bone is in the heel?
Calcaneus
What bone is in the back of the skull?
The cranium
Name 4 functions of the skeleton
Shape Facilitate movement Muscle, ligament attachment Protection Absorb and dissipate stresses Blood cell formation and mineral storage
