Practice Quiz

Facture that is common in osteoporotic bones is

Compression fracture

glassy hyaline cartilage

D

Found in the diaphysis

What type of tissue shown is found mostly in

Articulations permitting only slight degrees of movement are ________, whereas articulations permitting no movement are called ________.

amphiarthroses; synarthroses

An increase in bone diameter is called __________ growth.

appositional

Shoulder joint

ball and socket

The canal that runs through the core of each osteon contains

blood vessels and nerve fibers

The presence of an epiphyseal plate indicates that

bone length is increasing

The diaphysis is indicated by letter

C

Most important minerals stored in bones are

calcium and phosphorus

Small channels that radiate through the matrix of bone

canaliculi

The bone cells within Lacunae receive nourishment from blood vessels through passageways called

canaliculi

Transverse foramina are found in the

cervical vertebrae

The tailbone is the

coccyx

Bone fragments into many pieces.

comminuted

Osteons are characteristic of

compact bone

Bone is crushed

compression

Knuckle joints

condyloid joint

The part of the ethmoid bone that contains holes areas with fibers that carry impulses from the olfactory receptors of the nose to the brain is the

cribriform plate

broken bone portion is pressed inward

depressed

Area where bone growth takes place

epiphyseal plate

Greater trochanter is located on the

femur

Four of the five answers listed below are parts of the same anatomical area. Select the exception.

fibula

What bone category is composed of two layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone between them?

flat bone

A round or oval hole through a bone is called a

foramen

The head of the humerus fits into what of the scapula.

glenoid cavity

Incomplete fracture or cracking of the bone without actual separation of the parts

greenstick

Elbow joint

hinge joint

The elbow join is an example of a _______ joint in which movement occurs in only one plane

hingw

bone ends are forced into each other

impacted

A structure found on the femur is the

intercondylar fossa

The hyoid bone is unique because

it is the only bone of the body that does not directly articulate with any other bone

The small cavities and bone tissue were osteocytes are found are called

lacunae

The small cavities in bone tissue where osteocytes are found are called:

lacunae

Layers of calcification that are found in bone

lamellae

The only freely movable bone in the skull is the

mandible

The sternum is the result of fusion of three bones called the:

manubrium, body, xiphoid process

What bone is not associated with the foot

metacarpals

Bone-forming cells

osteoblasts

Cells that can build bony matrix

osteoblasts

What type of cell does parathyroid hormone (PTH) activate:

osteoclast

Cells that can dissolve the bony matrix

osteoclasts

______ are giant cells that destroy bone

osteoclasts

Which of the following is an example of a bone that forms fibrous membranes?

parietal bone

What bone is NOT a long bone found in the leg

patella

Fingers and toes are referred to as

phalanges

Joints between atlas and axis

pivot joint

Wrist joint

plane joint

There are ____ vertebrae in the neck region

seven cervical

Cube-shaped bones that contain mostly spongy bone are called ________ bones.

short

A fracture where the bone breaks cleanly but does not penetrate the skin is termed a _______ fracture.

simple or closed

The sella turcica is part of the ______ bone.

sphenoid

The suture found between the parietal and temporal bone

squamous suture

In adults, the function of yellow marrow is to

store adipose tissue

The factors that determine where bone matrix is to be remodeled is/are

stresses of gravity and muscle pull on the skeleton

the external acoustic mitis is found on the

temporal

A compound fracture can be described as when

the broken bone is exposed to the outside

Which of the following is correct of the female pelvis when comparing it with the male pelvis?

the distance between the female ischial spines is greater

Correct order of ribs from superior to inferior

true ribs, false ribs, floating ribs

A large rounded projection on a bone is called a

tuberosity

The disease in children, whose diets, lack calcium or vitamin D, were the bones failed to calcify, is called

Rickets

The periosteum is secured to the underlying bone by dense connective tissue fibers called

Sharpey's fibers

Patella

Short and sesamoid bone

Carpals

Short bone

The axial skeleton contains

Skull, ribs and sternum, vertebrae (1,3,4)

Ulna

Long bone

There are four stages in the healing of a bone fracture. Which of the following best represent the sequence of these stages: 1. Bony callus formation 2. Bone remodeling 3. Fibrocartilage callus formation 4. Hematoma formation

4,3,1,2

Spongy Bone

A

Lengthwise growth of a long bone

E

The middle nasal conchae are a part of

Ethmoid bone

The atlas is the

First cervical vertebrae

Parietal bones

Flat bone

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

Storage area for fat

H

Blood cell formation is called

Hematopoiesis

What kind of tissues, the forerunner of long bones in the embryo

Hyaline cartilage

distal epiphysis

I

Vertebrae

Irregular bones

Femur

Long bone

Fibula

Long bone