CH 6: AP Skeletal/Joints

Question 1

How many bones in the body?

Answer 1

206

Question 2

What are the two inorganic mineral salts of bones?

Answer 2

Calcium and phosphorus

Question 3

Define compact bone.

Answer 3

Hard outer shell

Question 4

Define cancellous tissue.

Answer 4

Inner spongy, porous portion

Question 5

Define medullary canal.

Answer 5

Center of the bone

Question 6

Where is marrow?

Answer 6

Medullary canal

Question 7

Define articular cartilage.

Answer 7

Smooth, glossy tissue that forms the joint surfaces

Question 8

Where is the pain felt in a bone fracture?

Answer 8

Periosteum

Question 9

Define diaphysis.

Answer 9

Elongated, cylindrical portion

Question 10

Define epiphyses.

Answer 10

Ends of bones

Question 11

Examples of long bones.

Answer 11

Femur and humerus

Question 12

Examples of short bones.

Answer 12

Wrist and ankle

Question 13

Examples of flat bones.

Answer 13

Skull, sternum, and scapula

Question 14

Examples of irregular bones.

Answer 14

Vertebrae, mandible, pelvic

Question 15

What does the axial skeleton consist of?

Answer 15

Skull, vertebral column, thorax

Question 16

How many bones in the skull?

Answer 16

28 bones

Question 17

How many bones form the framework of the head and provide protection for the brain?

Answer 17

22 bones

Question 18

What are the seams where the skull bones join called?

Answer 18

Sutures

Question 19

How many major bones make the cranium?

Answer 19

8 bones

Question 20

What is included in the frontal bone?

Answer 20

Front part of the skull above the eyes, including forehead and part of the nasal cavity

Question 21

What age is the frontal bone fused?

Answer 21

5 or 6 years old

Question 22

Where is the zygomatic process of the temporal bone?

Answer 22

Projects out into the zygomatic bone of the face and forms the lateral part of the zygomatic arch

Question 23

How many bones make up the face?

Answer 23

14 stationary bones and one mandible

Question 24

Define the vertebral foramen.

Answer 24

Hole directly behind the body of the vertebrae that forms the passage for the spinal cord

Question 25

How many cervical vertebrae are in the neck?

Answer 25

7 cervical vertebrae