ASM 275 STUDY EXAM GUIDE 2025/2026 QUESTIONS
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔deciduous teeth - ✔✔baby teeth (20)
✔✔permenant teeth - ✔✔second set of teeth (adult teeth) (32)
✔✔enamel - ✔✔hard, outermost layer of a tooth (white part)
✔✔Dentin - ✔✔yellow tissue that transmits pain to the brain
✔✔pulp chamber - ✔✔orange tissues that connects to the circulatory and nervous
system
✔✔osteology - ✔✔study of structure and form of the bony skeleton
✔✔axial skeleton - ✔✔Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage,
and vertebral column
✔✔appendicular skeleton - ✔✔bones of the shoulder, pelvis, and upper and lower
extremities
✔✔collagen - ✔✔protein component, provides flexibility to bone
✔✔hydroxyapatite - ✔✔mineral component that provides rigidity to bone
✔✔Osteon - ✔✔microscopic structure of cortical bone; appears like a tree trunk,
composed of primary blood vessels
✔✔plexiform - ✔✔combines with osteons in animals (looks like stacked bricks)
✔✔Bone Histology - ✔✔microscopic anatomy of bone tissue
✔✔foramen - ✔✔hull in skull that spinal cord passes through
✔✔superior - ✔✔(cranial/cephalic) toward head
✔✔inferior - ✔✔(caudal) toward feet
✔✔anterior - ✔✔(venteral) towards front
✔✔postierior - ✔✔(dorsal) towards back
, ✔✔Medial - ✔✔towards midline
✔✔lateral - ✔✔away from midline
✔✔internal - ✔✔(deep) away from surface of body
✔✔external - ✔✔(superficial) toward surface of body
✔✔palmar - ✔✔toward the palm of the hand
✔✔plantar - ✔✔sole of foot
✔✔proximal - ✔✔toward axial connection
✔✔distal - ✔✔away from axial connection
✔✔Diaphysis - ✔✔primary center of ossification (forms the shaft of long bone)
✔✔epiphysis - ✔✔secondary center of ossification (increases in size till fusion to
diaphysis through epiphysis fusion)
✔✔metaphysis - ✔✔part of long bone that expands in width to accommodate growing
epiphysis
✔✔Trabecular Bone - ✔✔(spongy bone) porous bone found inside bone, provides
lightweight structural support
Diploe=spongy bone in skull
✔✔cortical bone - ✔✔(compact bone) is smooth and dense found on external surfaces
also lines the interioir of medullary cavity
✔✔medullary cavity - ✔✔hollow space within long bones where morrow is stored
✔✔subchondral bone - ✔✔cortical bone found on joints covered with cartilage
✔✔source of variation in skeleton - ✔✔age, sex, ancestry, occupational, genetic,
pathology, cultural
✔✔forensic anthropologist - ✔✔study of human behavior, human skeleton, tools,
writings, and develop theories about human interaction
✔✔ordinal data - ✔✔discrete and CAN be ranked
CAN be counted and ordered
WITH SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔deciduous teeth - ✔✔baby teeth (20)
✔✔permenant teeth - ✔✔second set of teeth (adult teeth) (32)
✔✔enamel - ✔✔hard, outermost layer of a tooth (white part)
✔✔Dentin - ✔✔yellow tissue that transmits pain to the brain
✔✔pulp chamber - ✔✔orange tissues that connects to the circulatory and nervous
system
✔✔osteology - ✔✔study of structure and form of the bony skeleton
✔✔axial skeleton - ✔✔Portion of the skeletal system that consists of the skull, rib cage,
and vertebral column
✔✔appendicular skeleton - ✔✔bones of the shoulder, pelvis, and upper and lower
extremities
✔✔collagen - ✔✔protein component, provides flexibility to bone
✔✔hydroxyapatite - ✔✔mineral component that provides rigidity to bone
✔✔Osteon - ✔✔microscopic structure of cortical bone; appears like a tree trunk,
composed of primary blood vessels
✔✔plexiform - ✔✔combines with osteons in animals (looks like stacked bricks)
✔✔Bone Histology - ✔✔microscopic anatomy of bone tissue
✔✔foramen - ✔✔hull in skull that spinal cord passes through
✔✔superior - ✔✔(cranial/cephalic) toward head
✔✔inferior - ✔✔(caudal) toward feet
✔✔anterior - ✔✔(venteral) towards front
✔✔postierior - ✔✔(dorsal) towards back
, ✔✔Medial - ✔✔towards midline
✔✔lateral - ✔✔away from midline
✔✔internal - ✔✔(deep) away from surface of body
✔✔external - ✔✔(superficial) toward surface of body
✔✔palmar - ✔✔toward the palm of the hand
✔✔plantar - ✔✔sole of foot
✔✔proximal - ✔✔toward axial connection
✔✔distal - ✔✔away from axial connection
✔✔Diaphysis - ✔✔primary center of ossification (forms the shaft of long bone)
✔✔epiphysis - ✔✔secondary center of ossification (increases in size till fusion to
diaphysis through epiphysis fusion)
✔✔metaphysis - ✔✔part of long bone that expands in width to accommodate growing
epiphysis
✔✔Trabecular Bone - ✔✔(spongy bone) porous bone found inside bone, provides
lightweight structural support
Diploe=spongy bone in skull
✔✔cortical bone - ✔✔(compact bone) is smooth and dense found on external surfaces
also lines the interioir of medullary cavity
✔✔medullary cavity - ✔✔hollow space within long bones where morrow is stored
✔✔subchondral bone - ✔✔cortical bone found on joints covered with cartilage
✔✔source of variation in skeleton - ✔✔age, sex, ancestry, occupational, genetic,
pathology, cultural
✔✔forensic anthropologist - ✔✔study of human behavior, human skeleton, tools,
writings, and develop theories about human interaction
✔✔ordinal data - ✔✔discrete and CAN be ranked
CAN be counted and ordered
