Human Anatomy Weekly Quiz 2

Integumentary, Bone, Cartilage, Axillary Skeleton

What tissue is, or what tissues are, found in the hypodermis (subcutaneous)?

areolar connective tissue, adipose connective tissue

Where are hair follicles located in the skin? Be specific.

reticular layer of the dermis

What is the name of the zone, not the number, where chondrocytes undergo rapid mitotic cell division and enlarge slightly?

zone of proliferating cartilage

What is the basic structural and functional unit of mature compact bone?

osteon

What types of ossification uses the hyaline cartilage template to perform ossification?

endochondral ossification

What is the area where the manubrium and the body of the sternum join?

sternal angle of the sternum

What suture runs from right to left (or left to right) in the posterior of the skull?

lambdoid suture

What forms the inferior 1/3 of the nasal septum from the anterior view?

vomer

What projections of the skull articulate with the superior articular facets of the atlas?

right and left occipital condyles of the occipital bone

What structures are found in the rim of the foramen magnum towards the anterior/lateral aspect?

hypoglossal canals of the occipital bone

What plane divides the body into anterior (ventral) and posterior (dorsal) sections?

frontal plane

What connective tissue has little ground substance and a large amount of parallel college fibers?

dense regular connective tissue

In a compact bone, what connects the cells in the lacunae to each other and to the circulatory system?

canaliculi

Where are Meissner’s (tactile) corpuscles located?

papillary layer of the dermis

What type of cells maintain the matrix and are found in the lacunae of long bones?

osteocytes

What vessel supplies the long shaft of a long bone with oxygen?

nutrient artery

What projection of a rib articulates with the anterior surface of the transverse process of a thoracic vertebrae?

tubercle of the rib

What is the most superior of the divisions in the axial skeleton?

skull

What bone is medial/anterior to the lacrimal bone?

maxilla

What is found in the midline in the posterior view of the sacrum?

median sacral crest of the sacrum

What abdominopelvic regions are lateral to the umbilical region?

right and left lumbar regions

What smooth muscles are attached to the base of hair follicles?

arrector pili

What artery supplies the most distal section of a long bone?

distal epiphyseal artery

What happens in zone 3 of the epiphyseal (growth) plate during puberty?

chondrocytes divide

In a long bone of a prepubescent individual, what is located between the superior knobby end and the long, cylindrical section?

epiphyseal plate

What is the most posterior process of the right zygomatic bone?

temporal process of the right zygomatic bone

What structure is found medial to the foramen rotundum and is also in the midline of the sphenoid bone?

sella turcica of the sphenoid bone

What is the most posterior/superior process of the mandible?

mandibular condyle of the mandible

What is the left inferior abdominopelvic region?

left iliac region

What non-sudoriferous gland is found in the reticular layer of the dermis?

sebaceous gland

What sections of a long bone contain the epiphyseal growth plate in prepubescent males?

metaphysis

What cell is found in the lacunae located in an osteon?

osteocyte

What is the inner layer of a long bone that contains the cells that destroy the bone matrix if necessary?

endosteum

What does the 2nd rib attach to the sternum?

sternal angle of the sternum

What is the most inferior/posterior projection of the left temporal bone?

mastoid process of the left temporal bone

What is medial to both the right and left posterior sacral foramina?

median sacral crest of the sacrum

What sinuses are found in a facial bone?

maxillary sinuses

What is the most anterior/lateral structure of the right temporal bone?

zygomatic process of the right temporal bone

What knobby end of a long bone is found closest to the trunk?

proximal epiphysis

What arteries supply the superficial osteons?

periosteal arteries

What is the most inferior bone of the axial skeleton?

coccyx

What unique structure is found in all seven cervical vertebrae?

transverse foramina

What do we call the growth of long bones when they increase in diameter?

appositional growth

What is an angular extension of a bone relative to the rest of the structure?

ramus

What is found between the capitulum (head) and the tubercle of a rib?

neck of the rib

What foramen is formed by the borders of three cranial bones?

foramen lacerum

What is the most lateral/posterior foramen found in the sphenoid bone?

foramen spinosum of the sphenoid bone

The pericardium is found inside what structure? (The one that is closest to the pericardium.)

mediastinum

What tissue is found lining all blood vessels?

simple squamous epithelium

What is a projection adjacent to a condyle?

epicondyle

What bone is lateral/posterior to the left nasal bone?

left maxillary bone

Where on a cranial bone, does the only bone of the facial bones that moves articulate?

mandibular fossa of the temporal bone

What do we call the perpendicular lines in skeletal muscle fibers?

striations

What mechanoreceptors are located in the reticular layer of the dermis?

lamellated corpuscle