Exam 5: The Skeletal System

There are four stages in the healing of a bone fracture. Which of the following best illustrates the sequence of these stages? 1) bony callus formation 2) bone remodeling 3) fibrocartilage callus formation 4) hematoma formation

Which spinal curvature is associated with the lower back and appears when a baby begins to walk?

The dens is a process projecting from the ________.

Match the following: -Phalanges

What determines where bone matrix will be remodeled?

Figure 5.2 Using Figure 5.2, identify the following: -The radius bone is indicated by ________.

Each complex of central canal and matrix rings in compact bone is known as ________.

List and explain the steps in the repair process of a simple fracture.

The spinal cord passes through the body of each vertebra.

The last two pairs of ribs are called True ribs because they have no attachments to the sternum.

List some of the features of a female pelvis that make it different from a male pelvis.

What does collagen provide as a component of bone?

Four of the five answers listed below are parts of the same anatomical area. Select the exception.

Teeth are anchored in the maxillary bones and the mandible.

A fracture in the ________ can impair the lengthwise growth of bones in a child.

Which of the following could create an open, or compound, fracture?

Mothers who breast-feed their children will lose a percentage of calcium from their bones. Which hormone is responsible for raising blood calcium levels when they drop below homeostatic levels?

Figure 5.2 Using Figure 5.2, identify the following: -The manubrium and xiphoid process fuse to form the bone indicated by ________.

Match the following: -Broken bone ends are forced into each other

Match the following: -Cells that can dissolve the bony matrix