Skeletal System

Question 1

Haversian canal

Answer 1

Run along length.

Question 2

Volkmann’s canal

Answer 2

Perpendicular to haversian canals.

Question 3

Nutrient foramina

Answer 3

Large holes in bones for blood vessels.

Question 4

Periosteum

Answer 4

The membrane that covers the outer layer of bones.

Question 5

Endosteum

Answer 5

The membrane that lines the hollow interior surfaces of bones.

Question 6

Axial skeleton

Answer 6

Connected to the appendicular skeleton at the sacroiliac joint.

Question 7

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 7

Connected to the axial skeleton at the sacroiliac joint.

Question 8

Sesamoid bones

Answer 8

Bones within tendons.

Question 9

Brachium

Answer 9

Upper half of the forelimb.

Question 10

Osteoblasts

Answer 10

Cells that produce bone.

Question 11

Osteocytes

Answer 11

Osteoblasts surrounded by bone.

Question 12

Osteoclasts

Answer 12

Remodel/remove bone.

Question 13

Condyle

Answer 13

Large, round articular surface.

Question 14

Head

Answer 14

Spherical articular surface on the proximal end of a long bone.

Question 15

Facet

Answer 15

Flat articular surface.

Question 16

Foramen

Answer 16

Hole in a bone that may contain blood vessels and nerves.

Question 17

Fossa

Answer 17

Depressed area on the surface of a bone.

Question 18

Maxilla

Answer 18

Refers to the upper jaw.

Question 19

Sutures

Answer 19

Joints that most of the skull bones are.

Question 20

Mandible

Answer 20

Lower jaw connected to the rest of the skull by a synovial joint.

Question 21

Intervertebral discs

Answer 21

Cartilage separating bodies of adjacent vertebrae.

Question 22

Costochondrial junction

Answer 22

Area where costal cartilage meets bony rib.

Question 23

Manubrium sterni

Answer 23

Most cranial sternebra.

Question 24

Xiphoid

Answer 24

Most caudal sternebra.

Question 25

Spine of the scapula

Answer 25

Longitudinal ridge on lateral surface.

Question 26

Glenoid cavity

Answer 26

Shallow, concave articular surface.

Question 27

Tubercles

Answer 27

Processes where shoulder muscles attach.

Question 28

Olecranon process

Answer 28

Point of the elbow and site for tendon attachment of triceps brachii muscle.

Question 29

Anconeal and coronoid processes

Answer 29

Articulate with the humerus.

Question 30

Calcaneal tuberosity

Answer 30

Point of attachment for the tendon of the gastrocnemius muscle.