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Skeletal System Flashcards

1
Q

The following are axial skeletons except:

A. Temporal bone
B. Sternum
C. Femur
D. C7

A

C. Femur

Appendicular skeleton - bones of extermities

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Which of the following is classified as long bones?

A. Metacarpals
B. Scapulae
C. Coxa
D. Carpal bone

A

A. Metacarpals

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Forms the shaft and is composed of compact bone that encloses the marrow cavity

A. Diaphysis
B. Epiphysis
C. Metaphysis
D. Syndesmoses

A

A. Diaphysis

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Expanded articular ends, separated from the shaft by a plate during bone growth; composed of spongy bone

A. Diaphysis
B. Epiphysis
C. Metaphysis
D. Syndesmoses

A

B. Epiphysis

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5
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Consists of two layers of compact bone enclosing spongy bone and marrow space

A. Long bone
B. Short bone
C. Sesamoid bone
D. Flat bone

A

D. Flat bones

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These are commonly found where tendons cross the ends of long bones in the limbs, as in the wrist and the knee

A. Short bone
B. Irregular bone
C. Sesamoid bone
D. Flat bone

A

C. Sesamoid bone

  • develop in certain tendons, reducing friction and thus protecting it from excessive wear
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7
Q

Have articular surfaces that are covered with fibrocartilage and grow by replacement of connective tissue

A. Long bones
B. Flat bones
C. Irregular bones
D. Short bones

A

B. Flat bones

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8
Q

Cells that synthesizes new bone

A

osteoblast

osteoBlast - bumubuo ; osteoClast - kumakalas

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Hormone responsible for the mobilization of calcium for bone resorption

A

PTH

“P” = promotion

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Hormone responsible for the suppression of calcium mobilization

A

Calcitonin

“C” = cease

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Q

It is a gradual softening of the bone due to failure of the bone to calcify due to vitamin D deficiency or renal tubular dysfunction

A. Osteopenia
B. Osteomalacia
C. Osteoporosis
D. Osteopetrosis

A

B. Osteomalacia

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A bone disorder characterized by a decrease in bone calcification or reduced bone mass due to an inadequate osteoid synthesis

A. Osteopenia
B. Osteomalacia
C. Osteoporosis
D. Osteopetrosis

A

A. Osteopenia

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A bone disorder characterized by decreased bone mass and increased susceptibility to fracture of the hip, vertebra, and wrist, and commonly in elderly

A. Osteopenia
B. Osteomalacia
C. Osteoporosis
D. Osteopetrosis

A

C. Osteoporosis

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14
Q

Bone disorder characterized by an abnormally dense bone, obliterating the marrow cavity, due to defective resorption of immature bones

A. Osteopenia
B. Osteomalacia
C. Osteoporosis
D. Osteopetrosis

A

D. Osteopetrosis

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15
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The following are true of the primary cartilaginous joints except:

A. Permit little to no movement
B. united by fibrocartilage
C. synchondroses
D. epiphyseal plate

A

B. United by fibrocartilage

  • Cartilaginous joints
  • synchondroses
  • little to no movement
  • allow for growth in length
  • epiphyseal plate, sphenooccipital, manubriosternal
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16
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The following are true of symphyses except:

A. joined by fibrocartilage
B. complete movement
C. intervertebral discs

A

B. complete movement

*provides slight movement

17
Q

Joint that is united by two flat articular surfaces and allow a simple gliding or sliding movement

A. Plane 
B. Hinge
C. Pivot
D. Condylar
E. Saddle
F. Ball-and-Socket
A

A. Plane

18
Q

Movements possible for saddle joint (5)

A

Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, circumduction

19
Q

Radiocarpal (wrist joint) is what type of synovial joint?

A

Condylar

20
Q

Tibiofemoral (knee joint) is what type of synovial joint?

A

Condylar

21
Q

What type of joint is the sternoclavicular joint?

A

Plane/Gliding

22
Q

What type of joint is the shoulder joint?

A

Ball-and-socket

23
Q

It is a noninflammatory degenerative joint disease characterized by degeneration of the articular cartilage and osseous outgrowth at the margins

A. Osteoporosis
B. Rheumatoid arthritis
C. Osteoarthritis
D. Gout

A

C. Osteoarthritis

24
Q

It is an autoimmune inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the synovial membranes and articular structures, leading to deformities and disability

A. SLE
B. RA
C. osteoarthritis
D. gout

A

B. RA (rheumatoid arthritis)

25
Q

It is a painful form of arthritis characterized by a deposition of uric acid crystals in and around the joints. causing inflammation and pain, heat, redness, stiffness, tenderness and swelling of the joint tissues

A. SLE
B. RA
C. osteoarthritis
D. gout

A

D. gout

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