Bone Anatomy
Muscle Origin and Insertion
Bone Physiology
Joints
Random Unit 3 Questions
100

This type of bone is present as the outer portion of every bone in the body?

Compact bone

100

Which term, origin OR insertion, refers to the attachment on a bone that moves during a specific muscle action.

Insertion

100

What is the name of this type of fracture? (hint: incomplete break)

Greenstick fracture

100

What is the name of the suture that joins the left/right parietal bones?

Sagittal suture

100

What is the main way that skeletal muscles contribute to body heat production?

ATP metabolism

200

The vertebral column contains how many cervical vertebrae?

7

200

On which bone does the pectoralis major insert?

Humerus

200

Which osseous tissue cell is responsible for secreting osteoid.

Osteoblast.

200

What is the name of the fluid found in a diarthrosis?

Synovial fluid

200

How many degrees of freedom does a multiaxial joint have?

Three

300

What is the name of the medial bone of the leg?

Tibia

300

Name one specific origin of the deltoid muscle.

Spine of scapula, acromion of scapula, clavicle

300

What is the name of the type of growth that increases the diameter of bones?

Appositional growth

300

Give me the names of two bones that are involved in one of our pivot joints.

Ulna and radius; atlas and axis.

300

What is the technical name for the jaw joint?

Temporomandibular joint

400

Which surface feature is defined as a shallow depression?

Fossa

400

What is the insertion of this muscle?

Calcaneus bone

400

During endochondral ossification, what is the name of the cavity that forms in the epiphysis of a long bone?

Secondary marrow cavity.

400

What is the name of the joint movement that occurs when you stand on the tips of your toes?

Plantar flexion

400

What is the name of the inner layer of the periosteum? (hint: think of the cells what are present in this layer)

Osteogenic layer

500

What is the name of the cranial bone that contains tiny foramina for the olfactory nerve fibers to pass through?

Ethmoid

500

What is the insertion for this muscle?

Olecranon process of ulna.

500

What is the name of the stem cell tissue that is present during intramembranous ossification?

Mesenchyme

500

What is the technical term for the type of joint that results in a complete fusion of bones?

Synostosis

500

During bone healing, what is the name of the tissue that precedes the soft callus and hard callus stage?

Granulation tissue

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