MUSCULOSKELETAL CHIMA NCE REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

MUSCULOSKELETAL CHIMA NCE
REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS



What are the functions of the bones? - Correct Answers --Shape, Support, Protection,
Movement, Electrolyte balance, Blood Production, Acid Base Balance

What are the classification of bones by shape? - Correct Answers --Long bones, short
bones, Flat bones, Irregular bones

What are the parts of a long bone? - Correct Answers --Epiphysis, Diaphysis, Articular
Cartilage, Medullary Cavity, Endosteum, Periosteum

What are Osetoblasts? - Correct Answers --Bone cell, helps form bone

What are osteoclasts? - Correct Answers --Bone cell, dissolves unwanted or unhealthy
bone

What are osteocytes? - Correct Answers --Bone cell, mature osteoblasts that both
dissolve bone and deposit new bone

What benign growth develops on the back of the hand, caused by repetitive injury -
Correct Answers -Ganglion

What is the other name for hallux valgus - Correct Answers -Bunion

What is the injury that involves the semilunar cartilages in the knee - Correct Answers -
Torn meniscus

What are the 3 curvatures of the spine? - Correct Answers -Kyphosis, Lordosis,
Scoliosis

Where do you find compact bone? - Correct Answers --Shafts of long bone, outer
surfaces of bone

Where do you find cancellous (spongy) bone? - Correct Answers --Ends of long bone,
middle of most other bones