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Skeletal System
The skeletal system provides definite shape and mechanical support to the body, and it also helps in movement and locomotion. Ask questions about the skeletal system and bones here.
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What bones protect the nervous system?
The small bones that protect the nerve cord are the vertebrae.
What kind of bones do we have in our eyes?
Not within the center - that part is filled with a clear fluid called the Vitreous Humour - but all the component parts of the eye do have a blood supply.
What is a bone graft and where can you see one?
A bone graph is a type of surgery done when someone has a bone disease, surgeons cut out a donor's bone and transplant it into the patient. A successful operation of this kind was performed as early as 1878 by MacEwen. Bone graphs are usually extremely rare and risky.
How many cells make up a bone?
The number of cells in a bone depends on which bone and the size of the bone itself.
The coronal suture is located in the skull. It connects the frontal bone to the parietal bones. If you take your fingers and point to the outside corners of your eyes and then move them straight up, it's roughly positioned there, across the top of your head.
What provides cushioning and shock absorption at the knee?
The meniscus is a piece of cartilage that is located in the knee to absorb shock. When individuals find that their knees give way or become locked it is usually a sign that the meniscus has been torn.
List the eight bones of the cranium?
Right Left Parietal Bones
Frontal Bone
Occipital Bones
Right Left Temporal Bones
Spheniod
ethmoid
How can you distinguish a lumbar vertebra from a cervical vertebra?
the nerve cord is enclosed while a invertabrae nerve is opened
What body regions are located on the left and right sides and are covered by the lower ribs?
Lumbar Region
Is there such a thing as a butt bone?
The coccyx. It's the end of your spine and is called the tail bone.
Which cell types is responsible for breaking down bone matrix?
OsteoClasts Crumble bone, while OsteoBlasts Build Bone.
How many bones in the human body never grow once a person is born?
Zero. All bones will grow once a person is born.
What part of the human body is made up of carpal bones?
Carpal bones are any of the eight small bones located in the hands and wrists of humans. These bones together form the carpus. The carpal bones main function is allowing the wrist to rotate vertically.
How many bones are in a lower body?
hip bone <1>
femur(1)
fibula(1)
tarsus(7)
metatarsals(5)
patella(1)
proximal phalanges(5)
intermediate phalanges(5)
distal phalanges(4)
all together there are 31 bones in the lower limb
but sometimes the tarsus can be 8 in number, bringing the total number to 32.
Where are your short bones found?
The human body has five types of bones.
1. LONG BONES: Longer than they are wide, having growth areas at each end, hard outside and spongy inside and containing marrow. Examples - the main bones in the arms and legs.
2. SHORT BONES: As wide as they are long (i.e. cube shaped), have only a thin layer of hard bone, a relatively large amount of marrow inside. They provide stability, but do not move very much. Examples - The Carpals and Tarsals in the wristand foot.
3. FLAT BONES: Examples - shoulder blade, breast bone, cranium, pelvis, sternum.
4. IRREGULAR BONES: Examples - spine, lower jaw bone.
5. SESAMOID BONES: There are within tendons. Example - knee cap (patella).
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How are skeletal and muscular system the same and different?
the different is the the skeletal system only holds all the ones so you're bady would stay up.but the muscular one is jyst stenght
What are distinguishing features of a cervical vertebra?
Transverse foramina (on all cervical vertebrae) and bifid spinous process on C2-C6
Which is the Strongest bone - skull or jaw bone?
The largest and strongest bone in the human skeleton is the femur.
The female pelvis when comparing it with the male pelvis?
density of the bones . shape of the cavity ,
