Chapter 6 - The Skeletal System
 

1.   What is the skeletal system?

2.   List the functions of the skeleton.

3.   Where would you find compact and spongy bone?

4.   What is the difference in function between red and yellow bone marrow?
      Where do you find each kind of marrow?

5.   Where would you find long, short, flat, and irregular bones?

6.   What are the roles of osteoblasts and osteoclasts and how are they different from osteocytes?

7.   Describe the embryonic change from fibrous connective tissue to bone in the skull and from cartilage to bone in the rest of the skeleton.
      What are the fontanels and why are they important?

8.   Summarize the factors that affect bone growth and maintenance.

9.   In general, which bones make up the axial skeleton, which make up the appendicular skeleton?
      What is the cranium?  What are sutures?

10.  The bones you are responsible for learning are shown in figure 6-4.  We may add a few more in lab.

11.  Name the 5 sections of the vertebral column.
       How many bones in each section?
       What is a "slipped" disc?

12.  Describe the different kinds of ribs and how many of each are there?
       What is the function of the rib cage?

13.  What is the function of a joint?

14.  What are synovial joints?  How do they work?  List some examples.

15.  Here we go again-- what do we, and our skeletal systems,  have to look forward to as we age?

Word you should know how to use: diaphysis, epiphyses, epiphyseal discs, articular cartilage, fontanels, herniated disc,
ossification, paranasal sinus, synovial fluid, articular cartilage, joint capsule, synovial membrane, synovial fluid, bursae,
bursitis, arthritis, osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, autoimmune disease.