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1
Q

How many bones are in the body?

A

206

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2
Q

What is another name for the clavicle

A

Collarbone

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3
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What is another name for the shoulder

A

Scapula

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4
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What is another name for the sternum?

A

Breast plate/xiphoid

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5
Q

Where is the humerus located?

A

Upped arm?

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6
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Where is the radius located?

A

Pulse side lower arm

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7
Q

Where will you find a pulse?

A

Where an artery is close to the skin

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8
Q

What is another name for the wrist?

A

Carple

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9
Q

What is another name for the hand?

A

Metacarpals

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10
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What is another name for fingers?

A

Phalanges

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11
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What is the name of the region of the foot where a pulse can be found?

A

Dorsalis pedis

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12
Q

How many litres of blood are in the body?

A

5L

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13
Q

How many bones are in the vertebre?

A

33

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14
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How many litres of blood can be lost in a pelvic fracture?

A

3L

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15
Q

What are the functions of a spinal disc?

A
  • cushion shock
  • allow spinal movement
  • separate the bones
  • allow nerves to exit
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16
Q

What are the parts of the pelvic girdle?

A
  • ilium
  • sacrum
  • coccyx
  • ischium
  • pubis
17
Q

What are the parts of the axial skeleton?

A
  • skull
  • sternum
  • ribs
  • vertebral column
18
Q

What is another name for the jaw?

A

Mandible

19
Q

What is another name for the skull

A

Cranium

20
Q

What is the appendicular skeleton?

A
  • the shoulder girdle and the upper limbs
  • bones of the pelvis and lower limbs
21
Q

“What part of the spine is susceptible to injury?”

A

Cervical/Lumbar

22
Q

Where does the spinal cord end?

A

At L1-L2

23
Q

What time of bone are vertebre?

A

Irregular bone

24
Q

How many spinal nerves are there?

A

31 pairs 8/12/5/5/1

25
Q

What are the sections of the spine?

A

Cervical (7)
Thoracic (12)
Lumbar (5)
Sacral (5)
Coccyx (4)

26
Q

What sections of the spine are fused?

A

Sacral and coccyx

27
Q

What type of bone is the knee cap?

A

Sesamoid bone

28
Q

What type of bone is the wrist?

A

irregular?

29
Q

What is another name for heel bone

A

Calcaneus

30
Q

What is mechanism of injury?

A

How the injury occurred

31
Q

What is the bone at the end of the clavicle?

A

accronium process

32
Q

What is the name of the hole in the skull that the spinal chord travels through

A

FOREARM MAGNUM

33
Q

What is the name of the bone where the pelvic girdle sits?

A

GREATER THROCANTERS

WRONG

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