Quiz 4: 7 and 8

What is a sesamoid bone?

A bone that forms within some tendons in response to stress

All the bones below belong to the axial skeleton, except the ________, which belongs to the appendicular skeleton.

Scapula

Which of the following is not a function of the skeleton?

Storage of red blood cells

Sutures are found between the cranial, facial, and sacral bones.

True

Which of the following is not found on a typical vertebra?

Vertebral head

Mature bones are remodeled throughout life via a process known as ________.

appositional growth

Osseous tissue is a(an) ________ tissue.

connective

Achondroplastic dwarfism is a hereditary condition, in which the long bones of the limbs fail to elongate normally because of reduced hyperplasia and hypertrophy of cartilage in the ________.

epiphyseal plate

The expanded head at each end of a long bone is called the ________.

epiphysis

Intramembranous ossification produces the ________.

flat bones of the skull

In endochondral ossification, the precursor connective tissue is ________, which is replaced by bone.

hyaline cartilage

All of the following are found on the temporal bone except the ________.

sella turcica

Which of the following is an inorganic component of the bone matrix?

Hydroxyapatite

Which of the following bones forms the bulk of the hard palate?

Maxilla

Which of the following articulates with the vertebral column?

Occipital condyle

Any bony prominence is called a(n) ________.

Process

Bone-forming cells are called ________.

osteoblasts

When ________ become enclosed in lacunae, they become cells called ________.

osteoblasts; osteocytes

Fontanelle are ________ in an infant.

spaces between the unfused cranial bones

The ________ suture separates the temporal bone from the parietal bone.

squamous