AHP106 Midterm Exam Questions With
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Long Bone - Answer A type of bone that is longer than it is wide. Shaft is called the diaphysis
and the ends are knows as epiphysis. (femur, humerus, phalanges)
Short Bone - Answer Cube-shaped bones having a spongy core, with limited movement
(Carpals and Tarsals)
Flat Bone - Answer Bones covering body parts, looks like a sheet of clay. (shoulder blades, ribs,
pelvic bones)
Irregular Bone - Answer Mixed shapes that do not fit into other categories. (vertebrae)
Sesamoid Bone - Answer Generally small, flat, and shaped somewhat like a sesame seed. They
develop inside tendons, located near joints at the knees, hands, and the feet.
Cervical Spine - Answer First 7 vertebrae. C1 to C7, C1=Atlas, C2= Axis
Lumbar Spine - Answer 5 vertebrae, lower back. This section is the biggest and thickest of the
other sections due to the fact that they hold most of the upper bodies weight.
Thoracic Spine - Answer The 12 vertebrae that lie between the cervical vertebrae and the
lumbar vertebrae. One pair of ribs is attached to each of the thoracic vertebrae.
Scoliosis - Answer Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
Kyphosis - Answer An exaggerated posterior curvature of the thoracic spine (humpback)
Lordosis - Answer Abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back)
Sternum - Answer (breast bone) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first
seven pairs of ribs
, Pectoral Girdle - Answer includes the clavical and scapula. Attaches the upper extremity to the
axial skeleton
Carpals - Answer 8 bones of the wrist
Metacarpals - Answer Bones that connect the wrist bones (carpals) to the phalanges (fingers)
Phalanges - Answer fingers and toes; each contains a lateral, medial and proximal phalanx,
thumb and big toe only have two.
Axial Skeleton - Answer 80 bones. Forms the main trunk of the body and is composed of the
skull, spinal column, ribs, & sternum; division of the skeleton that protects the major organs of
the nervous, respiratory, & circulatory system
Skin - Answer What is the body's largest organ?
Sella Turcica - Answer depression in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is located
(turkish saddle)
Foramen Magnum - Answer A passage in the skull bone through which the spinal cord enters
the spinal column.
Spinal Column - Answer (33 total) Cervical (neck, 7 vertebra), Thoracic (upper back, 12
vertebra), Lumbar (lower back, 5 vertebra), Sacrum (back wall of pelvis, 5 vertebra, fused),
Coccyx (tail bone, 4 vertebra, fused)
Facial Bones - Answer (14 total) 2 Nasal Bones, 2 Maxillary Bones, 2 Zygomatic Bones, 1
Mandible (only moveable bone of skull), 2 Palatine Bones, 1 Vomer, 2 Lacrimal Bones and 2
Inferior Nasal Conchae.
Tarsals - Answer 7 bones that make up the ankle
Metatarsals - Answer bones of the foot between the tarsals (ankle) and phalanges (toes)
All Guaranteed Pass Solutions Rated A+.
Long Bone - Answer A type of bone that is longer than it is wide. Shaft is called the diaphysis
and the ends are knows as epiphysis. (femur, humerus, phalanges)
Short Bone - Answer Cube-shaped bones having a spongy core, with limited movement
(Carpals and Tarsals)
Flat Bone - Answer Bones covering body parts, looks like a sheet of clay. (shoulder blades, ribs,
pelvic bones)
Irregular Bone - Answer Mixed shapes that do not fit into other categories. (vertebrae)
Sesamoid Bone - Answer Generally small, flat, and shaped somewhat like a sesame seed. They
develop inside tendons, located near joints at the knees, hands, and the feet.
Cervical Spine - Answer First 7 vertebrae. C1 to C7, C1=Atlas, C2= Axis
Lumbar Spine - Answer 5 vertebrae, lower back. This section is the biggest and thickest of the
other sections due to the fact that they hold most of the upper bodies weight.
Thoracic Spine - Answer The 12 vertebrae that lie between the cervical vertebrae and the
lumbar vertebrae. One pair of ribs is attached to each of the thoracic vertebrae.
Scoliosis - Answer Abnormal lateral curvature of the spine
Kyphosis - Answer An exaggerated posterior curvature of the thoracic spine (humpback)
Lordosis - Answer Abnormal increase in the forward curvature of the lumbar spine (sway-back)
Sternum - Answer (breast bone) the flat bone that articulates with the clavicles and the first
seven pairs of ribs
, Pectoral Girdle - Answer includes the clavical and scapula. Attaches the upper extremity to the
axial skeleton
Carpals - Answer 8 bones of the wrist
Metacarpals - Answer Bones that connect the wrist bones (carpals) to the phalanges (fingers)
Phalanges - Answer fingers and toes; each contains a lateral, medial and proximal phalanx,
thumb and big toe only have two.
Axial Skeleton - Answer 80 bones. Forms the main trunk of the body and is composed of the
skull, spinal column, ribs, & sternum; division of the skeleton that protects the major organs of
the nervous, respiratory, & circulatory system
Skin - Answer What is the body's largest organ?
Sella Turcica - Answer depression in the sphenoid bone where the pituitary gland is located
(turkish saddle)
Foramen Magnum - Answer A passage in the skull bone through which the spinal cord enters
the spinal column.
Spinal Column - Answer (33 total) Cervical (neck, 7 vertebra), Thoracic (upper back, 12
vertebra), Lumbar (lower back, 5 vertebra), Sacrum (back wall of pelvis, 5 vertebra, fused),
Coccyx (tail bone, 4 vertebra, fused)
Facial Bones - Answer (14 total) 2 Nasal Bones, 2 Maxillary Bones, 2 Zygomatic Bones, 1
Mandible (only moveable bone of skull), 2 Palatine Bones, 1 Vomer, 2 Lacrimal Bones and 2
Inferior Nasal Conchae.
Tarsals - Answer 7 bones that make up the ankle
Metatarsals - Answer bones of the foot between the tarsals (ankle) and phalanges (toes)
