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Anatomy & Physiology Jersey college Exam 2 (Chapters 7, 8, 9) questions with answers

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Anatomy & Physiology Exam 2 (Chapters 7, 8, 9) || || || || || || || || ||




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What term describes the bony framework of the body? - ✔✔skeleton
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What are the 4 main components of the skeletal system? - ✔✔bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons
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Which main component of the skeletal system are the primary organs of the skeletal system? -
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✔✔bones



Which main component of the skeletal system is the semirigid connective tissue that is more
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flexible than bone? - ✔✔cartilage
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Which main component of the skeletal system is composed of dense regular connective tissue that
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anchors bone to bone? - ✔✔ligaments
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Which main component of the skeletal system is composed of dense regular connective tissue that
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connects muscle to bone? - ✔✔tendons
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What are the 2 types of bones? - ✔✔commpact, spongy
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Which type of bone is relatively rigid connective bone tissue that appears white, smooth, and
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solid? - ✔✔compact (makes up approximately 80% of the total bone mass)
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Which type of bone is located internally, appears porous, and makes up approximately 20% of the
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total bone mass? - ✔✔spongy
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What is compact bone also known as? - ✔✔dense, cortical
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What is spongy bone also known as? - ✔✔cancellous, trabecular
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What are the 2 types of cartilage found in the skeletal system? - ✔✔hyaline, fibro
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Which type of cartilage attaches ribs to the sternum, covers the ends of some bones, and is the
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cartilage within growth plates? - ✔✔hyaline
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Which type of cartilage is the weight-bearing cartilage that withstands compression, forms the
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intervertebral discs, the pubic symphysis, and the cartilage pads of the knee joints? -
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✔✔fibrocartilage



What are the 3 types of hyaline cartilage found in the skeletal system? - ✔✔costal, articular,
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epiphyseal


Which type of hyaline cartilage attaches ribs to the sternum? - ✔✔costal
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Which type of hyaline cartilage covers the ends of some bones? - ✔✔articular
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Which type of hyaline cartilage is the cartilage within growth plates? - ✔✔epiphyseal
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True/False: Bones are organs. - ✔✔true (living bone is more yellowish in color than white)
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What are the 4 functions of bones? - ✔✔support/protection, movement, hematopoiesis, storage
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Which bone function involves the bones providing structural support and protection for many
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delicate tissues and organs? - ✔✔support/protection
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Which bone function involves the bones serving as attachment sites for skeletal muscles, other
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soft tissues, and some organs? - ✔✔movement
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Which bone function involves the process of blood cell production? - ✔✔hematopoiesis
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Where does hematopoiesis occur? - ✔✔red bone marrow (contains stem cells that form blood
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cells and platelets)
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What 2 minerals are stored by the bones? - ✔✔calcium, phosphate
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Which storage mineral is an essential mineral for body function such as muscle contraction, blood
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clotting, and the release of neurotransmitter? - ✔✔calcium
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Which storage mineral is a structural component of ATP, other nucleotides, and phospholipids? -
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✔✔phosphate



What are the 4 classifications of bones based on shape? - ✔✔long, short, flat, irregular
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Which bone classification by shape includes bones that are greater in length than width with an
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elongated cylindrical shaft? - ✔✔long || || || ||




Which bone classification by shape includes bones that have a length nearly equal to their width?
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- ✔✔short
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Which bone classification by shape includes bones that have flat, thin surfaces and might be
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slightly curved? - ✔✔flat || || ||




Which bone classification by shape includes bones that are elaborate, sometimes complex shapes
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that do not fit into any of the preceding categories? - ✔✔irregular
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Which bone classification by shape includes bones found in the upper and lower limbs? - ✔✔long
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Which bone classification by shape includes small, sesame-seed-shaped bones along the tendons
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of some muscles? - ✔✔sesamoid
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Which bone classification by shape includes sesamoid bones? - ✔✔short
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Which bone classification by shape includes the carpals and tarsals? - ✔✔short
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Which bone classification by shape includes the patella? - ✔✔sesamoid
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Which bone classification by shape includes bones that form the roof of the skull, the scapulae,
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the sternum, and the ribs? - ✔✔flat
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Which bone classification by shape includes the vertebrae and several bones in the skull? -
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✔✔irregular



What are the 3 regions of a long bone? - ✔✔diaphysis, epiphysis, metaphysis
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Which region of a long bone is the elongated, usually cylindrical part between its two ends that
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provides for the leverage and major weight support of the bone? - ✔✔diaphysis
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What term describes the hollow, cylindrical space within the diaphysis of a bone? - ✔✔medullary
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cavity


What composes the medullary cavities in children? - ✔✔red bone marrow
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What composes the medullary cavities in adults? - ✔✔yellow bone marrow
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