Bones And Joints

Question 1

How many bones are in the human body

Answer 1

206 bones in the human body

Question 2

What is the epiphysis

Answer 2

This is the growth plate

Question 3

What is the synovial joint

Answer 3

Extensive movement, smooth cartilage, synovial fluid in a capsule

Question 4

What are the fibrous joints

Answer 4

No synovial cavity, joint held together by dense connective tissue. Skull

Question 5

What is the joint cavity

Answer 5

Contains synovial fluid if cartilages rub together it will cause inflammation

Question 6

What cartilage is found in synovial joints

Answer 6

Articular hyaline cartilage and marginal (fibro) cartilage

Question 7

What supports joints

Answer 7

Tendons

Question 8

What are ligaments

Answer 8

Passive stabilisers

Question 9

What is a syndesmosis

Answer 9

A fibrous joint between two bones and linked by ligaments and a strong membrane

Question 10

What type of connective tissue is a syndemosis

Answer 10

Dense

Question 11

When does the anterior fontanelle close

Answer 11

Usually closes sometime between 9 and 18 months

Question 12

When does the posterior fontanelle close

Answer 12

By the age of 1/2 months, may close at birth

Question 13

Describe cartinaginous joints

Answer 13

Little movement, no synovial cavity

Question 14

What is a symphysis

Answer 14

A cartilaginous joint, bone ends covered by hyaline cartilage, disc of fibrocartilage in between eg pelvis, sternum, ribs

Question 15

Describe a synchondrosis

Answer 15

A type of cartinaginous joint where hyaline cartilage completely joins together two bones

Question 16

What are the two parts of the skeleton called

Answer 16

Neurocranium (bony covering of brain and meninges)

Viscerocranium (facial skeleton)

Question 17

What is the roof of the skeleton called

Answer 17

Calvaria

Question 18

What is the floor of the skull called

Answer 18

Cranial base

Question 19

What are the eight bones in the neurocranium called

Answer 19

Frontal (1)
Ethmoid (1)
Sphenoid (1)
Occipital (1)
Temporal (2)
Parietal (2)

Question 20

How many bones make up the facial skeleton

Answer 20

14 bones

Question 21

What does the phrase pneumatised mean

Answer 21

Air within the bones

Question 22

Name the weakest part of the skull

Answer 22

The pterion

This is because it is the part of the skull where the frontal, parietal, sphenoid and temporal bones all meet

Question 23

What can trauma in the pterion result in

Answer 23

Trauma in this area can result in a rupture of the blood vessels just deep to this, the middle meningeal blood vessels including the artery, this would be referred to as an extra-duralumin haemorrhage

Question 24

Where in the vertebra is the spinal cord contained

Answer 24

The intervertebral foramen contains the spinal cord, spinal nerves exit vertebral canals through the vertebral foramina

Question 25

How many bones are in the hand

Answer 25

27 bones

Question 26

What are the different bones in the hand called

Answer 26

14 phalanges
5 metacarpals
8 carpal bones

Question 27

Describe the bones in the feet

Answer 27

14 phalanges
5 metatarsals
7 tarsal bones