Skeletal System Review

What purpose is served by the vertebral foramen?

• A pathway for the vertebral column to bend correctly

• A pathway for the spine to sit properly

• A pathway for the spinal cord passes

• A pathway for the muscle to build properly

What passes through the central cavity of the vertebral column?

• The spinal cord passes through the central cavity

• The muscle fluid passes through the nervous system

• The thoracic vertebrae passes through the central cavity

• The lumbar vertebrae passes through the universal cavity

Gliding Joints:

• Allows you to turn your head

• Allows you to rotate your thumb

• Allows your bone to slide over another bone

• Allows your movement of your arm and leg up and down

Hinge Joints:

• Found in the shoulder and hip

• Allows you to move your head from side to side

• Found in the base of the thumb

• Found in the elbow, knee and fingers

How many vertebrae are there

How are two bones attached?

• Fluid

• Cords

• Muscles

• Ligaments

A place, where two bones meet and are joined together, is called a Joint

• True

• False

What is the difference between a fracture and a sprain?

• A fracture is a break in the bone and a sprain is when the bone comes out of the joint

• A sprain is when ligaments are stretched to far and tear in places and a fracture is a break in the bone

• A sprain and a fracture is the same thing

• A fracture is a break in the bone and a sprain is when flexibility is developed during birth

Dislocation is when the bone comes out of its joint and pops back in

• True

• False

How many bones are in the Thoracic Vertebrae?

• 7

• 5

• 33

• 12