Quiz Questions Exam 1 Flashcards
What are the four basic tissues of the human body?
epithelial, muscle, neural & connective tissues
What is the function of each type of bone cell?
osteoblast - form bone;
osteocyte - maintain or nurture bone;
osteoclast - remodel bone
What are the bone cells embedded in?
an amorphous matrix consisting of ground substance, protein fibers and various minerals.
What is the primary constituent of ground substance?
gylcosaminoglycans
What is the principle type of protein fiber in bone?
collagen type I
What is the most frequently described deposit in bone?
Hydroxyapatite
What is Wolff’s Law as it pertains to bone?
living tissue will respond to stressors; bone is formed or absorbed in response to various stressors.
What three responses of “living” bone were stressed in class?
it has the ability to heal, to remodel under stressors, and to age.
Bone is the Embryological derivative of which specific connective tissues?
mesenchyme and/or cartilage.
what is the name given to the pattern of ossification in mesenchyme?
Intramembranous ossification.
what is the timing for the appearance of intramembranous ossification?
from the second to third month in utero.
What part of the axial skeleton is primarily formed by intramembranous ossification?
the Skull
Which bone of the appendicular skeleton is partially formed by intramembranous ossification
the Clavicle
What is the name given to the pattern of ossification in cartilage?
endochondral
What is the timing for the appearance of ossification in cartilage?
from the second to fifth month in utero.
What part of the skull is derived from endrochondral ossification?
chrondocranium
What are the names given to the centers of ossification based on the time of apperance?
primary centers of ossification appear before birth
secondary centers of ossification appear after birth
What are the primary sources of variation observed in bone?
sexual dimorphism(gender variation), ontogenetic variation(growth or age variation), geogrpahic or population-based variation(ethnic variation) and idiosyncratic variation(Individual variation)
What are the more commonly used classifications of normal bone?
long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones, paranasal sinus or pneumatic bones and sesamoid bones
What are the classifications given to abnormal bone stressed in Spinal Anatomy?
Heterotopic and Accessory Bone
What is the name given to bone formed in a non-bone location?
heterotopic bone
What is the name given to bone formed from existing bone?
Accessory bone
What is the primary characteristic of short bones?
they are essentially cuboidal
What are examples of short bones?
most of the bones of the carpus and tarsus. (pisiform is sesamoid)
What are examples of flat bones?
The parietal and sternum
What is characteristic of a pneumatic bone?
air spaces within the bone
What are examples of pneumatic bone?
frontal, ethmoid, maxilla, sphenoid & temporal
What bones contain paranasal sinuses
frontal, ethmoid, maxilla & sphenoid
What is the characteristic of sesamoid bone?
the bone develops within a tendon
What are consistent examples of sesamoid bones?
patella, and pisiform
What are examples of Heterotopic Bone?
Calcific deposits in the pineal gland, heart and ligaments
What are examples of accessory bone?
para-articular processes and boney spurs of vertebrae
What are the four basic surface feature characteristics?
Elevations, Depressions, tunnels or passageways & facets
What are the types of osseous elevations?
linear, rounded & sharp
What are the types of osseous linear elevation?
the line, ridge, and crest
What are the types of rounded osseous elevations?
tubercle, protuberance, trochanter, tuber or tuberosity and malleolus.
What is the definition of an osseous trochanter?
a large, blunt projection from the surface of bone with a significant base and height.
What is the definition of an osseous Malleoulus?
a hammerhead-like elevation on the surface of bone
What are the categories of sharp osseous elevations?
spine and process
What are the categories of osseous depressions?
linear and rounded depressions
What are the categories of linear osseous depressions?
Notch or incisure, groove, and sulcus
What are the categories of rounded osseous depressions?
the fovea and fossa
What is the definition of an osseous fovea?
a shallow depression of variable circumference on the surface of bone
What are the names given to the openings on the surface of bone?
ostium, orface, and hiatus
What is the definition of an osseous hiatus?
an irregular opening on the surface of bone.
What are the names given to osseous ostia which completely penetrate bone?
foramen or canal
What is the definition of an osseous foramen?
an ostium passing completely through a thin region of bone.
What is the definition of an osseous canal?
an ostium passing completely through a thick region of bone.
