Unit 6a

Question 1

What is the Pectoral Girdle composed of?

Answer 1

The Pectoral Girdle is composed of the clavicle, scapula, and humerus.

Question 2

What does the axial skeleton consist of?

Answer 2

The axial skeleton consists of the bones of the skull, pectoral girdle, rib cage, and vertebral column.

Question 3

Is the nose formed mostly from bone?

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What forms the elbow?

Answer 4

The proximal end of ulna forms the elbow.

Question 5

What does the braincase consist of?

Answer 5

The braincase consists of the eight bones that surround your brain.

Question 6

Does the ulna primarily articulate with only the humerus and the carpal bones of the wrist?

Answer 6

False

Question 7

How does the ulna articulate with the radius?

Answer 7

The ulna articulates with the radius by way of an interosseous membrane.

Question 8

When does the cervical curve of the vertebral column form?

Answer 8

The cervical curve of the vertebral column forms when the baby is able to hold its head up.

Question 9

How does the pelvic girdle differ between females and males?

Answer 9

The pelvic girdle is larger and more basin-like in females than males for child bearing and birth.

Question 10

What is the tibia of the lower leg commonly known as?

Answer 10

The tibia of the lower leg forms the ‘shin bone’.

Question 11

What protects the lungs and heart?

Answer 11

The lungs and heart are protected by the ribs, sternum, and vertebral column.

Question 12

What is the intervertebral foramen?

Answer 12

The intervertebral foramen is the opening between the pedicles which allow for the passage of the spinal cord and meninges.

Question 13

Are the primary and secondary curves of the vertebral column present from birth?

Answer 13

False

Question 14

Is the fibula a weight-bearing bone?

Answer 14

The fibula is not a weight bearing bone and if broken, you can still walk on your leg but it will be painful.

Question 15

Where are the largest sinuses in the skull located?

Answer 15

The largest sinuses in the skull are located in the occipital bone.

Question 16

What is a sinus?

Answer 16

A cavity or recess in a bone.

Question 17

What is a fovea?

Answer 17

A small pit or depression.

Question 18

What is a meatus?

Answer 18

An opening of a canal through a bone.

Question 19

What is a crest?

Answer 19

A narrow ridge of bone.

Question 20

What is a tubercle?

Answer 20

A small, rounded projection.

Question 21

What is a tuberosity?

Answer 21

A rough projection of bone for attachment of muscles.

Question 22

What is a sulcus?

Answer 22

A bony groove that houses a tendon, nerve or blood vessel.

Question 23

What is an eminence?

Answer 23

An elevation or projection.

Question 24

What is a spine?

Answer 24

A sharp, pointed, narrow process.

Question 25

What is a foramen?

Answer 25

A round hole through a bone.

Question 26

What is a fossa?

Answer 26

A shallow, broad or elongated pit.

Question 27

What type of joint has cartilage filling the space between bones?

Answer 27

Cartilaginous joint.

Question 28

What is known as the 'funny bone'?

Answer 28

The medial epicondyle of the humerus.

Question 29

What is the site of articulation with the head of the humerus on the scapula?

Answer 29

Glenoid fossa.

Question 30

What is injured when one has a hip pointer?

Answer 30

Anterior superior iliac crest.

Question 31

What is the cup-shaped depression on the side of the hip formed by the ilium, ischium, and pubis?

Answer 31

Acetabulum.

Question 32

Which bone contains the coronoid process?

Answer 32

Mandible.

Question 33

What is the horseshoe-shaped bone located just superior to the larynx?

Answer 33

Hyoid.

Question 34

Which bone contains the nasolacrimal duct?

Answer 34

Lacrimal.

Question 35

Which bone forms the inferior and lateral walls of the orbits?

Answer 35

Zygomatic.

Question 36

Which bone contains the site for teeth attachment and forms most of the hard palate?

Answer 36

Maxilla.

Question 37

Which bone is commonly known as the shin bone?

Answer 37

Tibia.

