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skeletal system
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Blood cell formation is called __________ | Hematopoiesis |
| ____________ are giant cells that destroy bone | Osteoclasts |
| Cube-shaped bones that contain mostly spongy bone are called _________ bones | short |
| the disease in children whose diets lack calcium or Vitamin D, where the bones fail to calcify is called ___________ | rickets |
| A round or oval hole through a bone, which contains blood vessesl and/or nerves, is called a __________ | foramen |
| The heel bone is called the ________ | calcaneus |
| The head of the humerus fits into the_________ of the scapula | glenoid cavity |
| the disease in which uric acid accumulates in the blood and may be deposited as needle-shaped crystals in the soft tissues of joints is called__________ | gout |
| The heel bone is called the________ | calcaneus |
| the head of the humerus fits into the ________ of the scapula | glenoid cavity |
| The disease in which uric acid accumulates in the blood and may be deposited as needle-shaped crystals in the soft tissues of joints is called _________ | gout |
| The most important minerals stores in bones are: | calcium and phosphorus |
| Which of the following groups of bones in the human bod, categorized according to shape, is correct: | coxal bones - irregular bones |
| Which of the following bone categories is composed of two layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone between them: | flat bone |
| the periosteum is secured to the underlying bone by dense connective tissue fibers called: | sharpey's fibers |
| In adults, the function of the yellow marrow is to: | store adipose tissue |
| The presence of an epiphyseal plat indicates that: | bone lenght is increasing |
| osteons are characteristic of_______ | compact bone |
| the bone cells within lacunae receive nourishment from blood vessels through passageways called: | canaliculi |
| a shallow, basin-like depression in a bone often serving as an articular surface is a: | fossa |
| a round or oval opening through a bone is a: | foramen |
| which of these are bone-forming cells: | Osteoblasts |
| The canal that runs through the core of each osteon contains: | blood vessels and nerve fibers |
| the small cavities in bone tissue where osteocytes are found are called: | lacunae |
| What kind of tissue is the forerunner of long bones int he embryo: | hyaline cartilage |
| which of the following is an example of a bone that forms from fibrous membranes: | the parietal bone |
| the factor(s) that determine where bone matrix is to be remodeled is (are): | stresses of gravity and muscle pull on the skeleton |
| there are four stages int eh healing of a bone fracture. which fo the following best illustrates the sequence of these stages; | hematoma formation; fibrocartilage callus formation; boney callus formation;bone remodeling 4,3,1,2 |
| what type of cell does parathyroid hormone activate: | osteoclast |
| a compound fractue can be described as when: | the broken bone is exposed to the outside |
| a bone fractue where the bone is broken into many fagments is a: | comminuted fracture |
| a fractue that is common in children, whose bones have relatively mor collagen in their matrix and are more flexible than those of adults, is a(n): | greenstick fracture |
| a fractue that is common in osteoporotic bones is a(n): | compression fracture |
| the axial skeleton contains | skull; ribs and sternum; vertebrae 1,3,4 |
| all of the following facial bones are paired except one. which of the following is the unpaird facial bone | vomer |
| whif of these bones is NOT associated witht he foot: | metacarpals |
| the hyoid bone is unique because: | it is the only bone of the body that does not directly articulate with any other bone |
| the sella turcica is part of the | sphenoid bone |
| there are ___________ vertebrae in the neck region | seven cervical |
| transverse foramina are found in the | cervical vertebrae |
| the atlas is the: | first cervical vertebra |
| the sternum is the result of fusion of thee bones called the: | manubrium; body; xiphoid process |
| the greater trochanter is located on the: | femur |
| the tail bones is the: | coccyx |
| articulations permitting only slight degrees of movement are ________, whereas articulations permitting no movement are called ___________ | amphiarthroses; synarthroses |
| fingers and toes are referred to as | phalanges |
| which of these bones is NOT a long bone found in the leg | patella |
| four fo the five answeres listed belwo are aprts fo the same anatomical area. selt the exception | fibula |
| bone formation can be referred to as | ossification |
| hematopoises refers to the formation of blood cells within the red marrow cavities of certain bones | true |
| the diaphysis of a long bone is composed of spngy bone | false |
| all flat ones are formed form hyaline cartilage | false |
| osteoblasts respn to the parathyroid hormone (PTH) | false |
| the master gland of the body (pituitary gland) is housed ina saddleslike depression int he temporal bone called the sella turica | false |
| ribs numbered 11 and 12 are true ribs because they have no anterior attachments | false |
| the zygomatic bones form the cheek bones | true |
| the spinal cord passes thorught he body of each verebra | false |
| most of hte stess on the vertebral column occurs on the sturdiest verebrae in the sacral region | false |
| in anatomical position, the lateral lower leg obne is the fibula | true |
| there are seven cervical, twelve thoracic, and five lumbar vertebrae | true |
| spinal curvatures thate are present at birth are called primary curvatures (the cervical and lumbar curvatures) and those that develop later are secondary curvatures (the thoracic and sacral curvatures) | false |
| the heaviest, strongest bone in the body is the femur | true |
| fontanels allow for growth of the brain | true |
| an incomplete fracture or cracking of the bone without ac tual separation of the parts (common in children) | greenstick |
| fractue where bone fragments into many pieces | comminuted |
| fractue in which broken bone ends are force into each other | impacted |
| type of fracture in which bone is crushed | compression |
| type of fractue in which the broken bone portion is pressed inward | depressed |
| patella is what type of bone | short and sesamoid bone |
| what type of bone is the femur | long bone |
| what type of bone is the carpals | shrot bone |
| what tpe of bone is the ulna | long bone |
| what type of bone is the atlas | irregular bone |
| what type of bone is the sternum | flat bone |
| what type of bone is the fibula | long bone |
| what type of bone is the coxal bone | irregular bone |
| what type of bone is the true ribs | flat bone |
| what type of bone is the parietal bones | flat bone |
| the 5 functions of the skeletal system | support; movement; protection; storage; hematopoisis |
| list and discuss the structures of a long bone | 1. diaphysis - made up of compact bone 2. epiphyses - rounded ends of the long bone 3. epiphyseal line/ plate - junction between the epiphyses and the diaphysis |
| 6 year old damages her epiphyseal plate, what would she expect as she grows holder? what is an epiphyseal plate? | flate plate of hyaline cartilage; impaired growth may occur; there is one located at both the distal and proximal ends of the femur so the healthy plate can continue to grow |
| whats the difference between the osteoclasts, osteoblasts, and osteocytes in bone? | osteoclasts - giant bone-destroying cells osteoblasts - bone forming cells osteocytes - mature bone cells |
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