Quiz 1 (lectures 1-3)

Question 1

Types of Forces acting on the skeletal system

Answer 1

1. compression
2. Tension
3. Torsion
4. Shear
5. Bending

Question 2

anisotropic

Answer 2

bones have preferred directions of loading

Question 3

avulsion fracture

Answer 3

bone fracture when a fragment of bone tears away from the main mass of bone because of trauma

Question 4

strain

Answer 4

tearing of a muscle

Question 5

spring

Answer 5

tearing of a ligament

Question 6

classification of articulations

Answer 6

Synarthrodial - immovable
Amphiarthrodial - slightly movable
Diarthrodial - freely movable

Question 7

tissue properties

Answer 7

elasticity, extensibility, excitability, contractility

Question 8

synergist

Answer 8

aids to agonist

Question 9

synergy

Answer 9

group of muscles working together

Question 10

skeletal muscles

Answer 10

fusiformus, pennate