HONDROS BIO 117 Exam 2025
Questions and Answers
What are the two major divisions of the skeletal system? - Answer -axial skeleton
and appendicular skeleton
The skull, spine, sternum, and ribs are part of what division of the skeletal system?
- Answer -Axial
The girdles, arms, and legs are part of what division of the skeletal system? -
Answer -Appendicular
The tympanic cavity is located in the... - Answer -Ear
What part of the skull contains the ossicles - Answer -Tympanic Cavity
These bones of the skull; frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, and maxillary are called
the... - Answer -Paranasal Sinuses
Another name for the spine is... - Answer -Vertebral Column
The vertebral column consists of how many regions? - Answer -5 regions
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,The 5 regions of the spine are... - Answer -1. Cervical Vertebrae 2. Thoracic
Vertebrae, 3. Lumbar Vertebrae, 4. Sacrum, 5. Coccyx
The Cervical Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - Answer -7
The Thoracic Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - Answer -12
The Lumbar Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - Answer -5
The Sacrum consists of how many bones? - Answer -1 sacrum in the vertebral
column ; consists of 5 bones
The Coccyx consists of how many bones? - Answer -1 coccyx in the vertebral
column ; consists of 4 bones.
The special cartilage discs which helps protect each vertebrae are called... - Answer
-Intervertebral discs
How many pairs of ribs are there - Answer -12
Ribs are connected to sternum by - Answer -costal cartilage
The ribs are connected to what part of the vertebral column? - Answer -Thoracic
What are the four regions of the sternum? - Answer -1. Manubrium 2. Body 3.
Sternomanubrial joint 4. Xiphoid process
Ribs 1-7 are called - Answer -true ribs
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,Ribs 8-10 are called - Answer -false ribs
Ribs 11 and 12 are called - Answer -floating ribs
What are the two Girdles of the appendicular skeleton that are responsible for
attachment of the arms and legs? - Answer -Pectoral and Pelvic
Which bones make up the pectoral girdle? - Answer -clavicle and scapula
Is the sacrum part of the pelvic girdle or the vertebral column? - Answer -Vertebral
column
What bones make up the pelvic girdle? - Answer -ilium, ischium, pubis
Where do you find long bones? - Answer -In the appendicular skeleton / arms and
legs
Bone is a form of connective tissue, specifically ____________________ tissue ? -
Answer -Osseous tissue
The process of bone formations is called - Answer -Ossification
The matrix of osseous tissue is made up of 3 main things: - Answer -1. Calcium 2.
Phosphate 3. Collagen
Osteo means? - Answer -Bone
What matures bone cells? - Answer -osteocytes
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, What build up bone? - Answer -osteoblasts
What breaks down bone? - Answer -osteoclasts
Where do we find bone marrow - Answer -Inside the bones
Red bone marrow makes - Answer -red blood cells
Red bone marrow in the ____________________ part of the bone. - Answer -
Epiphysis
The epiphysis (part of the long bone) is protected by... - Answer -Spongy bone
Yellow bone marrow stores... - Answer -adipose tissue (fat)
Yellow bone marrow is found in the _______________________ part of the bone -
Answer -Diaphysis
Diaphysis (part of long bone) is protected by... - Answer -Compact bone
Two main types of freely movable joints - Answer -1. Ball-and-socket joints 2.
Hing joints
Examples of ball-and-socket joints are - Answer -shoulder and hip
Examples of hinge joints are - Answer -elbow and knee
The immovable joints of the skull are called - Answer -sutures
_______________ are where two bones come together - Answer -Joints
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Questions and Answers
What are the two major divisions of the skeletal system? - Answer -axial skeleton
and appendicular skeleton
The skull, spine, sternum, and ribs are part of what division of the skeletal system?
- Answer -Axial
The girdles, arms, and legs are part of what division of the skeletal system? -
Answer -Appendicular
The tympanic cavity is located in the... - Answer -Ear
What part of the skull contains the ossicles - Answer -Tympanic Cavity
These bones of the skull; frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, and maxillary are called
the... - Answer -Paranasal Sinuses
Another name for the spine is... - Answer -Vertebral Column
The vertebral column consists of how many regions? - Answer -5 regions
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,The 5 regions of the spine are... - Answer -1. Cervical Vertebrae 2. Thoracic
Vertebrae, 3. Lumbar Vertebrae, 4. Sacrum, 5. Coccyx
The Cervical Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - Answer -7
The Thoracic Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - Answer -12
The Lumbar Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - Answer -5
The Sacrum consists of how many bones? - Answer -1 sacrum in the vertebral
column ; consists of 5 bones
The Coccyx consists of how many bones? - Answer -1 coccyx in the vertebral
column ; consists of 4 bones.
The special cartilage discs which helps protect each vertebrae are called... - Answer
-Intervertebral discs
How many pairs of ribs are there - Answer -12
Ribs are connected to sternum by - Answer -costal cartilage
The ribs are connected to what part of the vertebral column? - Answer -Thoracic
What are the four regions of the sternum? - Answer -1. Manubrium 2. Body 3.
Sternomanubrial joint 4. Xiphoid process
Ribs 1-7 are called - Answer -true ribs
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,Ribs 8-10 are called - Answer -false ribs
Ribs 11 and 12 are called - Answer -floating ribs
What are the two Girdles of the appendicular skeleton that are responsible for
attachment of the arms and legs? - Answer -Pectoral and Pelvic
Which bones make up the pectoral girdle? - Answer -clavicle and scapula
Is the sacrum part of the pelvic girdle or the vertebral column? - Answer -Vertebral
column
What bones make up the pelvic girdle? - Answer -ilium, ischium, pubis
Where do you find long bones? - Answer -In the appendicular skeleton / arms and
legs
Bone is a form of connective tissue, specifically ____________________ tissue ? -
Answer -Osseous tissue
The process of bone formations is called - Answer -Ossification
The matrix of osseous tissue is made up of 3 main things: - Answer -1. Calcium 2.
Phosphate 3. Collagen
Osteo means? - Answer -Bone
What matures bone cells? - Answer -osteocytes
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, What build up bone? - Answer -osteoblasts
What breaks down bone? - Answer -osteoclasts
Where do we find bone marrow - Answer -Inside the bones
Red bone marrow makes - Answer -red blood cells
Red bone marrow in the ____________________ part of the bone. - Answer -
Epiphysis
The epiphysis (part of the long bone) is protected by... - Answer -Spongy bone
Yellow bone marrow stores... - Answer -adipose tissue (fat)
Yellow bone marrow is found in the _______________________ part of the bone -
Answer -Diaphysis
Diaphysis (part of long bone) is protected by... - Answer -Compact bone
Two main types of freely movable joints - Answer -1. Ball-and-socket joints 2.
Hing joints
Examples of ball-and-socket joints are - Answer -shoulder and hip
Examples of hinge joints are - Answer -elbow and knee
The immovable joints of the skull are called - Answer -sutures
_______________ are where two bones come together - Answer -Joints
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