Anatomy Webquest
Unit 2: Skeletal System
Fractures and Joints
Go to http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html
Click on the “skeletal” system.
From the blue menu on the left, choose “Skeletal” and then “Types of Fractures”
Move your cursor over the different types of breaks. Click on the pictures the
terms from the menu at the right to answer the following questions. When you
click on a picture or a word from the Definitions list, the information needed will
pop up in the tan box.
1. What would cause a comminuted fracture?
2. How is an oblique fracture different from a transverse fracture?
3. Why would greenstick fractures usually occur more often in small children?
4. What type of force would cause a spiral fracture?
5. Describe the differences between union, nonunion, malunion and delayed union
fractures.
6. What is the difference between using pins and using screws to heal a broken
bone?
7. When would you use a metal plate to heal a fracture?
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8. What bones are part of the rotator cuff anatomy?
9. What could affect the health of the rotator cuff?
10. What part of the scapula are the muscles in the video attached to?
Click on “The Anatomy of the Shoulder” on the same page
11. What type of joint is the acromioclavicular joint? Give two names.
12. What is a bursa? What does it do?
13. Watch “How does an X-Ray Work?” (same page)Why do the bones show up
white on an x-ray?
Now go back to http://www.innerbody.com/htm/body.html, and from the blue
menu on the left, choose “Skeletal” and then “Joints”
Move your cursor over the different types of joints. Click on the pictures the
terms from the menu at the right to answer the following questions. When you
click on a picture or a word from the Definitions list, the information needed will
pop up in the tan box.
14. Which of the 4 types of joints listed has the largest range of motion?
15. Which joint has a larger range of motion; the shoulder or the hip? Which one is
more stable?
16. Which part of the hand contains a saddle joint?
17. What 4 places in your body contain hinge joints?
18. Why is the knee a unique hinge joint?
19. Saddle joints are a type of _____ joint.
20. The Hunchback of Notre Dame had a problem with his spine. What was the
scientific name of his problem? What does the name mean?
Practice bones here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/interactives/3djigsaw_02/
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