What is the cell type that is responsible for maintaining bone once it has been formed?
Osteocytes
What is the primary function of osteoblasts?
To build bone
What do ligaments attach?
Bone to bone
What is osteomyelitis?
Bone inflammation that results from bacterial infection
Which bone cells combine hydroxyapatite and collagen to form extracellular bone matrix?
Osteoblasts
Name two functions of the skeletal system.
Support
Protection
If a person gets hit in the back of the head, then which bone will suffer?
Occipital bone
Where is the lambdoidal suture located?
Parietal and occipital bones
What do we call disease in adults characterized by softening of bones?
Osteomalacia
Your patient is admitted due to stenosis of the foramen magnum what structure is directly affected by this condition?
Spinal cord
What is primary mineral in bone?
Calcium
What are the basic units in compact bone tissue?
Osteon or haversian system
Which bone cell type is responsible type for breaking down bone?
Osteoclast
Most common bone disease is osteoporosis. what is the most common consequence?
Fractures
What chemical synthesized or ingested is necessary for calcium absorption through the intestines.
Vitamin D
What is the purpose of the proteoglycan molecules in the matrix of cartilage?
Gives cartilage resilient nature because it holds water.
What is the disease in children characterized by soft bone and swollen bones?
Rickets
What’s a band of connective tissue that connects muscle to the bone?
Tendon
What is the other name for shoulder blade?
Scapula
Which type of bone cell have ruffled borders and secrete acids?
Osteoclasts
Which type of bone cells lie in the lacunae?
Osteocytes
What is a passageway that connects neighboring osteocytes in osteon?
Canaliculi
What are the blood vessels that carry blood in the medulla cavity in the periosteum and run perpendicular to the bone?
Volkman’s canals
What is the carrying out surface of the bone called?
Periosteum
What type of lamellae are found in osteons?
Concentric lamellae
What type of bone has trabeculae be present in?
Spongy or cancellous bone
What is the function of red bone marrow?
Blood cell production
What is the cite of long terminal growth in long bones?
Epiphyseal plates
What do we call end of long bone?
Epiphysis
What does normal bone growth require adequate amounts in the diet?
Calcium, phosphate, and vitamin d
What is the sequence of events that produces growth in epiphyseal growth?
Bone remodeling
Where is the sagittal suture found?
Between two parietal bones
What type of joints is found in the appendicular skeleton?
Synovial joints
The cubital joint or the elbow is an example of what type of joint?
Hinge joint.
The knee joint is an example of what type of joint?
Complex ellipsoid
Questions asking about abduction, adduction, flexion, extension, etc.
What results from the failure of the maxillary bones that failed to fuse
Cleft palate
Which portion of coxal bone does a person sit on?
Ischial tuberosity
Common name for sternum
Breastbone
The lateral malleolus is part of which bone
Fibula
Your patient is an avid runner and they complain about pain on their greater trochanter region. Where is it located?
Femur
What is the coxal bone known as?
Hip bone.
Which cranial bone forms eyebrow ridges
Frontal
What is an exaggerated region of the lumbar region?
Lordosis
What is an abnormal of lateral curvature of spine?
Scoliosis
What is the 1st cervical vertebrae?
Atlas
If your patient presented with a tumor in the posterior orbit what would be affected?
Vision
Patient that presents with a fractured mandible has a broken what?
Lower jaw
If new chondrocytes and new matrix is added on outside of tissue, what type of growth is it?
Appositional growth
Your patient has been diagnosed with a fracture of the dens. Which bone is affected?
The axis
Which fibers are collagen fibers that connect ligaments and tendons throughout the periosteum of the bone?
Sharpey’s fibers
What is the bone fracture in which the two bone sections do not separate?
Hairline fracture
Some flat and irregular bones of the skull have air filled spaces. What are these called?
Sinus
The flat bones of the skull develop from what type of formation.
Intramembranous ossification
Bowing your head is an example of what type of movement.
Flexion
What do we call the articulation of the teeth in the upper and lower jaws.
Gomphosis
What substance is responsible for slippery synovial fluid?
Hyaluronic acid
Which ligament is found at the head of the femur?
The ligamentum teres
Rotating the forearm so that the palm faces posterior?
Pronation
What’s the most common type of arthritis?
Osteoarthritis
Which ligaments help keep the head erect?
Ligamentum nuchae
What’s the condition in which there is failure for vertebral lamellae to fuse?
Spina bifida
In what way are the thumb and big toe similar?
Two phalanges only proximal and distal
If your patient present with cerebral spinal fluid draining from ear where is there probably fracture located
Temporal
What results from damage to a nucleus fibrosus and a release of nucleus pulposus?
Herniated discs
What do we call the connective tissue sheath of cartilage?
Perichondrium
What is weight bearing ability of bone matrix due to the presence of
Hydroxyapatite crystals
In osteogenesis imperfecta the cause would be abnormally formed what
Collagen
The proportion of what determines the strength of the bone.
Collagen to hydroxyapatite
What type of bone is organized into thin sheets of tissue?
Compact lamellar bones
Which kind of bone contains interconnected plates called trabeculae
Spongy bone
What is the function of yellow bone marrow?
Store adipose tissue or fat.
What is proper event sequence in bone repair?
Hematoma formation
Callous formation
Callus Ossification
Bone remodeling
What happens when bones adjust to stress or when bones grow or fractures heal
Bone-remodeling
You have a young boy as a patient and exhibited advanced development of sexual characteristics and rapid growth. What caused it.
Testosterone secretion
If an x-ray shows a black area of the epiphyseal plate what has happened
Not completely calcified.
What do we call the location where ossification begins in intramembranous ossification?
Primary centers of ossification
In which type of articulation are bones held together by ligaments called interosseous membranes
Syndesmosis
What is the function of bursa?
Minimizes friction and acts as cushion.
What provides smooth surface where bones meet?
Articular or hyaline cartilage
What do we call an abnormal forced extension beyond normal range of movement?
Hyperextension
Bones and their function
Your patient is diagnosed with pituitary tumor. Where is the tumor located?
Cella Turcica bone
What do we call the junction of two pubic bones?
Pubic symphysis
What do we call the Olecranon process?
Elbow
If your patient was rear ended the trauma is what
Whiplash
Common is the name for patella
The kneecap
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