Bontrager Chapter 1 Exam Questions And
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Code of ethics - Answer✔the rules of acceptable conduct towards patients and other
healthcare members as well as personal actions and behaviors.
Osteology - Answer✔Study of bones
Axial skeleton - Answer✔All the bones that lie on or near the central axis of the body (80 bones)
Appendicular skeleton - Answer✔All bones of extremities, and shoulder and pelvic girdles (126
bones)
Long bones - Answer✔Consist of body and two ends or extremities
Short bones - Answer✔Roughly cuboidal and consists of cancellous tissue within a thin outer
covering of compact bone
Flat bones - Answer✔Consists of two plates of compact bone with cancellous bone and marrow
between them
Irregular bones - Answer✔Bones with peculiar shapes
Diploe - Answer✔Narrow space between inner and outer table of flat bones within the cranium
Ossification - Answer✔Process by which bones form within the body (begins at about 6th
embryonic week and continues until adulthood)
Intramembranous - Answer✔Bone formation- when bone replaces membranes (occurs rapidly)
Endochondral - Answer✔Bone formation- when bone replaces cartilage (slower)
Arthrology - Answer✔The study of joints or articulations
Synarthrosis - Answer✔Immovable joint
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Amphiarthrosis - Answer✔Joint with limited movement
Diarthrosis - Answer✔Freely movable joint
Types of functional joints - Answer✔Synarthrosis (immovable), amphiarthrosis (limited
movement), diarthrosis (freely movable)
Anatomy - Answer✔The study, classification, and description of the structure and organs of the
human body
Physiology - Answer✔Deals with processes and functions of the body, or how body parts work
Cell - Answer✔Basic unit (structural and functional)
Tissues - Answer✔Groups of similar cells that perform a special function
Types of tissues - Answer✔Epithelial, connective, muscular, nervous
Epithelial tissue - Answer✔Tissues that cover internal and external surfaces of the body -
including lining of vessels and organs
Connective tissue - Answer✔Supportive tissues that bind and support various structures
Organs - Answer✔Tissues joined to perform specific function
System - Answer✔Group of organs that have a common function
Organism - Answer✔The 10 systems of the body when functioning together
Skeletal system - Answer✔206 separate bones and their associated cartilages and joints
Functions of the skeletal system - Answer✔1. Support and protect many soft tissues of the body
2. Allow movement through interaction with muscles to form a system of levers 3. To produce
blood cells 4. To store calcium
Circulatory system - Answer✔The cardiovascular organs (heart, blood, and blood vessels) and
lymphatic system (lymph nodes, lymph vessels, lymph glands, and spleen)
Functions of the cardiovascular system - Answer✔1) to distribute O2 and nutrients to cells 2) to
carry cell waste and CO2 from cells 3) to transport H2O, electrolytes, hormones, and enzymes
4) to protect against disease 5) to prevent hemorrhage by forming blood clots 6) to help
regulate body temperature
Digestive system - Answer✔Alimentary canal (mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, small
intestine, large intestine, and anus) and accessory organs (salivary glands, liver, gallbladder, and
pancreas)
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