The Skeleton

Question 1

How many bones are there?

Answer 1

206

Question 2

What are the functions of bones?

Answer 2

Support
Protection
Movement
Blood cell production
Mineral storage

Question 3

What does the axial skeleton include?

Answer 3

Cranium
Vertebral column
Rib cage

Question 4

Define appendicular skeleton

Answer 4

Bones of the skeleton that make it the limbs and their associated girdles (joints).

Question 5

Where is articulate cartilage found?

Answer 5

Articulating surfaces

Question 6

What does articulate cartilage do?

Answer 6

Protects bone tissue

Reduces friction

Question 7

What improves nutrition to the articulate cartilage?

Answer 7

Joint movement

Question 8

What colour is articulate cartilage?

Answer 8

Blue

Question 9

What does articulate cartilage do during exercise?

Answer 9

Soaks up synovial fluid released improving mobility

Question 10

What is articulating cartilage made up of?

Answer 10

A fine network of collagen fibres

Question 11

Where is white fibrocartilage found?

Answer 11

Where there are high amounts of stress and shock (knees)

Question 12

What is the purpose of white fibrocartilage

Answer 12

Absorb shock

Question 13

What are characteristic of white fibrocartilage?

Answer 13

Dense

Tough

Question 14

What are the characteristics of yellow elastic cartilage?

Answer 14

Pliant

Flexible

Question 15

Where is yellow elastic cartilage found?

Answer 15

External ear

Question 16

What is the function of yellow elastic cartilage?

Answer 16

Support

Flexibility

Question 17

Where are long bones found?

Answer 17

In the limbs

Question 18

Examples of long bones (4)

Answer 18

Femur
Tibia
Humerus
Phalanges

Question 19

Function of long bones?

Answer 19

Levers

Production of RBC

Question 20

Function of flat bones?

Answer 20

Offer protection

Sites for muscle attachment

Question 21

Examples of flat bones?

Answer 21

Sternum
Cranium
Pelvis
Ribs (ish)

Question 22

What type of bone are the vertebrae and what do they do?

Answer 22

Irregular

Protect spinal chord

Question 23

Characteristics of irregular bones

Answer 23

Complex

Individual shapes

Question 24

What is the function of sesamoid bones?

Answer 24

Ease joint movement

Rest friction and compression

Question 25

Where are sesamoid bones found?

Answer 25

Where bones articulate

Question 26

An example of a sesamoid bone

Answer 26

Patella

Question 27

Characteristics of short bones

Answer 27

Small
Compact
Equal in width and length

Question 28

Where are short bones found?

Answer 28

Wrist

Ankle

Question 29

Where is compact bone found?

Answer 29

Surface layer of all bones

Cylindrical shaft of bones

Question 30

What does compact bone do?

Answer 30

Protects bones from external forces

Good weight bearing properties

Question 31

Characteristic of cancellous bone

Answer 31

Spongy bone

Question 32

Where is cancellous bone found?

Answer 32

Lies beneath and alongside compact bone

Question 33

What appearance does cancellous bone have?

Answer 33

Cancellous bone

Question 34

Why does cancellous bone constantly reorganise?

Answer 34

Response to altering orientation of stress

Question 35

What are ligaments made of?

Answer 35

Tough and fibrous connective tissue

Thick bundles of collagen fibres

Question 36

What is the function of ligaments?

Answer 36

Attach one bone to another

Support joints

Question 37

W would a joint move if it moved anteroposterior?

Answer 37

Forward and back

Question 38

What type of ligaments prevent sideways movement?

Answer 38

Lateral and medial

Question 39

We’re is ligament found?

Answer 39

Joints

Question 40

Define ligament

Answer 40

A band of string fibrous tissue that attaches one bone to another