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MCPHS BIO 110 EXAM #2 (CHAPTER 7)
Questions With Correct Answers.
The average adult has how many bones - answer✔✔206 bones
parts of the axial skeleton - answer✔✔skull, ossicles, vertebral column, and thoracic age
parts of the appendicular skeleton - answer✔✔upper and lower limbs, pectoral and pelvic girdles
flat bone - answer✔✔thin and curved bone; serves as a point of attachment for muscles and
protects internal organs
long bone - answer✔✔longer than they are wide
irregular bone - answer✔✔bone of complex shape; protects internal organs from compressive
forces
short bone - answer✔✔cube-shaped bone that is approximately equal in length, width, and
thickness; provides limited motion
body - answer✔✔main part
head - answer✔✔enlarged end
neck - answer✔✔constriction between head and body
margin/border - answer✔✔edge
angle - answer✔✔bend
ramus - answer✔✔branch off body
condyle - answer✔✔smooth rounded articular surace
facet - answer✔✔small flattened articular surface
process - answer✔✔prominent projection
tubercle - answer✔✔small rounded bump
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tuberosity - answer✔✔knob
trochanter - answer✔✔tuberosities on proximal femur
epicondyle - answer✔✔near or above condyle
lingula - answer✔✔flat, tongue-shaped process
hamulus - answer✔✔hook-shaped process
horn - answer✔✔horn-shaped process
line/ linea - answer✔✔low ridge
crest/crista - answer✔✔prominent ridge
spine - answer✔✔very high ridge
foramen - answer✔✔hole
canal/meatus - answer✔✔tunnel
fissure - answer✔✔cleft
sinus/labyrinth - answer✔✔cavity
fossa - answer✔✔general term for a depression
notch - answer✔✔depression in the bone margin
foves - answer✔✔little pit
groove/sulcus - answer✔✔deeper, narrow depression
skull functions (pictured superior view) - answer✔✔-protects brain
-supports organs of special senses
-provides foundation for structures that take air, food and water into the body
posterior view of the skull (name parts) - answer✔✔-parietal and occipital bones
-lambdoid suture: between parietal bones and occipital bone
-external occipital protuberance
- nuchal lines: neck muscle attachment points
MCPHS BIO 110 EXAM #2 (CHAPTER 7)
Questions With Correct Answers.
The average adult has how many bones - answer✔✔206 bones
parts of the axial skeleton - answer✔✔skull, ossicles, vertebral column, and thoracic age
parts of the appendicular skeleton - answer✔✔upper and lower limbs, pectoral and pelvic girdles
flat bone - answer✔✔thin and curved bone; serves as a point of attachment for muscles and
protects internal organs
long bone - answer✔✔longer than they are wide
irregular bone - answer✔✔bone of complex shape; protects internal organs from compressive
forces
short bone - answer✔✔cube-shaped bone that is approximately equal in length, width, and
thickness; provides limited motion
body - answer✔✔main part
head - answer✔✔enlarged end
neck - answer✔✔constriction between head and body
margin/border - answer✔✔edge
angle - answer✔✔bend
ramus - answer✔✔branch off body
condyle - answer✔✔smooth rounded articular surace
facet - answer✔✔small flattened articular surface
process - answer✔✔prominent projection
tubercle - answer✔✔small rounded bump
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tuberosity - answer✔✔knob
trochanter - answer✔✔tuberosities on proximal femur
epicondyle - answer✔✔near or above condyle
lingula - answer✔✔flat, tongue-shaped process
hamulus - answer✔✔hook-shaped process
horn - answer✔✔horn-shaped process
line/ linea - answer✔✔low ridge
crest/crista - answer✔✔prominent ridge
spine - answer✔✔very high ridge
foramen - answer✔✔hole
canal/meatus - answer✔✔tunnel
fissure - answer✔✔cleft
sinus/labyrinth - answer✔✔cavity
fossa - answer✔✔general term for a depression
notch - answer✔✔depression in the bone margin
foves - answer✔✔little pit
groove/sulcus - answer✔✔deeper, narrow depression
skull functions (pictured superior view) - answer✔✔-protects brain
-supports organs of special senses
-provides foundation for structures that take air, food and water into the body
posterior view of the skull (name parts) - answer✔✔-parietal and occipital bones
-lambdoid suture: between parietal bones and occipital bone
-external occipital protuberance
- nuchal lines: neck muscle attachment points
