ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGIST 2026
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURE BREAKDOWN FULL
REVIEW
◉ OSTEOBLAST. Answer: Bone forming cells
◉ OSTEOCLAST. Answer: cells that break down bone minerals. Re-
sorbs mineralized bone
◉ Anatomical Position. Answer: standing upright, head and eyes
facing forward, feet together or slightly apart, palms facing
anteriorly, thumbs pointing outward
◉ What types of bones are there?. Answer: Long bones, Short Bones,
Flat Bones, Irregular bones, and Sesamoid bones
◉ What is the shaft of a long bone called?. Answer: Diaphysis
◉ What is the end of a long bone called?. Answer: Epiphyses
◉ How many facial bones are there?. Answer: 14
, ◉ What type of bones are facial and vertebral bones. Answer:
Irregular
◉ What does the vertebral column protect?. Answer: Spinal cord
◉ How many Vertebrae are in the spinal column?. Answer: 33
◉ How many sections(regions) is the spinal column broken into?.
Answer: 5 Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx
◉ how many vertebrae are in the Cervical spine?. Answer: 7
◉ How many vertebrae are in the Thoracic spine?. Answer: 12
◉ How many vertebrae are in the Lumbar spine?. Answer: 5
◉ How many vertebrae are in the Sacrum?. Answer: 5 which fuse
when adulthood is reached
◉ How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx?. Answer: 4 fused
vertebrae
PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND DETAILED
ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURE BREAKDOWN FULL
REVIEW
◉ OSTEOBLAST. Answer: Bone forming cells
◉ OSTEOCLAST. Answer: cells that break down bone minerals. Re-
sorbs mineralized bone
◉ Anatomical Position. Answer: standing upright, head and eyes
facing forward, feet together or slightly apart, palms facing
anteriorly, thumbs pointing outward
◉ What types of bones are there?. Answer: Long bones, Short Bones,
Flat Bones, Irregular bones, and Sesamoid bones
◉ What is the shaft of a long bone called?. Answer: Diaphysis
◉ What is the end of a long bone called?. Answer: Epiphyses
◉ How many facial bones are there?. Answer: 14
, ◉ What type of bones are facial and vertebral bones. Answer:
Irregular
◉ What does the vertebral column protect?. Answer: Spinal cord
◉ How many Vertebrae are in the spinal column?. Answer: 33
◉ How many sections(regions) is the spinal column broken into?.
Answer: 5 Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx
◉ how many vertebrae are in the Cervical spine?. Answer: 7
◉ How many vertebrae are in the Thoracic spine?. Answer: 12
◉ How many vertebrae are in the Lumbar spine?. Answer: 5
◉ How many vertebrae are in the Sacrum?. Answer: 5 which fuse
when adulthood is reached
◉ How many vertebrae are in the Coccyx?. Answer: 4 fused
vertebrae