VN 17 TEST 4 STUDY GUIDE-DONE

Question 1

1.WHAT MAKES UP THE SKELETAL SYSTEM?

Answer 1

Bones, connective tissue, cartilage, tendons & ligaments.

Question 2

2.WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF OSTEOCLASTS?

Answer 2

Reabsorption of bone

Question 3

3.HOW MANY TYPES OF OSSIFICATION ARE THERE AND WHAT DOES

THAT MEAN?

Answer 3

There are 2 types. (Intramembranous & endochondral)

Ossification is the formation of bones by osteoblasts.

Question 4

5.DEFINE FRACTURE

Answer 4

The breaking of bone or cartilage

Question 5

7.EXPLAIN FLAT BONES

Answer 5

Are thin bones that protect soft or vital parts of the body.

Ex:sternum,ribs, scapula, pelvic bones, bones of the skull

Question 6

8.WHERE IS THE FRONTAL BONE

Answer 6

The frontal bone forms the forehead, roof of the nasal cavity & the orbits(bony sockets that contain the eyes)

Question 7

9.WHAT IS THE OPENING IN THE OCCIPITAL BONE AND WHAT IS

SIGNIFICANT ABOUT IT?

Answer 7

The opening is the foramen magnum , and it connects the spinal cord with the brain

Question 8

10.EXPLAIN THE TEMPORAL BONE.

Answer 8

Encloses an ear and bears articulation with the lower jaw or mandible.

Question 9

11.EXPLAIN THE SPHENOID BONE

Answer 9

anchors all of the cranial bones together. looks like a buttefly

Question 10

12.WHAT BONES FORM THE BRIDGE OF THE NOSE?

Answer 10

The 2 nasal bones

Question 11

13.WHAT IS THE STRONGEST BONE OF THE JAW?

Answer 11

The mandible

Question 12

14.WHAT ARE VERTEBRAE?

Answer 12

Series of 26 irregular bones that form the spinal column

Question 13

15.WHAT’S ANOTHER NAME FOR THE STERNUM?

Answer 13

Breastbone

Question 14

16.WHAT ARE THE TRUE RIBS?

Answer 14

The first 7 ribs

Question 15

17A. HUMERUS

Answer 15

Largest and longest bone of the upper arm.

Question 16

17B. FEMUR

Answer 16

thigh, is the largest and heaviest bone of the body.

Question 17

17 C. PATELLA

Answer 17

Kneecap, is the largest of the Sesamoid bones

Question 18

17 D. TARSAL

Answer 18

Ankle bones