AP1 Module #4 Bones - Portage
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What is the function of the flat bones? - correct answer They produce blood cells
What bones are flat bones - correct answer Skull, Rib, and Breastbone
All bones are storage areas for what? - correct answer inorganic calcium and
phosphorus salts
Bones also provide attachment sites for what? - correct answer muscle, tendons, and
ligaments
Describe the shape of a long bone and what its design allows - correct answer They
are long and thin and provide flexibility, movement, and support body weight
What bones are long bones? - correct answer humerus, ulna, radius, tibia, fibula,
metacarpals, and metatarsals
Name the five basic bone shapes - correct answer Long, Short, Flat, Irregular, and
Sesamoid
Describe the shape of a short bone - correct answer Small and cube shaped
Describe the shape of an Irregular bone - correct answer varied with ridges or irregular
surfaces
What bones are an example of Irregular bones? - correct answer vertebrae and pelvic
bones
What are examples of short bones - correct answer carpals and tarsals
Describe the shape of Sesamoid Bones - correct answer Small and Flat
What is an example of a Sesamoid bone - correct answer patella (knee cap)
What is the function of Sesamoid bones - correct answer 1. Protect and stabilize the
tendons
2. Change the angle of the tendons as they pass to their insertion to increase leverage
Foremen/fissure/canal - correct answer openings in bone to allow for nerves, blood
supply, or a passageway
, Sinus - correct answer Cavity within a bone usually filled with air
Process/Ramus - correct answer elevations and projections in bone
Trochanter/tuberosity/tubercle/crest/line/spine - correct answer processes or
projections for tendon or ligament attachment
Head/neck/condyle/trochlea/facet - correct answer processes designed for articulation
with adjacent bones
Fossa/Sulcus - correct answer depressions in bone
What term best describes a hollow chamber in bone, usually filled with air? - correct
answer Sinus
True or false:
A sulcus is a raised ridge in bone - correct answer False
What division of the skeleton lies along the midline? - correct answer The Axial
skeleton
How many bones form the skull? - correct answer 22 bones
fontanelles - correct answer Areas where the infant's skull has not fused together yet
True or false: Fontanelles are present in adults - correct answer False only in infants
What two bones of the cranium lie primarily within the skull? - correct answer Sphenoid
and Ethmoid
True or false: The frontal bone is a paired bone of the cranium. - correct answer False
the Parietal bone is a paired bone the frontal bone is singular
Which bone contains the foramen magnum? - correct answer occipital
What is the purpose of the foramen magnum? - correct answer allows spinal cord to
connect with brain
Sinusitis is an infection of the
_______________. - correct answer Frontal Sinus
carotid canal - correct answer opening of bone for the carotid artery
external acoustic meatus - correct answer Canal leading to eardrum and middle ear
Learning Question and answer rated A+
2023
What is the function of the flat bones? - correct answer They produce blood cells
What bones are flat bones - correct answer Skull, Rib, and Breastbone
All bones are storage areas for what? - correct answer inorganic calcium and
phosphorus salts
Bones also provide attachment sites for what? - correct answer muscle, tendons, and
ligaments
Describe the shape of a long bone and what its design allows - correct answer They
are long and thin and provide flexibility, movement, and support body weight
What bones are long bones? - correct answer humerus, ulna, radius, tibia, fibula,
metacarpals, and metatarsals
Name the five basic bone shapes - correct answer Long, Short, Flat, Irregular, and
Sesamoid
Describe the shape of a short bone - correct answer Small and cube shaped
Describe the shape of an Irregular bone - correct answer varied with ridges or irregular
surfaces
What bones are an example of Irregular bones? - correct answer vertebrae and pelvic
bones
What are examples of short bones - correct answer carpals and tarsals
Describe the shape of Sesamoid Bones - correct answer Small and Flat
What is an example of a Sesamoid bone - correct answer patella (knee cap)
What is the function of Sesamoid bones - correct answer 1. Protect and stabilize the
tendons
2. Change the angle of the tendons as they pass to their insertion to increase leverage
Foremen/fissure/canal - correct answer openings in bone to allow for nerves, blood
supply, or a passageway
, Sinus - correct answer Cavity within a bone usually filled with air
Process/Ramus - correct answer elevations and projections in bone
Trochanter/tuberosity/tubercle/crest/line/spine - correct answer processes or
projections for tendon or ligament attachment
Head/neck/condyle/trochlea/facet - correct answer processes designed for articulation
with adjacent bones
Fossa/Sulcus - correct answer depressions in bone
What term best describes a hollow chamber in bone, usually filled with air? - correct
answer Sinus
True or false:
A sulcus is a raised ridge in bone - correct answer False
What division of the skeleton lies along the midline? - correct answer The Axial
skeleton
How many bones form the skull? - correct answer 22 bones
fontanelles - correct answer Areas where the infant's skull has not fused together yet
True or false: Fontanelles are present in adults - correct answer False only in infants
What two bones of the cranium lie primarily within the skull? - correct answer Sphenoid
and Ethmoid
True or false: The frontal bone is a paired bone of the cranium. - correct answer False
the Parietal bone is a paired bone the frontal bone is singular
Which bone contains the foramen magnum? - correct answer occipital
What is the purpose of the foramen magnum? - correct answer allows spinal cord to
connect with brain
Sinusitis is an infection of the
_______________. - correct answer Frontal Sinus
carotid canal - correct answer opening of bone for the carotid artery
external acoustic meatus - correct answer Canal leading to eardrum and middle ear
