Chapters 7 & 8

Which of the following describes a female's pelvis compared to a male's pelvis?

A cavity that is wider in all dimensions, with lighter bones.

Which of the following terms and descriptions is correctly paired?

Abduction - lifting the arm horizontally to form a right angle with the side of the body of moving a part away from the mid-line

Which of the following is not a function of bones?

Contraction

The appendicular skeleton consists of the parts that support

False

The femur extends from the knee to the foot.

False

The hip joint allows a greater freedom of movement than the shoulder joint.

False

The ischium is the anterior part of the hip bone.

False

The patellar ligament connects the medial condyle of the femur to the medial condyle of the tibia.

False

Which of following is not found associated with spongy bone?

Osteons

Which of the following is not a synovial joint?

Symphysis

Which of the following is not a type of fibrous joint?

Symphysis

A saddle joint forms between bones whose articulating surfaces have both convex and concave regions.

True

Men and women begin to lose bone at the same rate by about age 70.

True

The pectoral girdle consists of two scapulae and two clavicles.

True

Which of the following is bones is not part of the orbit of the skull?

Vormer

The two divisions of the skeleton are called axial and ____________ ________.

appendicular portions

Bones:

are multifunctional.

A bone thickens:

as compact bone is deposited beneath the periosteum of the diaphysis.

The capitulum and trochlea are located:

at the distal end of the humerus.

The sternum is part of the:

axial skeleton.

Phalanges are:

both finger and toe bones.

The bones of the wrist collectively form the ______.

carpal.

Connie recently celebrated her 45th birthday. She feels okay most of the day, but in the morning, for about a half hour after she gets out of bed, all of her joints feel stiff. This is due to:

changes in collagen structure.

Displacement of a joint is called:

dislocation.

A compound fracture:

exposes the broken bone to the outside.

A gomphosis is a _______ joint.

fibrous

Movements permitted by the elbow joint between the humerus and the ulna are:

flexion and extension.

The talus, calcaneus, navicular, cuboid, and lateral, intermediate, and cuneiform bones are all part of the:

foot

Pituitary dwarfism results from a decreased secretion of ______, which as result decreases the rate of cell division of _______.

growth hormone; cartilage cells in the epiphyseal plate

Disuse of the joints ______ which hastens stiffening.

hampers blood flow.

The zygomatic bone is an example of a(n):

irregular bone

The largest and most complex synovial joint is the:

knee joint.

Articular cartilage of a long bone is found:

on the outer surface of the epiphysis.

Bone-forming cells are called __________.

osteoblast.

Eight-year-old Evelyn takes a bisphosphonate drug once a month to keep to keep her bones strong. She most likely has:

osteoporosis.

The shoulder is part of the _______ girdle.

pectoral

A joint with articulating surface that are nearly flat is a _____ ______.

plane or gliding joints

Red bone marrow functions in the formation of:

red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

Endochondral ossification _______, whereas intramembranous ossification ________.

replaces hyaline cartilage; replaces undifferentiated connective tissue

Moving a part backward is called _________.

retraction

The thyroid hormone thyroxine ________.

stimulates replacement of cartilage with bone in epiphyseal plate.

The joint between adjacent vertebral bodies is a:

symphysis that is amphiarthrotic.

The two pubic bones are connected at joint called the pubic ____.

symphysis.

Types of fibrous joints includes:

syndesmosis, suture, and gomphosis joints.

Most joints of the skeletal system are ________.

synovial

The rotator cuff of the shoulder is composed mainly of:

tendons and fibrous connective tissue.

The hip joint has less freedom of movement than the shoulder joint because:

the articulating parts of the hip are closer than those of the shoulder is not.

Classifying joints as synarthrotic, amphiarthrotic, or diarthrotic represents:

the degree of movement possible at the joint.

The primary curves of the vertebral column are the:

thoracic and sacral curvatures.

All of the following are functions of bones except:

to provide a set point for the control of blood pressure and body temperature.