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The study of bone
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Osteology
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Composed of bones, cartilages, and ligaments joined tightly to form a strong, flexible framework for the body.
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Skeletal System
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Functions of the Skeleton
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1. Support
2. Protection 3. Movement 4. Electrolyte balance 5. Acid-base balance 6. Blood formation |
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Connective tissue in which the matrix is hardened by the deposition of calcium phosphate and other minerals.
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Osseous tisse (Bone)
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The hardening process for bones is called ____
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Mineralization (Calcification)
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Most of the cranial bones are in the form of thin curved plates called _____.
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Flat bones.
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Short bones
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Carpal and tarsal bones
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Vertebrae, the Sphenoid and ethmoid bones of the skull.
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Irregular bones
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Which cells have a ruffled border and secrete hydrochloric acid?
C cells osteocytes Osteogenic cells Osteoblasts Osteoclasts |
Osteoclasts
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The marrow cavity of an adult bone may contain ____.
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myeloid tissue.
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The spurt of growth in puberty results from cell proliferation and hypertrophy in ____.
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D. The Epiphyseal plate
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Osteoclasts are most closely related, by common descent, to ____.
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Blood cells.
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The walls between cartilage lacunae break down in the zone of _____.
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Bone deposition
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Which is not an effect of PTH?
rise in blood phosphate level Reduction of calcium excretion increased intestinal calcium absorption increased number of osteoclasts Increased calcitriol synthesis |
A. Rise in blood phosphate level
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Why doesn't a child's leg bones shatter when he jumps from the top of a playground "jungle gym?"
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Collagen Fibers
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One long bone meets another at its ____.
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Epiphysis
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Calcitriol is made from ____.
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7-dehydrocholesterol
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One sign of osteoporosis is _____.
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A wrist fracture.
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Calcium phosphate crystallizes in bone as a mineral called _____.
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hydroxapatite.
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Osteocytes contact each other through channels called ___ in the bone matrix.
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Canaliculi
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A bone increases in diameter only by ___ growth, the addition of new surface lamellae.
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appositional
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Seed crystals of hydroxypaptite form only when the levels of calcium and phosphate in the tissue fluid exceed the ____
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Solubility Product
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A calcium deficiency called ____ can cause death by suffocation.
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Hypocalcemia
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____ are cells that secrete collagen and stimulate calcium phosphate deposition.
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Osteoblasts
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The most active form of vitamin D, produced mainly by the kidneys, is ____.
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Calcitriol
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The most common bone disease is ____.
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Osteoporosis.
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The transitional region between epiphyseal cartilage and the primary marrow cavity of a young bone is called the _____.
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Metaphysis
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A pregnant, poorly nourished woman may suffer a softening of the bones called ____.
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Osteomalacia
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Spongy bone is always covered by
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Compact bone.
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Most bones develop from
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Hyaline cartilage
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Osteocytes develop from ____.
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Osteoblasts
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_____ travel through the central canals of compact bone.
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Blood vessels
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Parathyroid hormone promotes bone resorption and raises ______
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blood calcium
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Osteoclasts develop from ________ in the bone marrow
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Stem cells.
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Which of these is not a paranasal sinus?
a. frontal b. temporal c. sphenoid d. ethmoid e. maxillary |
B. temporal
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Which of these is facial bone?
a.fontal b. ethmoid c. occipital d. temporal e. lacrimal |
E. lacrimal
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Which of these cannot be palpated on a living person?
a. The Crista galli b. The mastoid process c. The zygomatic arch d. the superior nuchal line e. the hyoid bone. |
A. The Crista Galli
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All of the following are groups of vertebrae except for ____, which is a spinal curvature.
a. thoracic b. cervical c. lumbar d. pelvic e. sacral |
D. pelvic
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Thoracic vertebrae do NOT have _____.
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transverse foramina.
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The tubercle of a rib articulates with _____.
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the transverse process of a vertebra.
