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Osteoporosis - correct answer the bone disease in which bones become impaired, porous, and thinner Children's bones are _______ than adults. - correct answer softer The axial skeleton consists of what? - correct answer cranium, sternum, ribs, coccyx What is a function of the skeletal system related to red and white blood cells? - correct answer production Ectomorph - correct answer long and lean, little body fat or muscle Mesomorph - correct answer athletic build, more muscle than body fat Endomorph - correct answer curvy, greater body fat than muscle Epiphysis - correct answer the end of a long bone What type of bone is the pelvic bone? - correct answer flat Carpals and tarsals are what type of bone? - correct answer short What would you find in the medullary cavity of a long bone? - correct answer bone marrow How many joints are there in the human body? - correct answer 320 (ish) Which plane divides the body into anterior and posterior parts? - correct answer Frontal plane Which plane divides the body into superior and inferior parts? - correct answer Transverse plane Which plane divides the body into left and right halves? - correct answer Sagittal plane An immovable joint (fixed joint) is known as? - correct answer fibrous joint How many cervical vertebrae are there? - correct answer 7 How many lumbar vertebrae are there? - correct answer 5 How many thoracic vertebrae are there? - correct answer 12 What type of connective tissue attaches bone to bone? - correct answer Ligament What connects muscle to bone? - correct answer tendons What type of cartilage covers the articulating ends of bones? - correct answer Hyaline What type of synovial joint can be found between the top two vertebrae of the spine, C1 and C2? - correct answer Pivot What is the function of a ligament? - correct answer Enhances joint stability What is the name of the movement when the angle between the anterior surface of the articulating joints increases? - correct answer extension What is the name of the movement when the angle between the anterior surface of the metatarsals and the tibia increase? - correct answer Dorsiflexion (flexing the foot) When the sole of the foot is turned laterally outwards, the movement is called what? - correct answer Eversion Hyperextension - correct answer when a movement goes beyond the normal range of motion, an increase of the anterior surfaces of the articulating bones is occurring Adduction - correct answer when the bones or limb moves towards the body What is it called when the distal end of the bone moves in a circle and the proximal end of the bone remains still? - correct answer circumduction What type of joint is found at the elbow joint? - correct answer hinge joint What type of joint is the proximal radio ulnar joint? - correct answer pivot Where is a condyloid joint? - correct answer the wrist What type of joint is the hip joint? - correct answer ball and socket What movement is possible at the knee joint? - correct answer extension Which type of muscle tissue is located in veins, arteries, and the viscera? - correct answer smooth the skeletal muscle is classed as a ________ muscle. - correct answer voluntary The smooth muscle is classed as a _______ muscle. - correct answer involuntary Which of the four principle characteristics of a muscle relates to the ability of a muscle to stretch or lengthen beyond normal range? - correct answer extensibility The thick myofilaments that contain protein projections are know as? - correct answer myosin The muscle is enclosed by an outer sheath of fibrous connective tissue called? - correct answer epimysium How many muscular sheets is the pelvic floor made up of? - correct answer 2 The floor of the pelvic cavity is formed by the? - correct answer Pelvic diaphragm What muscle contracts to cause extension of the spine? - correct answer erector spinae What action occurs in the shoulder when the deltoid muscle contracts? - correct answer abduction The horizontal flexion of the arm is cause by the contraction of which muscle? - correct answer pectoralis major When the gluteus maximus contracts, the action that occurs is? - correct answer Hip extension