BIO 201 Skeletal Test Review
1. Skeletal system: What system acts as a protector, shapes and supports thebody, and
helps with movement?
2. Femur, tibia, fibula, humerus, radius, and ulna.: Give some example of longbones:
3. Carpals and tarsals: Give some example of short bones:
4. Sternum and/or scapula: Give some example of flat bones:
5. vertebrae, hyoid, maxilla, and mandible: Give some example of irregular bones:
6. Periosteum: What is the name of the membrane that covers a mature bone?
7. Yes: Is a bone an organ?
8. Medullary cavity: What cavity is bone marrow found?
9. Osteocyte: What is the name of the cell that is responsible for maintaining boneonce it
has been formed?
10. Osteoclasts: What type of bone cell is responsible for breaking down bonematrix?
11. Canaliculus: What is the passageway connecting neighboring osteocytes in anosteon?
12. Intramembranous ossification: What do the flat bones of the skull developfrom?
13. Group of diseases in which bone reabsorption outpaces bone deposit.Occurs
most in postmenopausal women.: What is osteoporosis?
14. Bones are inadequately mineralized causing softened, weakened bone. Caused
by insufficient in the diet, or by vitamin D deficiency.: What is osteo-malacia?
15. An opening that allows a vessel or nerve to pass through or betweenbones.:
What is a foramen?
16. Rib: Which is a bone of the axial skeleton? Rib, radius, clavicle, or scapula.
17. Bones of children that are inadequately mineralized causing softened,
weakened bones. (bowed legs): What is rickets?
18. Frontal, 2 pariental, occipital, 2 temporal, spenoid, and ethmoid.: 8 Bonesof the
Cranium:
19. To protect the sense organs and the brain.: What functions do the cranialbones
serve?
20. Vertebral Column and Thoracic Cage: Besides the skull, what are the othertwo
components of the Axial Skeleton
21. Temporal Bone: What bone are you palpating when you touch your temple?
22. Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, and Coccyx: What are the five categoriesof
vertebrae in your vertebral column?
23. Shoulder and hip joints: Give an example of a Ball and Socket joint:
24. Intercarpal and intertarsal joints: Give an example of a Gliding joint:
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1. Skeletal system: What system acts as a protector, shapes and supports thebody, and
helps with movement?
2. Femur, tibia, fibula, humerus, radius, and ulna.: Give some example of longbones:
3. Carpals and tarsals: Give some example of short bones:
4. Sternum and/or scapula: Give some example of flat bones:
5. vertebrae, hyoid, maxilla, and mandible: Give some example of irregular bones:
6. Periosteum: What is the name of the membrane that covers a mature bone?
7. Yes: Is a bone an organ?
8. Medullary cavity: What cavity is bone marrow found?
9. Osteocyte: What is the name of the cell that is responsible for maintaining boneonce it
has been formed?
10. Osteoclasts: What type of bone cell is responsible for breaking down bonematrix?
11. Canaliculus: What is the passageway connecting neighboring osteocytes in anosteon?
12. Intramembranous ossification: What do the flat bones of the skull developfrom?
13. Group of diseases in which bone reabsorption outpaces bone deposit.Occurs
most in postmenopausal women.: What is osteoporosis?
14. Bones are inadequately mineralized causing softened, weakened bone. Caused
by insufficient in the diet, or by vitamin D deficiency.: What is osteo-malacia?
15. An opening that allows a vessel or nerve to pass through or betweenbones.:
What is a foramen?
16. Rib: Which is a bone of the axial skeleton? Rib, radius, clavicle, or scapula.
17. Bones of children that are inadequately mineralized causing softened,
weakened bones. (bowed legs): What is rickets?
18. Frontal, 2 pariental, occipital, 2 temporal, spenoid, and ethmoid.: 8 Bonesof the
Cranium:
19. To protect the sense organs and the brain.: What functions do the cranialbones
serve?
20. Vertebral Column and Thoracic Cage: Besides the skull, what are the othertwo
components of the Axial Skeleton
21. Temporal Bone: What bone are you palpating when you touch your temple?
22. Cervical, Thoracic, Lumbar, Sacral, and Coccyx: What are the five categoriesof
vertebrae in your vertebral column?
23. Shoulder and hip joints: Give an example of a Ball and Socket joint:
24. Intercarpal and intertarsal joints: Give an example of a Gliding joint:
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