Question 38

Which bone is a single bone and forms the bridge of the nose?

Answer 38

Nasal.

Question 39

Which bone forms the lower jaw?

Answer 39

Mandible.

Question 40

Which carpal bone can be palpated in the anatomic snuff box?

Answer 40

Scaphoid.

Question 41

Which carpal bones articulate with the radius and ulna?

Answer 41

Scaphoid, lunate, and triquetral.

Question 42

Which vertebral type does not possess a vertebral body?

Answer 42

C1 – first cervical.

Question 43

Which vertebral type has the largest body?

Answer 43

Lumbar.

Question 44

What is the most superior portion of the sternum?

Answer 44

Manubrium.

Question 45

When blood calcium level is low, what hormone is released?

Answer 45

PTH (parathyroid hormone).

Question 46

What feature is only found on cervical vertebra?

Answer 46

Presence of transverse foramen.

Question 47

What distinguishes thoracic vertebrae from other types?

Answer 47

Presence of articulating facets on transverse processes.

Question 48

What happened to the body portion of the atlas (C1 vertebra)?

Answer 48

Became attached to axis (C2) body to form dens.

Question 49

With which bones does the clavicle articulate?

Answer 49

Scapula and manubrium.

Question 50

What is the function of the superior articulating facet of a vertebra?

Answer 50

To articulate with the inferior facet of the vertebra above it.

Question 51

What is the largest bone of the sternum?

Answer 51

Body.

Question 52

What structure of the femur can be palpated on the side of the hip?

Answer 52

Greater trochanter.

Question 53

What anterior edge on the hip can be palpated for muscle attachment?

Answer 53

Iliac crest.

Question 54

What portion of the hip do we sit on?

Answer 54

Ischial tuberosity.

Question 55

What bony type do you bump when you stub your toe?

Answer 55

Phalanges.

Question 56

What describes the action of the atlas and axis when moving the head side to side?

Answer 56

The atlas articulates with the axis.

Question 57

What describes the action of the atlas vertebra when nodding the head?

Answer 57

The atlas articulates with the occipital condyles of the occipital bone.

Question 58

What structure on the tibia are you kneeling on?

Answer 58

Tibial tuberosity.

Question 59

What is an immature bone cell found in growing bone called?

Answer 59

Osteoblast.

Question 60

Does an elastic cartilage model of the long bone form first?

Answer 60

False

Question 61

What forms at either end of a long bone for future growth?

Answer 61

An epiphyseal plate of cartilage.

Question 62

What can become inflamed due to repetitive movements at the wrist joint?

Answer 62

Tendons enclosed in sheaths.

Question 63

What bump can you palpate on the lateral surface of the femur at the knee joint?

Answer 63

Lateral condyle.

Question 64

What type of joint secretes slippery synovial fluid?

Answer 64

Synovial joint.

Question 65

What type of ribs attach anteriorly to the sternum?

Answer 65

True Ribs.

Question 66

What hormones are involved in releasing and storing calcium from bone?

Answer 66

Hormones from the parathyroid gland.

Question 67

What may occur in later years, especially in women, leading to bone loss?

Answer 67

Osteoporosis.

Question 68

What is the large foramen formed by the pubis and ischium in the hip?

Answer 68

Obturator foramen.

Question 69

Is the radius on the medial or lateral side of the forearm in the anatomic position?

Answer 69

Lateral.

Question 70

Is the ulna on the medial or lateral side of the forearm in the anatomic position?

Answer 70

Medial.

Question 71

What type of joints form the soft spots on a baby’s head?

Answer 71

Fibrous joints.

Question 72

What do ligaments connect?

Answer 72

Ligaments connect bone to bone at places called joints.

Question 73

Do we have a great range of motion in our pectoral girdle?

Answer 73

False

Question 74

What is a mature bone cell called?

Answer 74

Osteocyte.

Question 75

Are bones considered organs because they contain the four basic tissue types?

Answer 75

False.