Exam 8: Skeletal System

Nutrients needed by osteocytes are carried through canaliculi.

Match each term with its corresponding definition or explanation. -Shaft of the long bone

Explain the process of endochondral ossification.

Bouchard nodes are a common sign of which of the following conditions?

Where in the long bone does hematopoiesis occur?

Match each bone with its corresponding description or location. -Bones of the fingers

Match each bone with its corresponding description or location. -One of the bones of the forearm

Which suture is found at the junction between the parietal bones and the frontal bone?

Which term refers to the shaft of a long bone?

Because of the continuous wear and stress on the bones of athletes, their bones tend to be weaker than the bones of less active people.

Match each bone disorder with its corresponding description. -Can be caused by overstretching a muscle

There are four fontanels in the skull of a newborn.

An infection of a sinus is called mastoiditis.

Which of the following are cartilage cells?

Match each term with its corresponding definition or explanation. -Ends of a long bone

Explain synarthrotic and amphiarthrotic joints, and give an example of each.

Match each bone disorder with its corresponding description. -Occurs in children as a result of a vitamin D deficiency

Which joints permit the widest range of movement?

List and define the six structures of the long bone discussed in this chapter.

In the vertebral column, the coccyx is inferior to the sacrum.