THE SKELETAL SYSTEM HOMEWORK- DUE NOVEMBER 24, 2008
YOU MUST CITE YOUR REFERENCES AFTER EACH QUESTION AND
ANSWER!
1- DESCRIBE THE FUNCTIONS OF THE SKELETAL SYSTEM
2- CLASSIFY BONES ACCORDING TO THEIR SHAPES AND INTERNAL
TISSUES, AND GIVE EXAMPLES OF EACH TYPE
3- IDENTIFY THE MAJOR TYPES OF BONE MARKINGS, AND EXPLAIN
THE FUNCTIONAL SIGNIFICANCE OF EACH.
4- IDENTIFY THE CELL TYPES IN BONE AND LIST THEIR MAJOR
FUNCITONS.
5- COMPARE THE STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS OF COMPACT AND
SPONGY BONES.
6- DESCRIBE THE TYPES OF FRACTURES AND EXPLAIN HOW THEY
HEAL.
AXIAL:
7- IDENTIFY THE BONES OF THE AXIAL SKELETON AND SPECIFY THEIR
FUNCTIONS.
8- IDENTIFY THE BONES OF THE CRANIUM AND FACE AND EXPLAIN
THEIR LOCATION.
9- DESCRIBE THE BONES FO THE NASAL COMPLEX AND EXPLAIN
THEIR LOCATION.
10- DESCRIBE KEY STRUCTURAL DIFFERENCES IN THE SKULLS OF
INFANTS, CHILDREN, AND ADULTS.
11- IDELTIFY AND DESCRIBE THE CURVATURES OF THE SPINAL
COLUMN AND THEIR FUNCTIONS.
12- IDENTIFY THE VERTEBRAL REGIONS AND DESCRIBE THE
DISTINCTIVE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
EACH VERTEBRAL GROUP.
APPENDICULAR:
13- IDENTIFY THE BONES THAT FORM THE PECTORAL GIRDLE, THEIR
FUNCTIONS, AND THEIR SUPERFICIAL FEATURES.
14- IDENTIFY THE BONES OF THE UPPER LIMBS, THEIR FUNCTIONS, AND
THEIR SUPERFICIAL FEATURES.
15- IDENTIFY THE BONES THAT FORM THE PELVIC GIRDLE, THEIR
FUNCTIONS, AND THEIR SUPERFICIAL FEATURES.
16- DISCUSS THE STRUCTURAL AND FUNCTIONAL DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE MALE AND FEMALE PELVIS.
17- SUMMARIZE THE SKELETAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN A MALE AND A
FEMALE.
ARTICULATIONS:
18- CONTRAST THE MAJOR CATEGORIES OF JOINTS AND EXPLAIN THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION FOR EACH
CATEGORY.
19- DEWCRIBE THE DYNAMIC MOVEMENTS OF THE SKELETON.
20- DEFINE AND LIST THE TYPES OF SYNOVIAL JOINTS AND DISCUSS
HOW THE CHARACTERISTIC MOTIONS OF EACH TYPE ARE RELATED
TO ITS ANATOMICAL STRUCTURE.
21- DESCRIBE THE ARTICULATIONS BETWEEN THE VERTEBRAE OF THE
VERTEBRAL COLUMN.
22- EXPLAIN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN JOINT STRENGTH AND
MOBILITY, USING SPECIFIC EXAMPLES.