| Question |
Answer |
| How many bones build the whole skeleton |
206 |
| How many of the bones of the skeleton are made up of the appendicular skeleton |
126 |
| Humerus |
Upper arm |
| Ulna |
Medial - lower arm bone |
| Radius |
lateral - lower arm bone (lines up with thumb) |
| Olecranon process |
elbow (end of ulna) |
| Carpals |
eight wrist bones |
| Metacarpals |
five radiating bones to the fingers |
| Phalanges |
three phalanges for each finger, two phalanges for each thumb |
| what is the only bone in the upper arm as well as the second largest bone in the body? |
Humerus |
| Vertebrates |
organisms with a backbone or spine |
| invertebrates |
organisms without a backbone or spine |
| What are the three main structures of the Musculoskeletal |
skeleton, joint, muscles |
| What are the two types of bones? |
Compact & Spongy |
| Compact Bone |
a dense, hard bone located near the surgace of the bone |
| Spongy Bone |
found on the inner wall of the bone |
| Yellow marrow consists of what? |
mostly fat |
| Red marrow prodcues what? |
blood cells, a process called hemopoiesis |
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