SKELETON: 1. What are the main functions of the skeletal system? 2. How many bones are there in the adult human? 3. What is an axial and appendicular skeleton, and the names of the bones what make them? 4. Which bones are included in the appendicular skeleton? 5. How many bones are there in the appendicular skeleton? 6. What is a fontanel? 7. What is a sinus and what is its function? What are the four different sinuses? 8. How many vertebrae are there in the cervical region, thoracic, and lumbar region? 9. What are the five regions of vertebrae in the vertebral column? 10. What is the function of intervertebral discs? & which tissue are intervertebral discs made of? 11. What is the difference between the pectoral and pelvic girdle? 12. How many pairs of ribs are there in humans? What are the three types of ribs? 13. What connects bone to bone & muscle to bone? 14. What do you call the ends & shaft of long bones? 15. Where is the spongy & compact bone located? 16. Which part of the long bone is the epiphysis? 17. Which part of the long bone is the diaphysis? 18. What is the epiphyseal plate?
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