BIOD 151 MODULE 4 COMPREHENSIVE
EXAMINATION TEST FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED COMPLETE
SOLUTION
●● 5 Types of Bones
Answer: Long, flat, short, irregular, sesamoid
●● Long Bones
Answer: Long and thin; designed to support body weight and enable
movement
Ex: humerus, ulna, radius, tibia, fibula, metacarpals, metatarsals
●● Flat Bones
Answer: Bones of the skull, ribs, and breastbone
Produce blood cells
●● Short Bones
Answer: Small and cubed shaped
,Ex: carpals in the hand and tarsals in the foot
●● Irregular Bones
Answer: Varied in structure with ridges or irregular surfaces
Ex: vertebrae and pelvic bones
●● Skull
Answer: Forms a protective encasement for the brain
Formed by 22 bones: the cranium (8 bones) and facial bones (14 bone)
●● Rib Cage
Answer: Provides protection for the heart and lungs
●● Vertebrae
Answer: Irregular bones designed to protect the spinal cord and enable
spinal movements
●● Pelvic Bones
Answer: Ilium, ischium, pubis
,●● Sesamoid Bones
Answer: Small and round; reinforce tendons
Ex: patella
●● Bone Landmarks
Answer: Distinct markings, ridges, grooves, or holes on each bone
●● Functions of Bone Landmarks
Answer: 1. Some allow for tendons to attach
2. Indicate where nerves and blood vessels run alongside the bone or
penetrate the bone to provide blood and nerve supply
●● Foremen, Canal, Fissure
Answer: Type of bone landmark; openings in bone to allow for nerves,
blood supply, or a passageway
●● Sinus
Answer: Type of bone landmark; hollow chamber in bone, usually filled
with air
●● Process, Ramus
Answer: Type of bone landmark; elevations in bone
, ●● Trochanter, Tuberosity, Tubercle, Crest, Line, Spine
Answer: Type of bone landmark; processes or projections for tendon or
ligament attachment
●● Head, Neck, Condole, Trochlea, Facet
Answer: Type of bone landmark; processes designed for articulation
with adjacent bones
●● Fossa, Sulcus
Answer: Type of bone landmark; depressions in bone
●● What are the two main divisions of the human skeleton?
Answer: Axial and Appendicular
●● Axial Skeleton
Answer: Lies on the midline of the body; consists of the skull, vertebral
column, sternum, laryngeal skeleton, and thoracic cage
●● Cranium
Answer: Protects the brain and is composed of 8 bones fitted tightly
together in adults
EXAMINATION TEST FULL QUESTIONS AND
CORRECT ANSWERS VERIFIED COMPLETE
SOLUTION
●● 5 Types of Bones
Answer: Long, flat, short, irregular, sesamoid
●● Long Bones
Answer: Long and thin; designed to support body weight and enable
movement
Ex: humerus, ulna, radius, tibia, fibula, metacarpals, metatarsals
●● Flat Bones
Answer: Bones of the skull, ribs, and breastbone
Produce blood cells
●● Short Bones
Answer: Small and cubed shaped
,Ex: carpals in the hand and tarsals in the foot
●● Irregular Bones
Answer: Varied in structure with ridges or irregular surfaces
Ex: vertebrae and pelvic bones
●● Skull
Answer: Forms a protective encasement for the brain
Formed by 22 bones: the cranium (8 bones) and facial bones (14 bone)
●● Rib Cage
Answer: Provides protection for the heart and lungs
●● Vertebrae
Answer: Irregular bones designed to protect the spinal cord and enable
spinal movements
●● Pelvic Bones
Answer: Ilium, ischium, pubis
,●● Sesamoid Bones
Answer: Small and round; reinforce tendons
Ex: patella
●● Bone Landmarks
Answer: Distinct markings, ridges, grooves, or holes on each bone
●● Functions of Bone Landmarks
Answer: 1. Some allow for tendons to attach
2. Indicate where nerves and blood vessels run alongside the bone or
penetrate the bone to provide blood and nerve supply
●● Foremen, Canal, Fissure
Answer: Type of bone landmark; openings in bone to allow for nerves,
blood supply, or a passageway
●● Sinus
Answer: Type of bone landmark; hollow chamber in bone, usually filled
with air
●● Process, Ramus
Answer: Type of bone landmark; elevations in bone
, ●● Trochanter, Tuberosity, Tubercle, Crest, Line, Spine
Answer: Type of bone landmark; processes or projections for tendon or
ligament attachment
●● Head, Neck, Condole, Trochlea, Facet
Answer: Type of bone landmark; processes designed for articulation
with adjacent bones
●● Fossa, Sulcus
Answer: Type of bone landmark; depressions in bone
●● What are the two main divisions of the human skeleton?
Answer: Axial and Appendicular
●● Axial Skeleton
Answer: Lies on the midline of the body; consists of the skull, vertebral
column, sternum, laryngeal skeleton, and thoracic cage
●● Cranium
Answer: Protects the brain and is composed of 8 bones fitted tightly
together in adults
