Types And Functions of bones & skeletons

Question 1

Name the five types of bones

Answer 1

Long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid

Question 2

Example of long bones

Answer 2

Arms (humerus) and legs (femur)

Question 3

Example of short bones

Answer 3

Wrist (carpals) and ankles (metacarpals)

Question 4

Example of flat bones

Answer 4

Bones of the skull (parietal)

Question 5

Example of irregular bones

Answer 5

Vertebrae’s

Question 6

Example of sesamoid bones

Answer 6

A bone that is wrapped in tendon (patella- kneecap)

Question 7

Name the Main functions of bones

Answer 7

Structural support, protection, growth centre for cells, reservoir for minerals, and movement

Question 8

Main functions- structural support

Answer 8

Support soft tissue, including muscles and internal organs

Question 9

Main functions- protection

Answer 9

Protective cage for more delicate parts of body (skull protects the brain, rob cage protects lungs)

Question 10

Main functions - Growth centre for cells

Answer 10

Red blood cells and platelets are made in bones (oxygen transport)

Question 11

Main functions- reservoir of minerals

Answer 11

A reservoir that the body can call upon in order to regulate calcium and phosphorus levels in body

Question 12

Main functions- movement

Answer 12

Muscles attach bones by tendons. Muscles contract and move bones to facilitate movement

Question 13

Axial skeleton

Answer 13

Central core (head, spine, ribs, sacrum)= 80 bones 
The core muscles help provide support and stabilize axial skeleton for better posture

Question 14

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 14

attaches to core (Ilium, hips, arms, legs, feet, hands) = 126 bones

Question 15

6 parts of appendicular skeleton

Answer 15

Arms and forearms, pectoral girdle, hands, pelvis, thighs and legs, and feet and ankles