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The disc-shaped head of the radius articulates with the ___ of the humerus.
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C. Capitulum
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All of the following are carpal bones, except the ___, which is a tarsal bone.
-trapezium -cuboid -trapezoid -triquetrum -pisiform |
Cuboid
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The bone that supports your body weight when you are sitting down is ____.
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The ischium.
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What is the bone of the heel?
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Calcaneus
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The external auditory canal is a passage in the ___ bone
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temporal
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Bones of the skull are joined along lines called ____.
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Sutures.
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The ___ bone has greater and lesser wings and protects the pituitary gland.
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Sphenoid
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A herniated disc occurs when a ring called the ____ cracks.
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Anulus fibrosus
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The transverse ligament of the atlas holds the ___ of the axis in place.
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dens
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The sacroiliac joint is formed where the ____ surface of the sacrum articulates with that of the ilium.
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Auricular
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The ___ processes of the radius and ulna form bony protuberances on each side of the wrist.
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Styloid.
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The thumb is also known as the ___ and the great toe is also known as the ___.
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pollex, hallux
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The ____ arch of the foot extends from the heel to the great toe.
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medial longitudinal.
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internal and external rotation of the humerus are made possible by a ____ joint.
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Ball and Socket Joint
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Which of the following is the least movable?
a diarthrosis a synostosis a symphysis a synovial joint a condylar joint |
a synostosis
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Which of the following movements are unique to the foot?
- dorsiflexion and inversion - elevation and depression - circumduction and rotation - abduction and adduction - opposition and reposition |
-dorsiflexion and inversion
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Which of the following joints cannot be circumducted?
-carpometacarpal -metacarpophalangeal -glenohumeral -coxal -interphalangeal |
interphalangeal
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Which of the following terms denotes a general condition that includes the other four?
-gout -arthritis -rheumatism -osteoarthritis -rheumatoid arthritis |
Rheumatism
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In the adult, the ischium and pubis are united by _____.
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a synostosis
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in a second-class lever, the effort
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is applied to the end opposite the fulcrum.
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Which of the following joints has anterior and posterior cruciate ligaments?
-The shoulder -The elbow -the hip -the knee -the ankle |
The knee
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to bend backward at the waist involves ____ of the vertebral column.
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hyperextension
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The rotator cuff includes the tendons of all of the following muscles except
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the biceps brachii
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The lubricant of a diarthrosis is called ____.
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synovial fluid
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A fluid-filled sac that eases the movement of a tendon over a bone is call a/an ___-.
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Bursa
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A ____ joint allows one bone to swivel on another.
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pivot
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____ is the science of movement
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Kinesiology
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The joint between a tooth and the mandible is call a
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gomophosis
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In a _____ suture, the articulating bones have interlocking wavy margins, somewhat like a dovetail joint in carpentry.
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secrate
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In kicking a football, what type of action does the knee joint exhibit?
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Extension
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The angle through which a joint can move is called its _____
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range of motion.
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The menisci of the knee are functionally similar to the _____ of the temporomandibular joint.
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articular disc
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At the ankle, booth the tibia and fibula articulate with what tarsal bone?
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Talus
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There is no meniscus in the ____ joint.
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Elbow
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Reaching behind you to take something out of your hip pocket involves _____ of the shoulder.
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Hyperextension
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The _____ cruciate ligament normally prevents hyperextension of the knee.
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anterior
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The ____ are diarthroses.
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knuckles
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Unlike most ligaments, the ______ ligaments don't attach one bone to another.
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periodontal
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_____ occurs in almost everyone after a certain age.
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Osteoarthritis
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A _______ studies joint movements; a _____ treats arthritis.
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kinesiologist; rheumatologist
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Synovial joints are diarthroses and amphiarthroses, but never _____.
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synarthroses
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The ____ ligament is somewhat slack and probably does not secure the femoral head.
