Skeletal System Notes Part 1

Skeletal System Notes

by Teresa Schlueter

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The part of the skeleton that includes the cranium, vertebrae & ribs. This division of the skeleton provides body’s structural core, supporting the appendicular skeleton

• axial skeleton

• appendicular skeleton

• scary skeleton

• bony skeleton

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The part of the skeleton that includes all the limb bones

• axial skeleton

• appendicular skeleton

• scary skeleton

• bony skeleton

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The part of the skeleton that is greenish blue?

• axial skeleton

• appendicular skeleton

• scary skeleton

• bony skeleton

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The part of the skeleton that is tan or brown?

• axial skeleton

• appendicular skeleton

• scary skeleton

• bony skeleton

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The skeletal system provides _______, so that your body can be upright.

• Muscles

• Framework

• Movement

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Hematopoiesis is the scientific name for

• blood cell formation

• iron production

• white blood cells

• bone marrow

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What are the functions of the skeletal system?

• support, protection, blood cell formation, leverage, storage

• support, protection, blood cell formation, movement, storage

• support, protection, blood cell formation, movement, transport

• temperature regulation, protection, blood cell formation, movement, storage

• support, protection, blood cell formation, leverage, transport

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what are sesamoid bones

• small bones that have no movement

• large bones of the cranium

• small bones that have movement

• all bones are sesamoid

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The shapes of bone are

• long, flat, short, irregular, sesamoid, and sutural

• big, flat, small, irregular, sesamoid, and sutural

• long, flat, short, irregular, sesamoid, and cranial

• long, flat, short, irregular, oval, and sutural

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how many bones in the adult human

• 202

• 204

• 206

• 208

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The shaft of a long bone that is composed of compact bone is called the

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• periosteum

• endosteum

• medullary cavity

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the ends of the a long bone that is composed mostly of spongy bone is called the

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• periosteum

• endosteum

• medullary cavity

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The outside covering of the diaphysis is called the

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• periosteum

• endosteum

• medullary cavity

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The cavity of the diaphysis that is filled with red or yellow marrow is called the

• diaphysis

• epiphysis

• periosteum

• endosteum

• medullary cavity

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Where would you find compact bone?

• A

• B

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Where would you find spongy bone?

• A

• B

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The bone cells that dissolve bone matrix are called

• osteocytes

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

• osteoprogintor cells

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The bone cells that synthesize new matrix in the process of osteogenesis are called

• osteocytes

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

• osteoprogintor cells

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Mature bone cells are called

• osteocytes

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

• osteoprogintor cells

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• compression

• simple

• compound

• spiral

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 a fracture in which the bone breaks diagonally. 

• Oblique Fracture

• Fracture

• Diagonal Fracture

• Horizontal Fracture 

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Bone breaks into many fragments.

• Shattered Fracture

• Traction Fracture 

• Comminuted Fracture

• The Magic School Bus

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Bone breaks incompletely, occurs most commonly during the infantile stages of life.

• Greenstick Fracture

• Stable Fracture

• Bluestick Fracture

• Comminuted Fracture 

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What kind of fracture is shown in the picture?

• Open or compound

• Closed or simple

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• Compression Fracture

• Compound Fracture

• Greenstick Fracture

• Comminuted Fracture