What is the name given to an ostium which does not completely penetrate through a region of bone but appears as a blind-ended passageway?
meatus
What is the definition of an osseous fissure?
an irregular slit-like or crack-like appearance between the surface of two adjacent bones.
What are the categories of osseous facets?
flat facts and rounded facets
What are the categories of rounded osseous facets?
Articular Heads, and Articular Condyles.
What is the definition of an osseous condyle?
a knuckle-shaped surface on bone for osseous articulation.
How many bones form the typical adult apendicular skeleton.
126 bones
What bones form the axial skeleton?
the skull, hyoid, vertebral column, sternum and ribs.
What is the name given to the skull minus the mandible?
the cranium
What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult skull?
28 bones
How Many bones form the typical adult neurocranium?
8 bones
What bones form the facial skeleton?
mandible, vomer, nasal, maxilla, lacrimal, inferior nasal concha, palatine, and Zygomatic.
How many bones form the facail skeleton? (AKA Splanchocranium or visceral skeleton)
14 bones
How many bones comprise the typical adult auditory ossicles?
6 bones
How many bones are present in the adult hyoid?
1 bone
What is the number of bones comprising each region of the typical adult spinal column or vertebral column?
7 Cervical, 12 Thoracic, and 5 Lumbar vertebrae, 1 Sacrum and 1 Coccyx
What is the name given to the presacral region of the typical adult vertebral column or spinal column?
the spine
What is the total number of bones forming the typical adult spine?
24 bones
What is the definition of “spine” as it pretains to the vertebral column?
the pre-sacral region of the vertebral column or spinal column.
How many bones are present in the typical adult sternum?
1 bone
What regions are present along the typical adult sternum?
the manubrium sterni, the corpus sterni, and the xiphoid proccess.
How many ribs are present in the typical adult skeleton?
12 pair or 24 ribs
What is the number of vertebrae in a typical adolescent?
33 segments
What is the number of vetebrae in a typical adult?
26 Segments
side note, this includes 1 fused sacrum, and 1 fused coccyx
What is the number of vetebrae in the typical spine?
24 segments
side note, spine = pre-sacral
How many segments unite to form the typical sacrum?
5 segments
How many segments unite to form the typical coccyx?
4 segments
Which mammals do not have seven cervical vetebrae?
2-MA-3
2-M7 ( Ant Bear, 3 toed sloth)
Which mammals have more the seven cervical vertebrae?
Ant bear, and Three toed sloth
Which mammals have less than seven cervical vertebrae?
Two toed sloth, and Manatee.
What does the term “cervical” refer to?
The region of the neck.
What does the term “thoracic” refer to?
breast plate or chest; it is referred to the armor bearing region of the torso.
What other term is often used to identify the vertebral segments of the chest?
the dorsal segments; the dorsals
What is the typical number of segments in the dorsal or thoracic region?
12 segments
What does the term “lumbar” refer to?
the loin; the region between the rib and the hip.
What is the typical number of segments in the lumbar region?
5 segments.
What are the names given to the top of the adult skull?
the cavaria or calva
What are the categories of bone forming the typical adult skull?
the neurocranium, the facial skeleton (splanchnocranium or visceral cranium) and the auditory ossicles.
What does the term “scarum” refer to?
the holy bone or holy region
What does the term “coccyx” refer to?
a cuckoo birds’ bill or cuckoo birds’ beak
What is the length of a typical male spinal column
about 70 centimeters or 28 inches
What is the length of a typical female spinal column
about 60 centimeters or 25 inches
What is the length difference between a typical male and typical female spinal column?
about 3 inchs
What is the length of the male cervical region (both measurements)
about 12 centimeters or 5 inches
What is the length of the male thoracic region? (both measurements)
about 28 centimeters or 11 inches
What is the length of the male lumbar region? (both measurements)
about 18 centimeters or 7 inches
What is the length of the male sacrum? (both measurements)
about 12 centimeters or 5 inches
Based on the numbers for individual regions of the vertebral column, what is the length of the male spine? (Both measurements)
about 58 centimeters or 23 inches.
What parts of the body are supported by the vertebral column?
the head, upper extremities, ribs, viscera, and pelvis
How does the vertebral column participate in skeletal formation?
ribs are formed from the costal process of the embryonic vertebral template.
