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