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Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system?
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What are the 2 sections of the skeleton?
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axial and appendicular
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Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system?
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What are the 2 sections of the skeleton?
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How many bones does the axial skeleton contain?
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How many bones does the appendicular skeleton contain?
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Bone are a solid matrix of _________ and ____________ surrounded by calcium deposits.
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How are bones classified?
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What is an example of a flat bone?
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What is an example of a long bone?
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What is an example of an irregular bone?
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What is an example of short bones?
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What is an example sesamoid bones?
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What are the two basic regions of a long bone?
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What is the thin layer of internal cartilage in between called?
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The ends of the ephiphyses are covered with an external layer of cartilage called?
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What is the outer layer of bone that is made of a tough layer of connective tissue called?
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What is the thick layer of bone beneath the periosteum called?
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What type of bone has a lattice of trabeculae that is found along lines?
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What are the cylinders that arrange the compact bone called?
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What is it called when the osteons are arranged in concentric circles?
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What are the tentacle-like objects that connect osteocytes?
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What is the process of incorporating calcium and minerals into the cartilage to become bone called?
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What surrounds the end of the bones?
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What lines the joint cavity?
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What fluid absorbs shock in bones?
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What is the inflammation of a bursa called?
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What is the inflammation of the joint called?
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What is caused by the immune system attacking joints, occurs early in adulthood?
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What is caused by the wear and tear on joints and occurs in middle age?
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What fills the medullary cavity in young people?
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As we age what fills the medullary cavity?
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What are the mature bone cells that make up the majority of the bone structure called?
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What break down bone?
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What produces new bone?
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What occurs when there is a lack of hydroxyapatite?
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What occurs when there is a lack of collagen?
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Which of the following is not a type of joint?
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How do ligaments attach?
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How do tendons attach?
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What includes the bones of the skeleton and the cartilages, ligaments, and other connective tissues that stabilize or interconnect the bones called?
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What contacts with other bones?
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What are the areas of muscle and ligament attachment called?
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What are the openings for nerves and blood vessels called?
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What is the part of the skull that encloses the brain called?
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What are the immovable joints of the skull called?
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What are the gaps between the pedicles of adjacent vertebrae used for nerve connections to the spinal cord?
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What are formed by vertebral foraminae and encloses the spinal cord?
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What are the pads of fibrocartilage that separates the vertebral bodies and absorbs shock called?
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What are the strong toothlike projecting upwards from the body of the axis around which the atlas rotates called?
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The spinelike process of a bone, especially the dorsal projection from the center of the arch of a vertebrae is called?
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A process that projects from the sides of a vertebrae is called a?
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An opening in the transverse process of a cervical vertebrae for the passage of the vertebral artery and vein is called?
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Which of the following is not a part of the axial skeleton?
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What is another name for sutural bones?
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What are small, flat, irregularly shaped bones between the flat bones of the skull called?
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What bone is the largest and heaviest bone in the body?
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What bones are short, flat, notched, and have a rigid surface?
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What bones are boxlike?
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What bones are thin and parallel surfaces?
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What bones are long and slender?
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What bones are small, round, and flat?
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How many cranial bones are in the skull?
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How many facial bones are there?
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Which of the following is not a part of the vertebral column?
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What does the thoracic cage consist of?
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Which of the following is not a function of the axial skeleton?
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What does the skull protect?
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What is the importance of superficial facial bones?
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What is the importance of the deep facial bones?
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What is the importance of sinuses?
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Which of the following is not one of the 4 major sutures?
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Which of the following is not a paranasal sinus?
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What are the primary curves of the spine?
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What curves are present during the fetal development and at birth?
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What do the secondary curves consist of?
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What curves appear after birth?
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What curve contains 7 vertebrae and develops as the infant learns to balance the weight of its head on the vertebrae of the neck?
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What are the smallest of the vertebrae and weigh the least?
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What curve is a primary curve that provides room for the thoracic organs?
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What vertebrae articulates with the 12 pairs of ribs to form the outward curve of the spine?
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What curve is a secondary curve that balances the weight of the trunk over the lower limbs?
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What vertebrae form the inward curve of the lower spine?
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What curve is a primary curve that provides room for various abdominopelvic organs?
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What are the two different types of ribs?
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Which of the following is not a part of the sternum?
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What is the largest fontanel that lies at the intersection of the sagittal and coronal sutures and fills in by the time toddlers are 2 œ?