What levels of the vertebral column specifically accommodate weight-bearing transfer?
S1-S3 at the auricular surface.
Distinguish between motion and locomotion.
Motion is movement without travel; locomotion is movement to a new site or location.
What orgasn(s) is(are) specifically associated with the horizontal axis of the skull?
the eye and the vestibular apparatus of the inner ear.
What are the 3 layers of the embryo called?
ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm.
Invagination of ectoderm along the primitive streak gives rise to what embryonic structure?
notochord
What is the name given to the mesoderm that will give rise to the vertebral column?
paraxial mesoderm
What does paraxial mesoderm give rise to that will form the vertebral column?
somites
Name the areas of cellular differentiation fromed within the somite?
sclerotome, myotome, and dermatome
What part of the somite will give rise to the vertebral column?
scelrotome
List, in order, the names of the successive vertebral columns formed during development?
membranous, cartilaginous, skeletal or osseous.
Migration of sclerotomes to surround the notochord forms what developmental feature?
the perichordal blastema
The perichordal blastema gives rise to what processes?
neural processes and costal processes
What is the name of the artery located between adjacent perichordal blastemae? (blastemae = pleural blastema’s)
intersegmental artery
cell proliferation within the perichordal blastema will result in what features?
a loose cranial sclerotomite and an dense caudal scelrotomite
What forms between the sclerotomites of a perichordal blastema?
the intrasclerotomal fissue (fissure of Von Ebner)
what is the earliest embryonic feature that will identify the position of the adult inter vertebral disc?
the intrasclerotomal fissure (fissure of Von Ebner)
The union of a dense caudal scelrotomite and a loose cranail sclerotomite from adjacent pericordal blastemae give rise to what feature?
the vertebral blastema
What vessel will be identified adjacent to the vertebral blastema?
the segmental artery
When will cartilage first from in the membranous vertebral blastema?
beginning in the 6th embryonic week
What is the name given to the replacement of mesoderm by cartilage?
chondrification
Chondrification begins in which region of the embryonic vertebral column?
the cervical region
What are the names given to the centers of chondrification within the vertebral blastema?
centrum center, neural arch center, transverse process center.
How many centers of chondrification typically appear in the vertebral blastema?
six… 2 for the centrum, 2 for the neural arch, 2 for each transverse process.
what is the earliest time that centers of ossification appear in the cartilaginous vertebra?
during the 7th embryonic week
What is the ratio of primary to secondary centers of ossification for a typical vertebra?
3 primary centers: 5 secondary centers
What are the names of the primary centers of ossification for a typical vertebra?
centrum centers, and neural arch centers
What is the classification of the joint forming between primary centers of ossification in the typical vertebra?
Neurocentral synchondrosis and neural arch synchondrosis
what is the classification of the joint forming between primary centers of ossification?
cartilage synchondrosis/amphiarthrosis synchondrosis
What are the names of the synchondroses forming between primary centers of ossification in the typical vertebra?
neurocentral synchondrosis and neural arch synchondrosis
What are the names of the five centers of ossification for a typical vertebra?
tip of the transverse process, tip of the spinous process, epiphyseal plate centers.
How many secondary centers of ossification appear in the typical vertebra?
five… 1 for the tip of of each transverse process, 1 for the tip of the spinous process, 1 for each epiphyseal plate.
What is the classification of the joint forming between secondary centers of ossification and the rest of the typical vertebra?
cartilage synchondrosis/amphiarthrosis synchondrosis.
What are the names of the synchondroses forming between secondary centers of ossification and the rest of the typical vertebra?
tip of the transverse process synchondrosis, tip of the spinous process synchondrosis, and epiphyseal ring synchondrosis.
what is the range of appearance for the secondary centers of ossification of a typical vertebra?
during puberty, typically ages 11-16 years old
What are the three basic osseous parts of a vertebra?
the vertebral body, vertebral arch, and apophyseal regions.
What is the general shape of the vertebral body at each region of the spine?
cervical - rectangular;
thoracic - triangular;
lumbar - reniform.
What is the name given to the compact bone at the superior and inferior surfaces of the vertebral body?
superior epiphyseal ring, inferior epiphyseal ring.