Anatomy Chapter 1-10

Question 1

Name the anatomical planes?

Answer 1

Coronal
Sagittal
transverse

Question 2

what is a fissure?

Answer 2

Narrow cleft like opening between adjacent parts of the bone for the passage of vessels or nerves.

Question 3

what is a foramen?

Answer 3

opening through which blodvessels and nerves pass

Question 4

what is a Fossa?

Answer 4

Depression (hollow) in or on a bone

Question 5

what is a Sulcus (groove)

Answer 5

Long narrow depression that accommodates blood vessels, nerves and tendons.

Question 6

What is a meatus (canal)

Answer 6

Tube-like passageway within a bone.

Question 7

what is a sinus?

Answer 7

Air-filled passageway within a bone.

Question 8

what is a notch?

Answer 8

Indentation at the edge of a bone.

Question 9

what is a condyle process?

Answer 9

Large rounded articular prominence.

Question 10

what is a facet?

Answer 10

Smooth flat surface.

Question 11

What is a head process?

Answer 11

Rounded articular projection supported upon a constricted portion (neck) of the bone.

Question 12

what is a crest?

Answer 12

prominent ridge or border

Question 13

what is a epicondyle?

Answer 13

Prominence above a condyle

Question 14

What is a linea (line)?

Answer 14

Less prominent ridge then a crest?

Question 15

what is a Process?

Answer 15

Sharp slender projection

Question 16

what is a Trochanter?

Answer 16

Very large projection found only on the femur.

Question 17

what is a Tubercle?

Answer 17

Small rounded process

Question 18

what is a Tuberosity?

Answer 18

Large rounded often roughened process.

Question 19

Which two types of bones do we have in the body?

Answer 19

Compact (dense) bone tissue

Spongy (Cancellous) bone tissue

Question 20

what are the characteristics of compact (dense) bone tissue

Answer 20

• Contains fewer and smaller spaces and more solid matter.
• it forms the external (outer) layer of all bones and the diaphyses of long bones.
  Function: protect, support, weight-bearing.

Question 21

what are the characteristics of Spongy (Cancellous) bone tissue

Answer 21

• Contains more and larger space.
• its less solid.
• usually forms the central mass of short, flat and irregular bones and the epiphyses of long bones.
• Its composed by thin plates of bone called trabeculae, the spaces between the trabeculae contain red bone marrow.

Question 22

Functions of the skeletal system:

Answer 22

Framework
protect internal organs like heart and lungs
attachment for skeletal muscle.
storage for minerals such as calcium and phosphorus, plus yellow bone marrow which stores lipids (fat, energi storage)
containment of redbone marrow where red-blodcells, white-blodcells and platlets (hematopoiesis) are made.