True/ False

Question 1

The shock-absorbing pads between the vertebrae are formed of fibrocartilage.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Achilles was wounded by damage to the tendon connecting his calf muscles to his heel. This and all tendons are composed mainly of dense irregular connective tissue.

Answer 2

False

Question 3

Goblet cells are found with pseudostratified ciliated columnar epithelium.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Epithelial tissues always exhibit polarity; that is, they have a free surface and a basal surface.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Endothelium covers and lines internal cavities such as the pleural and peritoneal cavities.

Answer 5

False

Question 6

The basic difference between dense irregular and dense regular connective tissues is in the amount of elastic fibers and adipose cells present.

Answer 6

False

Question 7

Intercalated discs and striations suggest the presence of skeletal muscle.

Answer 7

False

Question 8

Sweat glands are apocrine glands.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Blood is considered a type of connective tissue.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The apocrine sweat glands are fairly unimportant in thermoregulation.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The protein found in large amounts in the outermost layer of epidermal cells is collagen.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Joe just burned himself on a hot pot. A blister forms and the burn is painful. Joe’s burn would best be described as a third- degree burn.

Answer 12

False

Question 13

The most dangerous skin cancer is cancer of the melanocytes.

Answer 13

True

Question 14

The dermis is rich in blood vessels and nerve fibers.

Answer 14

True

Question 15

When a patient is said to have “third-degree burns,” this indicates that the patient has burns that cover approximately one-third of the body.

Answer 15

False

Question 16

Hematopoiesis refers to the formation of blood cells within the red marrow cavities of certain bones.

Answer 16

True

Question 17

Bones are classified by whether they are weight-bearing or protective in function.

Answer 17

False

Question 18

The periosteum is a tissue that serves only to protect the bone because it is not supplied with nerves or blood vessels.

Answer 18

False

Question 19

The structural unit of compact bone (osteon) resembles the growth rings of a tree trunk.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

An osteon contains osteocytes, lamellae, and a central canal, and is found in compact bone only.

Answer 20

True

Question 21

The trabeculae of spongy bone are oriented toward lines of stress.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

All of the bones of the skull, except the mandible, are united by sutures and are therefore immovable.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The foramen magnum goes through the occipital bone.

Answer 23

True

Question 24

Ribs numbered 11 and 12 are true ribs because they have no anterior attachments.

Answer 24

False

Question 25

The layman’s name for the scapula is the collarbone.

Answer 25

False

Question 26

Costal cartilages join most ribs to the sternum.

Answer 26

True

Question 27

In the anatomical position, the lateral forearm bone is the radius.

Answer 27

True

Question 28

There are seven cervical, twelve thoracic, and five lumbar vertebrae.

Answer 28

True

Question 29

The ischium articulates with both the ilium and the pubis.

Answer 29

True

Question 30

Which forms the largest portion of the coxal (hip) bone?

Answer 30

Ischium

Question 31

The axial skeleton contains ________.

Answer 31

the skull, vertebral column, and rib cage

Question 32

The suture that connects the two parietal bones together is the

Answer 32

Saggital

Question 33

The major function of the intervertebral discs is to

Answer 33

Absorb shock

Question 34

Thoracic vertebrae differ from the others in that they have

Answer 34

facets for attachment of ribs

Question 35

The major function of the axial skeleton is to ________.

Answer 35

provide central support for the body and protect internal organs

Question 36

The skull bone that the foramen magnum passes through is the ________.

Answer 36

Occipital

Question 37

Which of the following bones is not weight bearing?

Answer 37

Fibula