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Chapter 6 Skeletal System

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What is the Skeletal System?   The Skeletal system are the bones and accessory structures that make up the joints.  
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Some bones contain and protect the _____ bone marrow.   Red  
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Bones are storage sites for excess ______.   Calcium  
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What attaches to the skeleton and make help to move the bones?   Muscles  
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Some bones protect the internal organs from what?   Injury  
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What is compact bone?   Made of Haversian systems, which are cylindrical arrangements of osteocytes within matrix.  
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What is Spongy bone?   Contains osteocytes and bone matrix, but not arranged in haversian systems. Also, often contain red bone marrow.  
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What are osteocytes?   osteocytes regulate the amount of calcium in the bone matrix and bone cells.  
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what is bone matrix?   made of calcium carbonate and calcium phosphate.  
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What are the 2 types of bone?   compact and spongy  
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How many classifications of bones are there? Name the different classifications.   There are four classifications of bones and they are long bones, short bones, flat bones and irregular bones.  
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Where can you find long bones?   Bones of the arms, legs, hands and feet.  
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Where can you find short bones?   wrist and ankle bones.  
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Where can you find flat bones?   pelvic bone, ribs and cranial bones.  
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Where can you find irregular bones?   Vertebrae and facial bones.  
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The tissue that covers the joint surface of bones is called what?   Cartilage  
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The ________ is the "shaft" or middle long part of the bone.   Diaphysis  
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the ______ is the ends of the bone.   Epiphysis  
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the _______ is between the diaphysis and epiphysis.   Metaphysis  
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________ is the fibrous connective tissue membrane that ____ the bone.   Periosteum, covers  
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The periosteum does not cover where the _______ cartilage is.   articular  
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______ is the process of bone replacement of another tissue.   Ossification  
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osteoblasts are cells that aid in the _______ of bone matrix.   production  
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The cranial and facial bones are made of ________ ________ tissue.   Fibrous connective  
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The process of ossification begins in the _____ month of gestation.   third  
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The _____ is the "soft spot" of fibrous connective tissue still present at birth.   Fontanel  
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The fontanel allows for __________ of the skull during birth.   compression  
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At what age is the "soft spot" completely ossified?   Age 2  
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closure of the epiphyseal discs means that all of the cartilage of the discs has been replaced by _____.   bone  
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What are osteoclasts?   cells that break down bone by resorption.  
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______ is the genetic potential for height and bone mass.   Heredity  
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Thyroxine, PTH, calitonin, GH, Testosteron and estrogen are all what?   Hormones  
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Osteoporosis is _________ bone matrix causing weakness and a _________ potential for fracture.   Weakness, higher  
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There are 2 divisions of the skeleton. What are they?   Axial & appendicular  
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What is the axial skeleton?   Forms the axis of the body which includes the skull, spine and thoracic rib cage.  
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What is the appendicular skeleton?   Forms the appendages and girdles.  
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Ligaments are ______ ____________ tisuue that connects bone to bone.   fibrous connective  
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Foramen means _______?   Hole  
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a fossa is what?   a dent or depression  
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what is a crest?   a ridge or edge.  
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what is the meatus?   passageway - ear hole  
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What is a process?   A projection  
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what is a facet?   a flat projection - spinal joint  
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What is a condyle?   a rounded projection  
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what is a plate?   a flat projection - between the nose  
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What is a tubercle?   A round projection  
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What is a tuberosity?   A rounded projection - deltoid  
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The skull has __ (number) cranial bones.   Eight  
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The skull has ___ (number) facial bones.   14  
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The skull has 6 ______ _______.   Auditory ossicles  
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The skull has one ____ bone.   Hyoid  
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What do the cranial bones surround and protect?   they surround the brain and protect the eyes and ears.  
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The frontal bone forms the ________ and the anterior part of the top of the skull.   forehead  
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the __________ bones form the posterior top and much of the side walls of the skull.   Parietal  
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each _____ bone on the side of the skull contains an external auditory meatus.   temporal  
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the _____ bone forms the lower, posterior part of the braincase.   Occipital  
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All of the joints between cranial bones are immovable joints called _____.   Sutures  
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There are 4 different types of sutures. What are they?   Coronal, squamosal, lambdoidal, and sagittal.  
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Where is the coronal suture?   Between the frontal and parietal bones.  
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where is the squamosal suture?   between the parietal and temporal bones.  
