BMST Exam Questions And Answers 2025
Update.
Skeletal system - Answer✔206 bones joined by ligaments and tendons made up of 2 main parts;
axial and appendicular
270 - Answer✔Babies are born with ___ soft bones
Axial skeleton - Answer✔Consists of the skull, spine, ribs, and sternum
Appendicular skeleton - Answer✔-Consists of everything else and includes two limb girdles
(shoulders and pelvis)
-126 bones total: 64 in shoulder and upper limbs; 62 in pelvis and lower limbs
Functions of the skeletal system - Answer✔Movement, protection/support, factory (R/W BC),
stores
Red marrow - Answer✔Flat bones and ends of long bones
Yellow marrow - Answer✔Interior medical portion of long bones
Bone marrow - Answer✔Used to replace those worn out and destroyed by liver
Long bones - Answer✔Found in upper and lower arms and legs
Flat bones - Answer✔skull and ribs
Irregular bones - Answer✔Represented by bones in spinal column
Short bones - Answer✔Wrist and ankle
Sesamoid bones - Answer✔Patella (mechanical levers)
Complete fracture - Answer✔bone snaps into two or more parts
Incomplete fracture - Answer✔the bone cracks but does not break all the way through
Open fracture - Answer✔skin breaks and bleeding
Closed fracture - Answer✔cannot see bone, no bleeding, deformed bone
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