Exam 8: The Skeletal System

The frontal bone of the skull is an example of a(n)_____ bone.

Extension is a characteristic movement of a hinge joint.

Match each bone with its corresponding description or location. -one of the bones that joins with two others to form the hip

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.

How many bones are in the adult vertebral column?

MATCHING Match each term with its corresponding definition or explanation. -support structures in spongy bone

MATCHING Match each term with its corresponding definition or explanation. -bone cells that live in the haversian system

Match each bone disorder with its corresponding description. -an autoimmune disease type of arthritis

Yellow marrow is stored in the medullary cavity.

The parietal bones form which suture with the frontal bone?

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

A teenager wants to be given growth hormone to increase his height.The doctor took an x-ray of his wrist to determine whether treatment could be started.Explain what the doctor was looking for.

Match each bone with its corresponding description or location. -bone that joins with the clavicle to make up the shoulder girdle

The joining point of the temporal and occipital bones of the skull forms the lambdoidal suture.

Match each bone disorder with its corresponding description. -the most common noninflammatory joint disease

There are more than 20 bones in the skull.

Which membrane lines the medullary cavity?

The skeleton can still grow as long as there is cartilage left in the

Growth of a bone can only continue if there is cartilage in the center of the diaphysis.

Explain the joint disorder osteoarthritis.Include signs of the condition and risk factors for the condition.