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A comprehensive overview of the structure and function of bones, covering topics such as the metaphysis, epiphyseal plate, articular cartilage, bone remodeling, ossification, and various bone diseases and conditions. It delves into the cellular components of bone, including osteoblasts, osteoclasts, and osteocytes, as well as the process of bone growth and development. The document also explores the differences between compact and spongy bone, the role of minerals and proteins in bone composition, and the biomechanics of bone. Additionally, it covers joint structure and function, including the classification of different joint types and their associated movements. This document would be valuable for students studying anatomy, physiology, or orthopedics, providing a solid foundation for understanding the complex and intricate nature of the skeletal system.
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The ____ is a marginal zone of the epiphyseal plate where, in children and adolescents, bone can be seen replacing the hyaline cartilage - Answer: Metaphysis Achondroplastic dwarfism is a hereditary condition, in which the long bones of the limbs fail to elongate normally because of reduced hyperplasia and hypertrophy of cartilage in the ____. - Answer: Epiphyseal Plate Chondrocytes multiply in the zone of ____ of the metaphysis. - Answer: Cell Proliferation
Mature bones are remolded throughout life via a process known as ____. - Answer: Appositional growth Bone elongation is a result of ____ - Answer: cartilage growth Wolff's law of bone explains the effects of ____ - Answer: Mechanical stress on Bone Remodeling A growing long bone in a child has only two areas of cartilage at the epiphysis. These two areas are the ____ - Answer: Articular Cartilage and Epiphyseal Plate The process of dissolving bone and returning its minerals to the bloodstream is known as ____ - Answer: Resorption Which of the following exemplifies a positive feedback process happening in the bone mineral deposition? - Answer: First few crystals to form attract more calcium and phosphate Phosphate is necessary for all of the following except___ - Answer: amino acids Calcium plays an essential role in all of the following except? - Answer: DNA synthesis Which of the following is not a function of parathyroid hormone (PTH)? - Answer: Lower Blood Calcium
A break in a bone that is activity weakened by some other disease is called a(n) ____ fracture. - Answer: Pathologic Which of the following is the correct sequence of events in the healing of a bone fracture? - Answer: Hematoma Formation ---> Soft Callus Formation ---> Hard Callus Formation ---> Bone remodeling Patterns of fibrocartilage formed in the healing of a fracture are called____, whereas the bony collar formed around the fracture is called _____. - Answer: Soft callus; Hard callus The most common disease is ____ - Answer: Osteoporosis The average number of bones in the adults skeleton is ____ - Answer: 206 All the bones below belong to the axial skeleton, except the __________, which belongs to the appendicular skeleton. - Answer: scapula Why does an adult not have as many bones as a child? - Answer: Some separate bones gradually fuse with age What is a sesamoid bone? - Answer: A bone that forms within some tendons in response to stress
Which of the bones below does not belong to the appendicular skeleton? - Answer: ethmoid All of the following are found on the temporal bone except the ____ - Answer: sella turcica Which of the following are not considered facial bones? - Answer: Parietal bones All of these contribute to the wall of the orbit except the ____ bone. - Answer: the maxilla Which bone helps form the coronal, lambdoid, and squamous sutures of the skull?
The _____ is a U- shaped bone that sits above the larynx yet does not articulate with any other bone. - Answer: hyoid bone Which cranial bone(s) are separate right and left bones at birth but generally fuse by the age of 5. - Answer: frontal bone and mandible One difference between the male and female pelvis is that the subpubic angle of a female is generally ____ - Answer: greater than 100 degrees Which cells have a ruffled border and secrete hydrochloric acid? - Answer: osteoclasts The marrow cavity of an adult bone may contain____ - Answer: myeloid tissue The spurt of growth in puberty results from cell proliferation and hypertrophy in____ - Answer: the epiphyseal plate Osteoclasts are most closely related, by common descent, to____ - Answer: blood cells The walls between cartilage lacunae break down in the zone of ____ - Answer: bone deposition Which of these is not an effect of PTH? - Answer: rise in blood phosphate level
A child jumps to the ground from the top of a playground "jungle gym" His leg bones do not shatter mainly because they contain - Answer: collagen fibers One long bone meets another at its____ - Answer: epiphysis Calcitriol is made from - Answer: 7- dehydrocholesterol One sign of osteoporosis is - Answer: a spontaneous wrist fracture Calcium phosphate crystalizes in bone as a mineral called ____ - Answer: hydroxyapatite Osteocytes contact each other through channels called _____ in the bone matrix.
