ASM 275 TEST PAPER 2025/2026 ANSWERS AND
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Osteons - ✔✔Cylindrical structures that comprise compact bone
✔✔plexiform - ✔✔regions in which the neurons make their interconnections
✔✔Bone Histology - ✔✔Bone is a tissue in which the extracellular matrix has been
hardened to accommodate a supporting function
✔✔foramen - ✔✔Round or oval opening through a bone
✔✔suture - ✔✔interlocking line of union between bones
✔✔superior/inferior - ✔✔above/below
✔✔anterior/posterior - ✔✔front and back
✔✔medial/lateral - ✔✔middle and side
✔✔proximal/distal - ✔✔closer to and farther from the origin of the body
✔✔Diaphysis - ✔✔primary center of ossification
✔✔epiphysis - ✔✔secondary centers of ossification
✔✔metaphysis - ✔✔neck portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the
diaphysis
✔✔trabecular bone - ✔✔spongy bone inside of skeletal elements (cancellous bone)
✔✔diploe - ✔✔trabecular bone of the cranial vault
✔✔cortical bone - ✔✔dense bone on surfaces of skeletal elements.
✔✔sources of variation in the human skeleton - ✔✔age, sex, ancestry, occupational,
genetic, pathology, cultural
✔✔five factors to help you assess if the remains are contemporary - ✔✔state of
preservation,
body modification, unintentional body changes, personal belongings/material culture,
conditions
of interment and context
QUESTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔Osteons - ✔✔Cylindrical structures that comprise compact bone
✔✔plexiform - ✔✔regions in which the neurons make their interconnections
✔✔Bone Histology - ✔✔Bone is a tissue in which the extracellular matrix has been
hardened to accommodate a supporting function
✔✔foramen - ✔✔Round or oval opening through a bone
✔✔suture - ✔✔interlocking line of union between bones
✔✔superior/inferior - ✔✔above/below
✔✔anterior/posterior - ✔✔front and back
✔✔medial/lateral - ✔✔middle and side
✔✔proximal/distal - ✔✔closer to and farther from the origin of the body
✔✔Diaphysis - ✔✔primary center of ossification
✔✔epiphysis - ✔✔secondary centers of ossification
✔✔metaphysis - ✔✔neck portion of a long bone between the epiphysis and the
diaphysis
✔✔trabecular bone - ✔✔spongy bone inside of skeletal elements (cancellous bone)
✔✔diploe - ✔✔trabecular bone of the cranial vault
✔✔cortical bone - ✔✔dense bone on surfaces of skeletal elements.
✔✔sources of variation in the human skeleton - ✔✔age, sex, ancestry, occupational,
genetic, pathology, cultural
✔✔five factors to help you assess if the remains are contemporary - ✔✔state of
preservation,
body modification, unintentional body changes, personal belongings/material culture,
conditions
of interment and context
