Anatomy Webquest
Unit 2: Skeletal System
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”
(it’s at the bottom under “General.”)
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?
Keep your joints happy!
Go to: http://www.hipsknees.info/flash13/HTML/demo.html
8. What bones are part of the rotator cuff anatomy?
9. What is a rotator cuff tear?
Go to http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rotator-cuffinjury/home/ovc-20126921
Read and watch the video on rotator cuff injuries
10. Who is at risk for a rotator cuff injury?
11. Go to http://www.nibib.nih.gov/science-education/science-topics/x-rays
Watch or read “How Does an X-Ray Work?”

You may also use http://www.innerbody.com/xrays-and-radiographyoverview#computed-tomography
12. How does an x-ray work? Why do bones appear white on x-ray film?
13. Are there any risks to getting x-rays?
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?
Go to http://www.innerbody.com/diseases-conditions/herniated-disc
21. What is a herniated disc?
22. What are the symptoms?
23. What is the treatment?
Practice bones & joints quiz here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/index_interactivebody.shtml
Bone quizzes here: http://www.getbodysmart.com/ap/skeletalsystem/skeleton/menu/menu.html