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round
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_____ is secreted by the synovial membrane of the joint capsule and fills the bursae
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Synovial fluid
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Which of the following muscles is the prime mover in spitting out a mouthful of liquid?
-platysma -buccinator -risorius -masseter -palatoglossus |
buccinator
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Each muscle fiber has a sleeve of areolar connective tissue around it called ____
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the endomysium
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Which of these is not a suprahyoid muscle?
geniolglossus geniohyoid stylohyoid mylohyoid digastric |
genioglossus
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Which of these muscles is an extensor of the neck?
external oblique sternocleidomastoid splenius capitis iliocostalis latissimus dorsi |
splenius capitis
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Which of theses muscles of the pelvic floor is the deepest?
Superficial transverse perineal bulbospongiosus ischiocavernosus deep transverse perineal levator ani |
levator ani
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Which of these actions is not performed by the trapezius?
extension of the neck depression of the scapula elevation of the scapula rotation of the scapula adduction of the humerus |
adduction of the humerus
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Both the hands and feet are acted upon by a muscle called ____.
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the abductor digiti minimi
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Which of the following muscles does not extend the hip joint?
quadriceps femoris gluteus maximus biceps femoris semitendinosus semimembranosus |
quadriceps femoris
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Both the gastrocnemius and ___ muscles insert on the heel by way of the calcaneal tendon.
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plantaris
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Which of the following muscles raises the upper lip?
Levator palpebrae superioris Orbicularis oris Zygomaticus minor masseter mentalis |
zygomaticus minor
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The ___ of a muscle is the point where it attaches to a relatively stationary bone.
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origin
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A bundle of muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium is called a ____.
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fascicle
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The ___ is the muscle that generates the most force in a given joint movement.
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prime mover
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The three large muscles on the posterior side of the thigh are commonly known as the ____ muscles.
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hamstring
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Connective tissue bands called ____ prevent flexor tendons of the forearm and leg from rising like bowstrings.
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flexor retinacula
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The anterior half of the perineum is a region called the _____.
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urogenital triangle
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The abdominal aponeuroses converge on a median fibrosus band on the abdomen called the ___.
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linea alba
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A muscle that works with another to produce the same or similar movement is called a ____.
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synergist
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A muscle somewhat like a feather, with fibers obliquely approaching its tendon from both sides, is called a ____ muscle.
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bipennate
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A circular muscle that closes a body opening is called a _____.
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sphincter
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Cutting the phrenic nerves would paralyze the prime mover of _____.
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respiration
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The orbicularis oculi is a _____.
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sphincter
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To push someone away from you, you would use the serratus anterior more than the _____.
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trapezius.
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Both the extensor _____ and extensor ____ extend the little finger.
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Digitorium; digiti minimi
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Curling the toes employs the _____.
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Quadratus plantae
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The trapezius is _____ to the scalenes
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superficial
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Normal exhalation_____ employ these muscles
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does not
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Any point where two bones meet is called a ____.
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Joint
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The science of joint structure, function, and dysfunction is called ______.
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Arthrology
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The study of musculoskeletal movement is
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Kinesiology
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A broad variety of movements and mechanical processes in the body.
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Biomechanics
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The name of a joint is typically derived from the ______.
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The names of the bones involved.
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An immovable joint formed when the gap between two bones ossifies and they become, in effect, a single bone is a ______.
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Bony Joint (Synostosis)
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A point which adjacent bones are bound by collagen fibers that emerge from one bone, cross the space between them, and penetrate into the other is a _____.
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Fibrous joint also called a synarthrosis or synarthrodial joint
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Appear as wavy lines along which the adjoining bones firmly interlock with each other by their serrated margins.
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Serrate sutures
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______ occur where tow bones have overlapping beveled edges, like a miter joint in carpentry.
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Lap sutures
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On the surface, a lap suture appears as a relatively ____.
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smooth line
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_______ occur where two bones have straight non-overlapping edges.
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Plane sutures
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