The tubercle of a rib articulates with ____ - Answer: the transverse process of a vertebra The disc-shaped head of the radius articulates with the _____ of the humerus. - Answer: capitulum All of the following are carpal bones, except the ____ which is a tarsal bone. - Answer: cuboid The bone that supports your body weight when you are sitting down is ____ - Answer: the ischium Which of these is the bone of the heel? - Answer: calcaneus Gaps between the cranial bones of an infant are called - Answer: fontanelles The external auditory canal is a passage in the ___ bone - Answer: temporal Bones of the skull are joined along lines called___ - Answer: sutures The ____ bone has greater and lesser wings and protects the pituitary gland. - Answer: sphenoid A herniated disc occurs when a ring called the ____ cracks. - Answer: annulus fibrosis
The transverse ligament of the atlas holds the ____ of the axis in place. - Answer: dens The sacroiliac joint is formed where the ___ surface of the sacrum articulates with that of the ilium - Answer: auricular The ____ processes of the radius and ulna form bony protuberances on each side of the wrist. - Answer: styloid Nerves and blood vessels pass through small holes in the skull called ____. The singular form of this word is ____ - Answer: foramina The ____ arch of the foot extends from the heel to the great toe. - Answer: medial longitudinal Internal and external rotation of the humerus is made possible by a ____ joint. - Answer: ball and socket Which of the following is the least movable? - Answer: synostosis Which of the following movements are unique to the foot? - Answer: dorsiflexion and inversion Which of the following joints cannot be circumducted? - Answer: interphalangeal
_____ is the science of movement. - Answer: kinesiology The joint between a tooth and the mandible is called a/an - Answer: gomphosis In a ____ suture, the articulating bones have interlocking wavy margins, somewhat like a dovetail joint in carpentry. - Answer: serrate In kicking a football, what type of action does the knee joint exhibit? - Answer: extension The angle through which a joint can move is called its ____ - Answer: range of motion The menisci of the knee are functionally similar to the _____ of the temporomandibular joint. - Answer: articular disc At the ankle, both the tibia and fibula articulate with what tarsal bone? - Answer: talus Which of the following muscles does not contribute to the rotator cuff? - Answer: teres major Make a fist, then straighten your fingers. The muscles that performed the latter action have tendons that pass thru - Answer: the extensor retinaculum
Which of these is not a suprahyoid muscle? - Answer: genioglossus Which of these muscles is an extensor of the neck? - Answer: splenius capitis Which of these muscles of the pelvic floor is the deepest? - Answer: levator ani Which of these actions is not performed by the trapezius? - Answer: adduction of the humerus Both the hands and feet are acted upon by a muscle or muscles called - Answer: the abductor digiti minimi Which of the following muscles does not extend the hip joint? - Answer: quadriceps femoris Both the gastrocnemius and ____ muscles insert on the heel by way of the calcaneal tendon. - Answer: soleus Which of the following muscles raises the upper lip? - Answer: zygomaticus minor What muscle is the prime mover in sucking through a soda straw or spitting out a mouthful of liquid? - Answer: buccinator A bundle of muscle fibers surrounded by perimysium is called a/an - Answer: fascicle
When ____________ become enclosed in lacunae, they become cells called _____________. - Answer: osteoblasts; osteocytes The spaces found within the concentric lamellae are called ____ and they contain____ - Answer: lacunae; osteocytes Which of the following is an inorganic component of the bone matrix? - Answer: Hydroxyapatite The hardness of bone comes from _____, whereas _____ provides some degree of flexibility. - Answer: Hydroxyapatite and other Minerals; Proteins The plasma membranes of _____ have a ruffled border with many deep infoldings, whereas _____ have long thin, finger like cytoplasmic processes. - Answer: Osteoclasts; Osteocytes What would you find in the marrow cavity of the diaphysis of an adult humerus (arm bone)? - Answer: Yellow Bone Marrow Which one of the following bone cells would have the greatest number of lysosomes? - Answer: Osteoclasts It is common to find __________ in compact bone, but they are not seen in spongy bone. - Answer: Central Canals
Intramembranous ossification produces the ____ - Answer: flat bones of the skull In endochondral ossification, the precursor connective tissue is _____ which is replaced by bone. - Answer: Hyaline Cartilage The ____ is a marginal zone of the epiphyseal plate where, in children and adolescents, bone can be seen replacing the hyaline cartilage. - Answer: Metaphysis Achondroplastic dwarfism is a hereditary condition, in which the long bones of the limbs fail to elongate normally because of reduced hyperplasia and hypertrophy of cartilage in the ____ - Answer: Epiphyseal Plate Chondrocytes multiply in the zone of ____ of the metaphysis - Answer: Cell Proliferation Mature bones are remolded throughout life via a process known as ____ - Answer: Appositional growth Bone elongation is a result of ____ - Answer: cartilage growth Wolff's law of bone explains the effect of - Answer: mechanical stress on bone remodeling