Chapter 7: The Bone
Chapter 8: Axial & Appendicular Skeleton
Chapter 9: Articulations
100

What are the two types of connective tissue present in most of the bones in the body?

Spongy bone (20%) and Compact bone (80%)

100

Please show the class where your frontal bone is, your parietal bone and occipital bone (superior view)

forehead, top of head, back of the head

100

What are the names of how joints are classified based on the movement they permit?

synarthrosis, amphiarthrosis, diarthrosis

200

What part of the bone connective tissue houses osteocyte cytoplasmic projections that permit cellular contact and communication?

Canaliculi

200

Please name the sutures of the cranial bones

coronal suture, squamous suture, lambdoid suture, sagittal suture

200

What are the 3 primary functions of the synovial fluid in the joint?

  • Lubricates the joint

  • Absorbs shock

  • Nourishes cartilage and removes waste

300

Please explain the process of interstitial growth of cartilage

1. A chondrocyte within a lacunae begins to exhibit mitotic activity

2. Two cells are produced by mitosis from one chondrocyte and occupy one lacunae 

3. Each cell produces new matrix

4. Cartilage grows internally

300

Please describe the size and body shape of cervical vertebra, thoracic vertebra and lumbar vertebra

cervical: small and kidney-shaped

thoracic: medium-sized and heart shaped

lumbar: large and oval/round

300

What is a gomphosis?

 fibrous joint type anchors teeth into the sockets of the jaw.

400

Please name the zones 1-5 of cartilage

zone 1: resting cartilage 

zone 2: proliferating cartilage 

zone 3: hypertrophic cartilage 

zone 4: calcified cartilage 

zone 5: zone of ossification

400

Name the parts of the sternum and tell the class how many true ribs we have, false ribs and floating ribs

(top to bottom) manubrium, body and xiphoid process 

true ribs (1-7)

false ribs (8-12)

floating ribs (11-12)

400

What bones articulate at the talocrural joint?

  • tibia

  • fibula

  • talus

500

What are the four steps (just name of steps) of bone fracture repair?

1. A fracture hematoma forms

2. A fibrocartilaginous callus forms

3. A bony callus forms

4. The bone is remodeled

500

Please name the bones of the carpal (DISTAL ROW)

trapezium, trapezoid, capitate, hamate