Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Skeletal System Anatomy and Physiology Flash Cards

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Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Name the five functions of the skeletal system.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Support 2.Protection 3.Movement 4.Storage 5.Hematopoiesis

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Describe and define hematopoiesis.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Hematopoiesis means blood cell formation.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Name the five shapes of bones

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Long Short Flat Irregular Sesamoid

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Give two examples of long bones.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Humerus 2.Femur

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Give two examples of irregular bones.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Facial bones 2.Vertebrae

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Give two examples of short bones.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Carpals 2.Tarsals

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Name a sesamoid bone.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The patella

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question The long bone is longer than it is wide. The shaft is known as the diaphysis. The shaft endings are known as ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The epiphyses.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is inside the medullary cavity of the diaphysis?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Yellow bone marrow, an inactive fatty form of marrow found in the adult skeleton.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the periosteum?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The covering of a long bone. The periosteum does not cover the ends of the long bone, which articulate with other bones to form joints.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is the name of the covering that acts as a cushion on each epiphysis?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Articular (or hyaline) cartilage

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question The flat plate of hyaline cartilage that is the site for bone growth and that is located between the epiphysis and diaphysis is ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The epiphyseal plate

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question The epiphyseal plate is replaced by the ______ when growth is complete.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Epiphyseal line

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Where does the red bone marrow fill the small spaces of spongy bone?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The ends of long bones in the epiphyses.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question The two major types of connective tissue in the skeletal system are ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Bone and cartilage

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question The needle-like threads and bony projections that construct spongy bone are called ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Trabeculae

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Compact bone is organized into many structural units called ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Osteons (Haversian system)

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Each osteon is made of a calcified matrix of layered rings. The rings are known as ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Lamella

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is contained in each central canal?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer A blood vessel

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is a mature bone cell named and where does it lie?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Osteocyte 2.Lacunae

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is cartilage?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer An avascular, tough, fibrous connective tissue.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is endochondral ossification?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer The process of bones forming from cartilage models.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Define osteoblasts. Question

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Bone forming cells found on the periosteum.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Name the two divisions of the human skeleton.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Axial and appendicular

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question How many bones are in the human body?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 206

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question How many bones are in the appendicular skeleton?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 126

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Bones are marked with bumps, holes, and depressions where muscles, tendons, and ligaments attach and where nerves and blood vessels pass. These exterior marks are called ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Bony landmarks

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question A general term for a prominence is ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Process

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question A sharp bony projection is called ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Styloid

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question A projection over a condyle is called ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Epicondyle

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question A small, smooth, shallow depression that articulates with another bone is called a ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Facet

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Shallow depression in a bone are ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Fossa

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is an articulation?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer An articulation is the meeting point of two bones, or a joint. Every bone in the body forms a joint (or articulation), except for the hyoid bone.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What two purposes do joints serve?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.They hold our bones together. 2.They allow movement in an otherwise rigid skeleton—making it flexible and able to change position with an outside force or when acted upon by muscles.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Joints or articulations are classified by their degree of movement. What are the three classifications of joints?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Synarthroses 2.Amphiarthroses 3.Diarthroses

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Define and give an example of a synarthrosis joint.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.No movement in this joint. 2.Sutures in the skull.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Define and give an example of an amphiarthrotic joint.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Slightly moveable joints. 2.Sternoclavicular, symphysis pubis, and intervertebral joints.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is another name for a diarthrotic joint?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Synovial joint

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question A synovial (or diarthrotic) joint is a freely moveable joint allowing movement in one, two, or three dimensions. Name the structures of these joints.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Joint capsule 2.Joint cavity 3.Articular cartilage 4.Synovial membrane 5.Synovial fluid 6.Ligaments 7.Bursae

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Name the types of diarthrotic joints.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Ball and socket 2.Hinge 3.Pivot 4.Saddle 5.Gliding 6.Condyloid

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Although the sternum accounts for one bone in the axial skeleton, it was once three bones now fused together. Please name the three parts of the sternum.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Manubrium 2.Body 3.Xiphoid process

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Please name the five regions of the vertebral column and list the number of bones in each region.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Cervical vertebrae—seven bones 2.Thoracic vertebrae—twelve bones 3.Lumbar vertebrae—five bones 4.Sacrum—one or five fused bones 5.Coccyx—four fused vertebrae

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Another name for the shoulder joint is ______.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Glenohumeral joint

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question What is another name for the wrist joint?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer Radioulnar joint

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question Name the two bones of the leg.

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer 1.Tibia 2.Fibula

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Question How many ribs, including false or floating ribs, reside in the human body?

Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals Answer There are a total of 12 pair of ribs in the human body. True ribs—pairs 1-7 False ribs—pairs 8-10 Floating ribs—pairs 11, 12