Skeletal System Study Guide
Answer the following questions
Skeletal system characteristics
1. What are the 5 functions of the skeletal system?
2. What are the 4 classifications of bone?
3. Which bones make up the:
a. Axial skeleton
b. Appendicular skeleton
4. What are the two types of bone tissue?
5. List the differences between the classifications (where are they located?
What type of bone tissue is present?)
Anatomy of a long bone
Microscopic anatomy of long bone
6. What is an osteon?
7. Define: lacuna, lamella, central canal, perforating canal, canaliculi, osteoblast,
osteoblast, and osteocyte
Bones: be able to identify and label the following bones.
Vertebral column\thoracic cage
8. How many cervical vertebrae are there? How many thoracic? How many
lumbar?
9. What is the name for the area where the spinal cord runs through the
vertebrae?
10.What are the three sections of the sternum?
11.How many true ribs are there? How many false ribs? How many floating
ribs?
Joints
12.What are fibrous joints?
13.What are cartilaginous joints?
14.What are the different types of synovial joints? Where can they be found?
Skull
15.Label the skull.