Bone | Bone Structure | Names of Bones | Bone injures | Bone Disorder |
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Chewing involves the use of which movable skull bone?
Mandible
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What is the outer covering of the bone is the?
Periosteum
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What is the lower arm bone is located on thumb side of the hand?
Radius
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A tree falls on Ryan's leg, causing a bone injury, but does not completely separate the bone. What disorder does Ryan have?
Greenstick fracture
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What is a abnormal curvature of the thoracic spine causes a "hunchback" appearance. This disorder is known as?
Kyphosis
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What type of movement occurs when you turn your head from side to side to say "no"?
Rotation
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What is the shaft of a long bone called?
Diaphysis
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what is the medical term for the finger bones is?
Carpals
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Catherine injured her ankle while ice skating. Her X-ray shows no signs of bone abnormality but her doctor feels she has damaged ligaments Catherine's diagnosis is a?
Sprain
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During a routine school checkup, it is noted that Susan's spine is curved from side to side, what is this called?
Scoliosis
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What type of joint allows the greatest freedom of movement
Ball-and-socket joints
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Bones of the skull, spine and chest make up the
Axial skeleton
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What is the largest bone in the body?
Femur
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What is the main reason for applying a cast around a fracture is to?
Immobilize the bone
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As LaRhonda ages her bones will become more porous, lose calcium and phosphorous and be more likely to fracture. This condition is called?
Osteoporosis
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If you move from a sitting to a standing position, what type of joint movement occurs at the knee?
Extension
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The areas where cranial bones join together to form immovable joints are called
Sutures
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What is the medical term for the knee-cap?
Patella
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Lisa fell out of a tree and broke her clavicle. This bone injury is called a..?
Fracture
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Mrs.Jones suffers from painful inflammation of her joints. This condition is known as?
Arthritis
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What is one function of the skeletal system is the storage of...?
Calcium
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Dense bone is called compact bone and porous bone is called
spongy bone
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What is another name for the breast bone?
sternum
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During a fall from a tree, Tim fractured his tibia, and the bone broke through the skin. This type of fracture is known as a?
Compound fracture
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Poor posture can cause the lumbar spine to become "swaybacked". The medical term for this condition is?
Lordosis
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