D203 Need to know – practice questions
with answers
axial skeleton - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Portion of the
skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and
vertebral column
appendicular skeleton - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bones of
the limbs and limb girdles that are attached to the axial
skeleton
Bone Classification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔long bones,
short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, and sesamoid
Long bone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They act as levers for
the skeletal muscles to act upon
Short bone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They allow small
amounts of varied movement when articulated together
Flat bone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They protect the soft
internal structures and provide attachments for muscles
,Irregular bones - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are elaborate in
shape and thus cannot be classified into any of the other
categories.
Sesamoid bones - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are small or
bony nodules (round) embedded in a tendon where it
passes over an angular structure, such as the knee, hand,
wrist, or foot
joint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A place in the body where
two bones come together
Three types of joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fibrous,
cartilaginous, synovial
fibrous joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔consists of
inflexible layers of dense connective tissue, holds the
bones tightly together
cartilaginous joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔allow only
slight movement and consist of bones connected entirely
by cartilage
synovial joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔freely movable
joints
, immovable joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔joint that
allows little or no movement
partially movable joint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔allows
only small movement of bones
movable joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔usually
strengthened by ligaments and contain a synovial
capsule
Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A connective tissue
that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends
of bones and keeps them from rubbing together
ligament - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Connects bone to bone
Tendon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Attaches muscle to bone
Bone function - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-support
-protection
-reserve for calcium in your body to maintain
homeostasis
with answers
axial skeleton - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Portion of the
skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage, and
vertebral column
appendicular skeleton - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Bones of
the limbs and limb girdles that are attached to the axial
skeleton
Bone Classification - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔long bones,
short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, and sesamoid
Long bone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They act as levers for
the skeletal muscles to act upon
Short bone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They allow small
amounts of varied movement when articulated together
Flat bone - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔They protect the soft
internal structures and provide attachments for muscles
,Irregular bones - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are elaborate in
shape and thus cannot be classified into any of the other
categories.
Sesamoid bones - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔are small or
bony nodules (round) embedded in a tendon where it
passes over an angular structure, such as the knee, hand,
wrist, or foot
joint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A place in the body where
two bones come together
Three types of joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔fibrous,
cartilaginous, synovial
fibrous joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔consists of
inflexible layers of dense connective tissue, holds the
bones tightly together
cartilaginous joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔allow only
slight movement and consist of bones connected entirely
by cartilage
synovial joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔freely movable
joints
, immovable joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔joint that
allows little or no movement
partially movable joint - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔allows
only small movement of bones
movable joints - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔usually
strengthened by ligaments and contain a synovial
capsule
Cartilage - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔A connective tissue
that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends
of bones and keeps them from rubbing together
ligament - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Connects bone to bone
Tendon - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔Attaches muscle to bone
Bone function - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔-support
-protection
-reserve for calcium in your body to maintain
homeostasis
