WorksheetsSkeletal System Notes #1: Intro to Bones
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What are the 4 parts of the skeletal system?
Bones, Joints, Cartilages, Ligaments
Compact, Spongy, Homogeneous, Axial
Long, Flat, Short, Irregular
Diaphysis, Epiphysis, Periosteum, Arteries
What are the two skeletal system divisions?
Axial
Appendicular
Homogeneous
Spongy
Name one function of bones.
Support the body
Typically longer than wide
Contains compact bone
Name another function of bones.
Protects soft organs
Fibrous connective tissue membrane
Periosteum
Storage of minerals and (a)
Movement due to attached skeletal (a)
(a) cell formation
The adult, human skeleton has (a) bones.
What are the two basic types of bone tissue?
Compact
Long
Spongy
Short
How are bones classified?
Compact, Homogeneous, Spongy, Needle-like
Support, Protection, Movement, Storage
Long, Short, Flat, Irregular
Bones, Joints, Cartilages, Ligaments
What is a long bone?
Shorter than wide
Longer than wide
Contains mostly spongy bone
Usually curved
What shape are short bones?
Triangle
Trapezoid
Circle
Cube
What is an example of a flat bone?
Metacarpals
Humerus
Sternum
(a) bones do not fit into other bone classification categories.
What is the shaft of a long bone?
Epiphysis
Diaphysis
What is the epiphysis?
End of bone
Middle of bone
(a) : outside covering of the diaphysis,
fibrous connective tissue membrane
(a) cartilage: covers the surface of the epiphysis,
made of hyaline cartilage,
decreases friction at joint surfaces.
(a) cavity: cavity of the shaft, contains yellow marrow in adults,
contains red marrow in infants.
What is spongy bone?
Homogeneous
Small needle-like pieces of bone
