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Skeletal Stations
Stations Review Skeletal System
Question | Answer |
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What is the name of the cells that make up bones? (NOT the cells that actually make bone) | osteocytes |
What makes up the axial skeleton? | skull, spinal vertebrae, ribs, sternum, hyoid |
What bones make up the cranium? | frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, sphenoid |
What is the name of the process of blood cell formation in the red bone marrow? | hemopoiesis |
What is the shaft of the long bone called? | diaphysis |
What is the outer covering of the bone? | periosteum |
What skull bone moves when chewing? | mandible |
Porous bone is called what? | spongy bone |
What is stored in the skeleton? | minerals (and marrow) |
What are the immovable joints in the skull called? | sutures |
When straightening the legs, what joint movement occurs? | extension |
What is the most free-moving joint? | ball and socket |
When you turn your head from side to side, what movement is this? | rotation |
What fluid decreases friction when joints move? | synovial fluid |
What is a break in a bone called? | fracture |
What is a side to side spinal curvature called? | scoliosis |
Why is a cast applied to a broken bone? | to immobilize the broken bones |
A fracture where a bone breaks through the skin is called what? | compound fracture |
What is the "hunchback" curvature diagnosed as? | Kyphosis |
Joint inflammation is called what? | arthritis |
What is it called when bones become more porous? | osteopoiosis |
What is the name of the fracture when the bone is in many pieces? | comminuted |
What is the diagnosis "swayback" called and where does it affect the spine? | lordosis and the lumbar vertebrae |
When ligaments are damaged at a joint, that's diagnosed as what? | a sprain |