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the _____ suture is between the parietal and occipital bones.   Lambdoidal  
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The ________ suture is between parietal bones.   Sagittal  
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The mandible is the _______ ____.   Lower jaw  
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the mandible is the only _____ bone.   movable  
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______ forms the bridge of the nose.   Nasal bones  
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the _________ is the cheek bone.   Zygomatic  
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what bones form the posterior part of the hard palate?   Palatine  
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The vertebral column is made of individual bones called _________.   Vertebrae  
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there are 7 _____ vertebrae.   Cervical  
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there are ___ thoracic vertebrae.   12  
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There are 5 ___ vertebrae.   Lumbar  
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there are __ sacral fused in to __ sacrum.   5 and 1  
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there are __ to __ coccygeal vertebrae fused in to 1 coccyx.   4 to 5  
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The 7 cervical vertebrae are those within the ____.   neck  
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the first vertebra of the cervical vertebrae is called the ___.   Atlas  
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The axis is the _____ cervical vertebrae.   second  
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The ______ vertebrae articulate with the robs on the body and transverse process on each side.   Thoracic  
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the lumbar vertebrae is the ____ back.   low  
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the sacrum is the _______.   Tailbone  
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the coccyx is the vestigial structure that is remnant of a ___.   Tail  
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what is the canal formed by the vertebral arches that the spinal cord passes through?   Vertebral canal  
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projections serve as _____ sites for muscles.   attachment  
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the _____ is the cartilage pad between bodies.   fibrocartilage or discs  
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what is the part of the skeleton that protects the heart, lungs, spleen and liver from mechanical injury?   The rib cage  
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the hip bones attach the legs to the ____ skeleton.   axial  
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true or false: we have false ribs in our bodies.   true  
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there are __ pairs of ribs and sternum.   12  
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There are 3 parts of the sternum. What are they?   The upper manubrium, the central body and the ziphoid process.  
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The shoulder _____ attaches the upper extremity to the axial skeleton.   girdle  
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the shoulder girdle includes the scapula and the _____.   clavicle  
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scapula is another name form ______ _______.   shoulder blade  
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the _______ ________ is the attachment for shorthead bicipital tendons.   corocoid process  
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the glenoid fossa is a lateral depression for the head of the ______ and forms a ____ ____ ______ joint.   Humerus and ball and socket joint  
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the _____ process attaches to the clavicle to form the AC joint.   Acromion  
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what type of bone is the humerus?   a long bone  
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the deltoid tubercle is the attachment of the _______ muscle.   deltoid  
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the ulna is the _____ of the two forearm bones.   Medial  
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Olecranon process is another name for our _______.   elbow  
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the radius is the _____ of the two forearm bones.   Lateral  
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the radius allows pronation and supination of the ______.   Hand  
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there are __ (number) carpals or wrist bones.   eight  
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there are 2 different rows of carpals. They are:   the proximal row and distal row  
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the proximal row contains what carpals?   the scaphoid, lunate, triquetrum and pisiform  
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The distal row contains what carpals?   the trapezium, trapezoid, capitate and hamate  
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what type of joints are the carpals?   gliding joints  
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the metacarpals are the ___ bones in the hand that attach proximally to the _____ and distally to the __________.   long, carpals, phalanges  
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What are phalanges?   Finger bones  
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phalanges are what _____ joints.   Hinge  
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Pelvic girdle is another name for your ______.   pelvis  
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__ ________ are made of 3 bones that fuse during development.   os coxae  
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Femur is the ____ bone of the thigh.   Long  
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the _______ __________ is a lateral projection on the proximal end of the femur.   greater trochanter  
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the ______ _________ is the medial projection on the proximal end of the femur.   lesser trochanter  
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the knee is a ____ joint.   hinge  
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the tibia is the weight bearing bone of the ______ leg.   lower  
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the ______ ______ forms the shin.   anterior crest  
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the _______ __________ is the inferomedial part that forms the medial "ankle bone."   medial malleolus  
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_______ is the non-weight bearing bone of the lower leg.   fibula  
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the base of the fibula forms the lateral _______.   malleolus  
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the calcaneus is another name for your ____ ____.   heel bone  
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the calcaneus is the largest ______.   tarsal  
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________ are the "foot" bones.   metatarsals  
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toes are the _______. (same name as your fingers)   phalanges  
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your great/big toe is called the _______.   hallux  
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there are two different types of arches in the foot. What are they?   the Longitudinal arch and the transverse arch.  
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synarthrosis joints are ________.   immovable  
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Ampiarthrosis joints are ______ ___________.   slightly movable  
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diarthrosis joints are ____ ________.   freely movable  
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The articular cartilage is on the ___ ____ of each bone.   joint surface  
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the joint capsule is made of _______ ___________ tissue.   fibrous connective  
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what is synovial fluid?   synovial fluid is thick and slippery and prevents friction as bones move.  
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_____ are small sacs of synovial fluid between the joint and the tendons that cross over the joint.   bursae  
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inflammation of a joint is what?   arthritis  
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what is actin?   a contractile protein in the sarcomeres of muscle fibers.  
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scoliosis is an abnormal lateral curvature of the _____ __________.   spinal column  
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thyroxine increases the rate of ______ synthesis.   protein  
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what increases energy production from glucose?   insulin  
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calcitonin decreases the reabsorption of _______ from bones.   calcium  
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parathyroid hormone ________ (increases or decreases) the reabsorption of calcium from bones to the blood.   increases  
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estrogen or testosterone promotes the ______ of the epiphysis of long bones.   closure  
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true or false: estrogen is found in males.   False, testosterone is found in males  
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a fracture means that a bone has been_____.   broken  
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