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What fontanel is located at the junctions between the squamous sutures and the coronal suture? This disappears within a month or two after birth.
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What fontanel is located at the junction between the squamous sutures and the lamboid sutures? This fontanel disappears within a month or two after birth.
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What fontanel is located at the junction between the lamboid and sagittal sutures?
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What type of fraction occurs when the bone moves and the two ends are not lined up straight?
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What type of fracture occurs when the bone cracks on either part or all the way through, but does not move and maintains its proper alignment?
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What type of fracture occurs when the fracture has an open wound or break in the skin near the site of the broken bone?
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What type of fracture occurs when the bone doesn't break your skin?
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What are either pair of bones joining the breastbone to the shoulder blades called?
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What are the large, flat, triangular bones that lie against the ribs in the upper back and provide attachments for the bone and muscles of the upper arm called?
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What is the ridge across the posterior surface of the body of the scauplae called?
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What is the thinner and longer of the two bones in the human forearm, on the side opposite to the thumb?
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What is it called when the olecranon enters the olecranon fossa?
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What is it called when the coronoid process enters the coronoid fossa?
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What articulates with the head of the radius and forms the proximal radioulnar joint?
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What is the prominent styloid process that attaches to the articular disc between the forearm and wrist?
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What is the thicker and shorter of the two bones in the human forearm?
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What articulates with the wrist and radius?
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What stabilizes the wrist joint?
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What is the socket of the hipbone where the head of the femur fits?
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What is the lower more contracted part of the pelvic cavity called?
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What is the upper, broader portion of the pelvic cavity called?
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What is the upper edge of the true pelvis called?
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What is the rounded proximal articulating extremity of the femur called? (It participates in the hip joint.)
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What is the inner and larger of the two bones of the lower leg?
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What is the lateral and smaller of the two bones of the lower leg?
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What carries the weight from the tibia across the trochlea?
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What transfers weight from the talus to the ground?
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What is the function of the appendicular skeleton?
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What is another name for the pectoral girdle?
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What does the pectoral girdle consist of?
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Where does the pectoral girdle connect with the axial skeleton?
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Which of the following is not one of the three sides of the scapula?
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The scapular spine separates the supraspinous fossa and infraspinous fossa.
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What is the importance of the medial and lateral epicondyles?
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How many carpal bones are found in the wrist?
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The carpal bones allow the wrist to align and twist.
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What is the pelvic girdle made up of?
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What is another name for the hipbone?
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What is the hole where the sciatic nerve fits through?
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What is the gap between the pubic tubercles that is padded with fibrocartilage called?
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What is the large opening in the hipbone between the pubis and the ischium and attaches the hip muscles called?
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What is the function of the greater and lesser trochanters of the femur?
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What is another name for the knee cap?
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The function of the tibial tuberosity is to attach the patellar ligament.
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How many bones does the ankle consist of?
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What are the long cylinder with many nuclei found in muscles called?
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What are the fibers wrapped in a membrane called?
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What are the bundle of fibers in the muscles called?
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A fascicle in the muscle is wrapped in a membrane is called?
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The membrane that is wrapped around the muscle is called?
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What are the complex organelles that are specialized for muscle cells called?
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What is the attachment of the tendon to the more stationary bone?
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What is the attachment to the more movable bone called?
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What is the muscle doing the action called?
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What are the muscles that help the contraction in the same direction called?
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What is the opposing muscle relaxing during motion called?
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Which of the following is not a muscle tissue?
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Which muscle is attached to the bone and is consciously controlled?
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What type of muscle is involuntary and functions without thought?
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What type of muscle is the heart muscle and is interwoven?
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Actin and myofibrils are the two types of protein filaments.
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What is the space between the two Z-lines called?
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How is ATP produced?
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What step of muscle fatigue is the following: muscles are worked strenuously and the glucose supply is exhausted?
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What step of muscle fatigue is the following: ATP is no longer efficiently being used for cross-bridges?
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What step of muscle fatigue is the following: lactic acid builds up causing sore muscles?
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What step of muscle fatigue is the following: a difference occurs between the amount of oxygen available and the amount required and you are "out of breath"?
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What type of lever acts like a seesaw and the fulcrum is located between the load and the force?
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What type of lever has the load located between the fulcrum and the force; in this type of lever, the load can be great, but it can't be moved over a large distance?
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What type of lever has the force located between the fulcrum and the load; this type of lever, the force required is greater because it carries the load a greater distance?
