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AP chapter6
3-vt-11 AP chapter 6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Once osteoclasts are surrounded by bone, they are called osteoblasts. | False |
| Periosteum and endosteum contain bone-forming cells called osteoblasts | True |
| The ends of long bones are called epiphysis | True |
| Condyles are found on the distal ends of the femur, humerus, and scapula | False |
| Processes can be sites for tendinous attachements or have articular functions | True |
| The bones of the limbs make up the axial skeleton | False |
| The most caudal bone of the skull is the narietal bone | False |
| Interparietal bones are located between the frontal and parietal bones of the skull | False |
| The external acoustic meatus is the only ear structure that is visible from the outside | True |
| The pituitary fossa is located in the spheniod bone | True |
| The hard palate is made of the palatine and incisive bones | False |
| The tall spinous processes of thoracic vertebrae form joints with rib heads | True |
| The clavicle plays an important role in forming the shoulder joint in domestic animals | False |
| The tuber coxae projects medially and joins with the sacrum to form the sacroiliac joint | False |
| The olecranon is the socket component of the ball and socket joint of the hip joint | False |
| Horses have a large metatarsal bone and two small metataral bones(splint bones) | True |
| The medial and lateral cruciate ligaments help prevent the bones of the stifle from sliding back and forth as the joint bends and straightens | False |
| Gliding joints allow the most extensive movements of all the types of joints | False |
| Flexion decreases the angle between two bones | True |
| This hormone helps to prevent hypercalcemia by depositing excess calcium in bones | B. calcitonin |
| Compact bone consists of highly compacted cylinders of bone called | C. haversian systems |
| Blood Vessels pass through countless tiny channels in bone called | A. Volkmann's canals |
| Intramembranous bone formation only occurs | D. in certain skull bones |
| Examples of irregularly shaped bones include | A. sesamoids and vertebrae |
| Yellow bone marrow can revert to red bone marrow | True |
| Which joints contain hyaline cartilage | cartilaginous, fibrous, and synovial |
| what common bone feature is a somewhat spherical articular surface on the proximal end of long bones | A. Head |
| The spinal cord passes through this hole | B. foramen magnum |
| the mandible is connected to the rest of the skull by this type of joint | A. synovial |
| in cattle, what bone is the cornual process a part of | D. frontal |
| Where is the paranasal sinus housed in humans and horses? | B. ethmoid bone |
| Brachycephalic breeds such as collies have long nasal bones | False |
| The most common type of mandibular fracture in horses and swine is the mandibular symphyseal fracture | False |
| which bones help to warm and humidify air before it enters the lungs | D. turbinates |
| which of the following bones is not considered an internal bone of the face | A. incisive |
| this bone is considered by some authors to be a separate bone of the axial skeleton and not a bone of the skull | B. hyoid |
| which of the following bones is not paired | C. ethmoid |
| which of the following bones is paired | B. Malleus |
| The wings of the atlas can sometimes be palpated just behind the skull | True |
| Which of the following animals has the fewest number of coccygeal bones | D. Humans |
| An animal with 7 cervical, 13 thoracic, and 6 lumbar vertebrae USUALLY has this many pairs of ribs | B. 13 |
| Which bone forms a joint with the pelvis | A. sacrum |
| ribs whose ventral ends terminate in muscles of the thoracic walls are called | C. floating ribs |
| In humans, the tailbone consists of fused sacral bones | False |
| Rib heads are fused to the lateral articular facets of the the thoracic vertebrae to form suture joints | False |
| The first most cranial, sternabra is called the xiphoid process | False |
| The proximal humerous has several processes the largest of which is called | A. greater tubercle |
| At the distal end of the humerous, what is the name of the articular surface that articulates with the ulna | B. trochlea |
| The medial and lateral palpable surfaces at the distal end of the humerus are the | D. epicondyles |
| what structure forms the "point of the elbow" | C. olercranon process |
| what species does only the proximal part of the ulna exist | B. horse |
| the radius is the main weight-bearing bone of the antebrachium | True |
| what is the name of the carpus in the horse | A. knee |
| which metacarpal bone has evolved to be the large weight-bearing bone in the horse | C. III |
| in the horse, what are the splint bones | B. metacarpal bones II and IV |
| what metacarpal bones do cattle have | D. III and IV |
| the distal-most phalanx of the horse is called the coffin bone | True |
| In dogs and cats, sesamoid bones play a key role in reducing wear and tear of tendons | False |
| what is the name of the largest process on the proximal head of the femur | B. greater trochanter |
| what is the name of the largest sesamoid bone in an animals body | A. patella |
| What is the main weight-bearing bone of the lower part of the pelvic limb | book says C. tibia savage says metacarpal III or cannon bone |
| in what muscle tendon is the patella located | C. quadriceps femoris |
| what is the name of the knob at the distal end of the fibula | D. lateral malleolus |
| to what bone does the gastrocnemuis muscle attach distally | B. fibular tarsal bone |
| what animals have an os cordis | A. cattle |
| where are the fibrous joints found | between the splint bones and the large metatarsal and metacarpal bones in horses and in the skull |
| what are amphiarthroses found | D. in the mandibular and pelvic symphysis |
| in which joints will ligaments be found | D. diarthroses |
| What produces synovial fluid | D. synovial membrane |
| what are the names of the ligaments inside the stifle joint | C. cruciate ligaments |
| what type of joint is the atlantoaxial joint | A. pivot joint |
| when a dog lowers its head to sniff the ground, what movement is occurring between the cervical vertebrae | B. flexion |