Statistics for musculo-skeletal system

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question	Answer	% Correct
when the muscles ________ the bone moves	contract	73%
the skeleton _______ vital organs	protects	73%
name a long bone	femur \| radius \| tibia	64%
our muscles are attached to bones by _______	tendons	64%
skeleton allows movement at ____	joints	45%
name a flat bone	ribs \| cranium \| sternum	45%
turning about the vertical axis of your body	rotation	36%
name an irregular bone	vertebrae	36%
can be found at the shoulder and hip and allow movement in almost every direction	ball and socket joint	27%
these can be found in the elbow and ankle allow movement in one direction only	hinge joint	27%
forms a cushion between bones to stop them rubbing	cartilage	18%
circular movement of a body part	circumduction	18%
4 fused vertebrae	coccyx	18%
straightening a limb to increase the angle at a joint	extension	18%
have a flat surface. their function is to protect you internal organs	flat bones	18%
bending a limb to decrease the angle at a joint	flexion	18%
compex individual shapes and perform a variety of functions including protection and muscle attachment	irregular bones	18%
like very strong string that holds bones together	ligaments	18%
cylindrical in shape and found in the limbs, their main function is movement, by acting as a lever	long bones	18%
what does synovial fluid do	lubricates the joint	18%
small and compact often equal in length and width. they are designed for strength and weight bearing,	short bones	18%
contracts,shortens	agonist	9%
relaxes,becomes longer	antagonist	9%
the skeleton stores two different minerals called?	calcium and phosphorous	9%
similar to a ball and socket joint. found at the wrist	condyloid	9%
decreasing the angle at the ankle joint	dorsi flexion	9%
this joint can be found in the neck. it allows only rotational movement	pivot joint	9%
increasing the angle at the ankle joint	plantar flexion	9%
muscle work in ____________ pairs	antagonistic	0%
found only in the heart-this is involuntary	cardiac muscle	0%
name a short bone	carpals and tarsals	0%
vertebral column (7 vertebrae)	cervical vertebrae	0%
name three things the skeleton produces	red blood cells white blood cells platelets	0%
the lower nine vertebrae are _____	fused	0%
vertebral column (5 vertebrae)	lumbar vertebrae	0%
the upper 24 vertebrae allow ________	movement	0%
phosphorous helps reduce ______ ____	muscle pain	0%
5 fused vertebrae	sacrum	0%
moving a limb away from the mid line of the body	shoulder abduction	0%
moving a limb towards the mid line of the body	shoulder adduction	0%
attached to the skeleton/bones-this is voluntary	skeletal muscle	0%
found in the internal organs and blood vessels-this is involuntary	smooth muscle	0%
vertebral column (12 vertebrae)	thoraic vertebrae	0%