Chapter 21

Question 1

What is a specialization of the body’s connective tissues?

Answer 1

Orthopedic surgery

Question 2

What is preformed to treat or correct injuries, congenital anomalies, and disease of the bone, joints, ligaments, tendons or muscles?

Answer 2

Orthopedic surgery

Question 3

A layer of connective tissue covering all bones

Answer 3

Periosteum

Question 4

A long bone fracture in a child can have devastating consequences in terms of the child’s skeletal maturity and potential for limb shortening and malformation when the fracture line involves the?

Answer 4

Epiphyseal Plate

Question 5

What does the tarsal articulate with?

Answer 5

Distal tibia and fibula

Question 6

At what end does the tibia expand to form a prominence on the inner ankle? What is it called?

Answer 6

Distal; medial malleolus

Question 7

The pubis constitutes the anterior portion of the ___ ___.

Answer 7

coxal bone

Question 8

What articulates at the head of the femur?

Answer 8

The acetabulum

Question 9

What articulates with the glenoid cavity to form the shoulder joint?

Answer 9

Humerus

Question 10

What does the end of the clavicle articulate with?

Answer 10

The manubrium

Question 11

What articulates with the distal clavicle and provides attachments for muscles of the arms and chest?

Answer 11

Acromion process

Question 12

What is the medical term used to refer to the seven rib pairs?

Answer 12

Thoracic

Question 13

What are the ribs attached to?

Answer 13

Each end of the thoracic vertebrae.

Question 14

What are the types of cells that break down and assimilate bone?

Answer 14

Osteoclasts

Question 15

What are located in minute, bony chambers called lacunae?

Answer 15

Osteocytes

Question 16

What is the process by which blood cells are formed?

Answer 16

Hemopoiesis or hematopoiesis

Question 17

The distal and proximal ends of long bones are called?

Answer 17

Epiphysis

Question 18

What is posterior to the mandible and anterior to the trachea?

Answer 18

The hyoid bone

Question 19

What is the name of the second cervical vertebrae?

Answer 19

The axis

Question 20

What muscle is part of the rotator cuff?

Answer 20

Infraspinatus

Question 21

The teres minor is one of the four muscles of the ____ ___.

Answer 21

Rotator cuff

Question 22

What muscle contributes to the stability of the shoulder joint?

Answer 22

Subscapularis

Question 23

What contains the acromiclavicular, sternoclavicular, and glenohumeral joint?

Answer 23

The pelvic girdle

Question 24

The rectus femoris and vastus laterals are part of the ?

Answer 24

Quadriceps

Question 25

What is the concave indentation that serves as the socket for the head of the femur ?

Answer 25

Acetabulum

Question 26

What is an example of an irregular bone>

Answer 26

The vertabra