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Week 5
Skeletal tissues and skeleton
Question | Answer |
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What structures normally hold the foot bones firmly in their arched positions? | ligaments and tendons |
Fibrocartilage can be found in the | symphysis pubis |
Which bone is the longest and heaviest bone in the body? | Femur |
Which of the following is not a type of bone? | regular |
Compact bone contains many cylinder-shaped structural units called | Osteons |
The dense, white fibrous membrane that covers bone except at joint surfaces is the | Periosteum. |
The medial part of the anterior chest wall is supported by a dagger-shaped bone called | sternum. |
Which of these pelvic bones is the most anteriorly placed? | pubis |
The extracellular components of bone matrix are | hard and calcified |
Which of the following is a bone in the axial skeleton? | vertebra |
The bone that claims the distinction of being the only bone in the body that articulates with no other bones is the | Hyoid |
Spongy bone is characterized by | open spaces partially filled by an assemblage of needle-like structures. |
The joint between the pubic portions of each coxal bone is the | pubic symphysis |
Bone marrow is a specialized type of soft, diffuse connective tissue called | myeloid tissue. |
Which of the following is(are) not in the appendicular skeleton? | vertebrae |
Which of the following is not a bone in the leg? | Mandible |
Anatomically speaking, which bones compose the wrist? | Carpals |
The human skeleton system consists of two divisions. They are | axial and appendicular. |
The very small bone that lies just posterior and lateral to each nasal bone is the | lacrimal. |
Which two bones compose the shoulder girdle? | clavicle and scapula |
Which two bones join to form the posterior part of the hard palate? | Palatine |
The largest sesamoid bone in the body is the | Patella |
The two bones that form the framework for the forearm are the | radius and ulna |
If you are working on an archeological dig and find the remains of a human pelvis with a subpubic angle of 110 degrees, you can assume that this pelvis belongs to a | female. |
Anteriorly, each rib of the first seven pairs attaches to the | Sternum |
The most common type of cartilage is | Hyaline |
Of the five metacarpal bones that form the framework of the hand, the _____ metacarpal forms the most freely movable joint with the carpal bones. | Thumb |
The bone that articulates with the temporal bone in the only movable joint of the skull is | Mandible |
Which lower leg bone is smaller and is located laterally? | Fibula |
Which of the following is not a bone in the skull? | clavicle |