Anatomy Test The Skeletal System

Front 1

Parts of the skeletal system

Back 1

Bones, Joints, Cartilages, Ligaments

Front 2

Functions of bones

Back 2

1. Support the body
2. Protect soft organs
3. Allow movement due to attachments to skeletal muscle
4. Store minerals and fat
5. Blood cell formation

Front 3

How many bones does the adult skeleton have?

Back 3

206

Front 4

Bone shapes

Back 4

Long, short, flat, irregular, sesamoid, & sutural

Front 5

Long bone characteristics

Back 5

1. Longer than wide
2. Generally have a shaft with a head
3. Mainly limbs

Front 6

Short bone characteristics

Back 6

1. Generally cubed shaped

Front 7

Flat bone characteristics

Back 7

1. Thin, flat, and usually curved
2. Two thin layers of compact bone sandwich a layer of spongy bone

Front 8

Irregular bone characteristics

Back 8

complex shape

Front 9

Axial skeleton

Back 9

Forms the longitudinal axis of the body. The avail skeleton has 80 bones 40% of the bones in the body which consists of the skull (8), Facial (14), Auditory ossicles (6), hyoid (1), vertebral column (24 the sacrum and the coccyx, Thoracic cage (sternum & 24 ribs)

Front 10

Appendicular skeleton

Back 10

126 bones, All of the limbs, including scapulae, pelvis, and clavicles

Front 11

Sutural bone or wormian bone characteristics

Back 11

Small, flat irregular shaped bones between the flat bones of the skull

Front 12

Sesamoid bone characteristics

Back 12

are small and flat and shaped somewhat like a sesame seed. They develop inside tendons and are most commonly located near joints.

Front 13

Fontanelles (sometimes spelled fontanels)

Back 13

areas of fibrous connective tissue (soft spot)
cover unfused sutures in the infant skull
allow the skull to flex during birth

Front 14

Vertebral Column

Back 14

protects the spinal cord,
supports the head and body
26 bones, (24 vertebrae, the sacrum & the coccyx

Front 15

Primary Curve

Back 15

Thoracic and sacral curves
are present during fetal development
accommodate internal organs

Front 16

Secondary curves

Back 16

Lumbar and Cervical curves
appear after birth to shift weight for upright posture

Front 17

Infant skull

Back 17

grows rapidly
is large compared to the body
has many ossification centers
fusion is not complete at birth, 2 frontal bones, 4 occipital, several sphenoidal & temporal