Osteology

Question 1

The science of studying bones

Answer 1

osteology

Question 2

what is it called when the skeleton has no bones crossed?

Answer 2

standard anatomical position

Question 3

the plane that divides the body into left and right sides

Answer 3

sagittal

Question 4

the plane that divides the body into front and back

Answer 4

coronal

Question 5

the plane that divides the body into above and below

Answer 5

transverse

Question 6

what is proximal

Answer 6

closer to the body

Question 7

what is distal

Answer 7

further from the body

Question 8

there are two types of bones

Answer 8

compact and spongy

Question 9

bones that are long, thin, have a shaft and articular surfaces at either end

Answer 9

long bones

Question 10

small bones, usually cube shaped

Answer 10

short bones

Question 11

bones that are thin, flat surfaces, no marrow cavity, but do have spongy bone between two layers of cortical bone

Answer 11

flat bones

Question 12

bones with complex shapes, notched or with ridges

Answer 12

irregular bones

Question 13

bones that form inside a muscle tendon

Answer 13

sesamoid bones

Question 14

what type of joint:

• very little movement
• bones linked via fibrous connective tissue or cartilage.

Answer 14

non-synovial joints

Question 15

What type of joint:

• mobile joints
• enclosed by a joint capsule and contain fluid

Answer 15

synovial joints

Question 16

what is it called when the head has no mandible

Answer 16

cranium

Question 17

what is it called when the head has a mandible

Answer 17

skull

Question 18

central part of skeleton- vertebrae, ribs, sacrum, sternum

Answer 18

axial skeleton

Question 19

the skeleton with limbs

Answer 19

appendicular skeleton

Question 20

what is it called when sutures fuse too early in a child

Answer 20

cranial synostosis