Deck 6: Skeletal System

Question 1

How many bones are in the skull?

A)8
B)12
C)22
D)36

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following types of fractures is the simplest type?

A)compound, or open
B)simple, or closed
C)comminuted
D)greenstick

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The center of the bone shaft that is filled with yellow bone marrow is called the endosteum.

Answer 3

False
The center of the bone shaft that is filled with yellow bone marrow is called the medullary canal. The endosteum is the lining of the marrow canal that keeps the cavity intact.

Question 4

A hammer toe is a condition sometimes seen in newborns.

Question 5

A whiplash injury is trauma to the lumbar vertebrae.

Question 6

An osteocyte is a mature bone cell.

Question 7

Kyphosis is

A)a side-to-side, or lateral, curvature of the spine.
B)an exaggerated inward curvature in the lumbar region of the spine.
C)a humped curvature in the thoracic area of the spine.

Question 8

The adult skeletal system has about 150 bones.

Question 9

The clavicles are also called the collar bones.

Question 10

Bursitis means _____.

A)inflammation of a joint
B)inflammation of a small sac
C)wrist
D)kyph

Question 11

Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, autoimmune disease.

Question 12

Most of the joints in our body are diarthroses.

Question 13

Osteoclasts do their work during the resorption process.

Question 14

Osteopathic physicians do not take the same licensing boards as medical doctors.

Question 15

Ligaments are _____.

A)fibrous bands that connect bones to muscles
B)osteocytes
C)fibrous bands that connect bones and cartilages
D)joints

Question 16

The hyoid bone is part of the appendicular skeleton.

Question 17

When a fracture is repaired surgically, it is called _____.

A)open reduction
B)closed reduction
C)traction

Question 18

Which bones make up the upper jaw?

A)maxilla
B)ethmoid
C)parietal
D)lacrimal

Question 19

The coccyx is also known as the tailbone.

Question 20

Which of the following statements is true about osteoporosis?

A)It is characterized by bowleggedness.
B)It is a degenerative joint disease.
C)There is low bone mass and structural deterioration.
D)Rheumatologists are taking an integrative medicine approach.

Question 21

The process in which mineral matter replaces previously formed cartilage is called ____________________.

Question 22

The most common type of injury to a bone is a(n) ____________________.

Question 23

The acronym RICE means ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

Question 24

The average growth in females continues to about ______________________________ years; in males to approximately ______________________________ years.

Question 25

Supina means _____.

A)placing on the back
B)pores in the bone
C)resembling
D)abnormal condition

Question 26

Match the statement in the first column with the structure in the second column.
a.movable joint
b.immovable joint
c.area between two articular cartilages
d.partially movable joint
e.lining of the articular cartilage
f.example of a pivot joint
g.joint connected by tough fibrous tissue
h.elastic material between vertebrae
amphiarthrosis

Question 27

Name the five functions of the skeletal system: ______________________________, ______________________________, ______________________________, ______________________________, and ______________________________.

Question 28

Bones grow from the shaft, or ____________________, toward the end of the bones, or the ______________________.

Question 29

The spine consists of small bones called ____________________.

Question 30

The points of contact between two bones are called ____________________.

Question 31

Match the statement in the first column with the structure in the second column.
a.movable joint
b.immovable joint
c.area between two articular cartilages
d.partially movable joint
e.lining of the articular cartilage
f.example of a pivot joint
g.joint connected by tough fibrous tissue
h.elastic material between vertebrae
synovial membrane

Question 32

The two main parts of the skeletal system are the ____________________ and the ____________________ skeleton.

Question 33

Which of the following bones is in the upper arm?

A)humerus
B)radius
C)ulna
D)femur

Question 34

____________________ is a joint disorder characterized by an acute inflammation commonly affecting the big toe.

Question 35

Lying flat on one's stomach with the face pointing downward would be what position?

A)supine
B)prone
C)neither supine or prone

Question 36

Match the statement in the first column with the structure in the second column.
a.movable joint
b.immovable joint
c.area between two articular cartilages
d.partially movable joint
e.lining of the articular cartilage
f.example of a pivot joint
g.joint connected by tough fibrous tissue
h.elastic material between vertebrae
disk

Question 37

Name the four types of bones: ____________________, ____________________, ____________________, and _____________________.

Question 38

Match the statement in the first column with the structure in the second column.
a.movable joint
b.immovable joint
c.area between two articular cartilages
d.partially movable joint
e.lining of the articular cartilage
f.example of a pivot joint
g.joint connected by tough fibrous tissue
h.elastic material between vertebrae
diarthrosis

Question 39

Match the statement in the first column with the structure in the second column.
a.movable joint
b.immovable joint
c.area between two articular cartilages
d.partially movable joint
e.lining of the articular cartilage
f.example of a pivot joint
g.joint connected by tough fibrous tissue
h.elastic material between vertebrae
synarthrosis

Question 40

The fingers are called _____.

A)carpals
B)metacarpals
C)phalanges
D)tarsals

Question 41

Match the type of motion with its descriptor.
a.flexion
e.rotation
b.abduction
f.circumduction
c.pronation
g.adduction
d.supination
act of bringing two bones closer together

Question 42

Match the type of motion with its descriptor.
a.flexion
e.rotation
b.abduction
f.circumduction
c.pronation
g.adduction
d.supination
the forearm turns the hand so the palm is downward or backward

Question 43

Match the type of motion with its descriptor.
a.flexion
e.rotation
b.abduction
f.circumduction
c.pronation
g.adduction
d.supination
movement toward the midline

Question 44

Match the statement in the first column with the structure in the second column.
a.movable joint
b.immovable joint
c.area between two articular cartilages
d.partially movable joint
e.lining of the articular cartilage
f.example of a pivot joint
g.joint connected by tough fibrous tissue
h.elastic material between vertebrae
synovial cavity

Question 45

Match the type of motion with its descriptor.
a.flexion
e.rotation
b.abduction
f.circumduction
c.pronation
g.adduction
d.supination
movement that allows a bone to more around one central axis

Question 46

Match the statement in the first column with the structure in the second column.
a.movable joint
b.immovable joint
c.area between two articular cartilages
d.partially movable joint
e.lining of the articular cartilage
f.example of a pivot joint
g.joint connected by tough fibrous tissue
h.elastic material between vertebrae
suture

Question 47

Match the statement in the first column with the structure in the second column.
a.movable joint
b.immovable joint
c.area between two articular cartilages
d.partially movable joint
e.lining of the articular cartilage
f.example of a pivot joint
g.joint connected by tough fibrous tissue
h.elastic material between vertebrae
radius and ulna

Question 48

Match the type of motion with its descriptor.
a.flexion
e.rotation
b.abduction
f.circumduction
c.pronation
g.adduction
d.supination
the palm of the hand is facing upward

Question 49

Match the type of motion with its descriptor.
a.flexion
e.rotation
b.abduction
f.circumduction
c.pronation
g.adduction
d.supination
includes flexion, extension, abduction, and adduction

Question 50

Match the type of motion with its descriptor.
a.flexion
e.rotation
b.abduction
f.circumduction
c.pronation
g.adduction
d.supination
movement of an extremity away from the midline