muscoskeletal system.

Question 1

Bone is a type of what tissue?

Answer 1

connective

Question 2

How many bones do adults normally have?

Answer 2

206

Question 3

How many bones are babies born with?

Answer 3

300 to 350 bones

Question 4

What is an osteoblast?

Answer 4

bone-building cell

Question 5

What is an osteoclast?

Answer 5

bone destroying cell

Question 6

What is an osteocyte cell?

Answer 6

cell that lies within the substance of the fully formed bone

Question 7

What is an osteoprogenitor cell?

Answer 7

stem cell whose divisions produce osteoblasts

Question 8

What is the diaphysis?

Answer 8

shaft of a bone

Question 9

What is the epiphysis?

Answer 9

ends of bone

Question 10

What are the two types of bone tissue?

Answer 10

compact and spongy

Question 11

What is cancellous bone tissue also known as?

Answer 11

spongy

Question 12

What are long bones?

Answer 12

longer than they are wide

Question 13

What are irregular bones ?

Answer 13

bones that do not fit one of the preceding categories

Question 14

What are short bones?

Answer 14

cube shaped bones of the wrist and ankle

Question 15

What are sesamoid bones?

Answer 15

bones that develop from tendons

Question 16

What are flat bones?

Answer 16

thin, flat, slightly curved

Question 17

Give examples of flat bones?

Answer 17

skull, ribs, sternum

Question 18

Give examples of irregular bones?

Answer 18

vertebrae and hip bones

Question 19

Give examples of long bones?

Answer 19

femur, humerus

Question 20

Give examples of sesamoid bones?

Answer 20

patella and pisiform

Question 21

Give examples of short bones?

Answer 21

carpals and tarsals

Question 22

What is the axial skeleton?

Answer 22

skull, vertebral column, rib cage

Question 23

How many bones in the axial skeleton?

Answer 23

80

Question 24

What is the spine also known as?

Answer 24

vertebral column

Question 25

What is the function of the spine?

Answer 25

provides attachment points for ribs and muscles of the back

Question 26

What is the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 26

arms and legs

Question 27

How many bones in the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 27

126 bones

Question 28

What is a joint?

Answer 28

where two or more bones meet

Question 29

What are the three types of joints?

Answer 29

synathrotic, anthrepotic, diathrotic

Question 30

What is a fibrous joint?

Answer 30

immovable joint

Question 31

What is a cartilagenous joint?

Answer 31

semi movable

Question 32

What is a synovial joint?

Answer 32

freely moveable joint

Question 33

Give an example of a ball and socket joint

Answer 33

Hip and shoulder

Question 34

Give an example of a ball and socket joint

Answer 34

Hip and shoulder

Question 35

Give an example of a hinge joint

Answer 35

elbow, knee, ankle

Question 36

What are pivot joints

Answer 36

movement is around one axis

Question 37

What are saddle joints

Answer 37

Around 2 axes

Question 38

Give an example of a gliding joint?

Answer 38

Carpal bones, sternoclavicular joint

Question 39

Why are muscles important in the muscoskeletal system?

Answer 39

Important for motion

Question 40

Which muscles are striated?

Answer 40

skeletal and cardiac

Question 41

Which muscle is non- striated?

Answer 41

smooth

Question 42

What are the three types of muscle types?

Answer 42

Cardiac Smooth Skeletal

Question 43

What do cardiac muscles form most of?

Answer 43

heart wall (myocardium)

Question 44

Where are smooth muscles found?

Answer 44

hollow internal structures

Question 45

Define electrical excitability?

Answer 45

muscles need positive and negative ions to move

Question 46

Define contractility

Answer 46

ability to shorten forcibly when stimulated

Question 47

Define extensibility

Answer 47

stretch without damage

Question 48

Define elasticity

Answer 48

Returning to shape following contraction or extension

Question 49

How many pairs of ribs do adults usually have?

Answer 49

12

Question 50

How many vertebrae in the spine?

Answer 50

33

Question 51

What is the generation of heat from the muslce called?

Answer 51

thermogenesis

Question 52

What makes the bones so strong?

Answer 52

calcium and phosphorus

Question 53

What is the difference between bone and cartilage ?

Answer 53

Bone is firm Cartilage is rubbery

Question 54

The hollow space within the bones is filled with..?

Answer 54

bone cells