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Which plane divides the body front and back?
Which plane divides the body front and back?
- Sagittal plane
- Transverse plane
- Coronal plane (correct)
- Median plane
What is the term for moving a structure anteriorly?
What is the term for moving a structure anteriorly?
- Protraction (correct)
- Elevation
- Retraction
- Depression
Which bones are included in the axial skeleton?
Which bones are included in the axial skeleton?
- Skull, hyoid, vertebrae, sacrum, coccyx, ribs, sternum (correct)
- Clavicle, scapula, humerus, radius, ulna, carpals, metacarpals, phalanges
- Ilium, ischium, pubis, femur, tibia, fibula, patella, tarsals, metatarsals
- None of the above
What is the function of spongy bone?
What is the function of spongy bone?
Where is the medullary cavity located?
Where is the medullary cavity located?
What is the term for decreasing the angle between bones?
What is the term for decreasing the angle between bones?
Which term describes the movement of the forearm medially so that the palm faces down?
Which term describes the movement of the forearm medially so that the palm faces down?
What is the function of the appendicular skeleton?
What is the function of the appendicular skeleton?
Which type of bone is cuboidal in shape?
Which type of bone is cuboidal in shape?
What is the term for moving the sole of the foot away from the midline?
What is the term for moving the sole of the foot away from the midline?
Which of the following best defines clinically orientated anatomy?
Which of the following best defines clinically orientated anatomy?
What is the main focus of surface anatomy?
What is the main focus of surface anatomy?
Which of the following is NOT a category of systemic anatomy?
Which of the following is NOT a category of systemic anatomy?
What does the musculoskeletal category of systemic anatomy include?
What does the musculoskeletal category of systemic anatomy include?
Which category of systemic anatomy focuses on the study of the heart and blood vessels?
Which category of systemic anatomy focuses on the study of the heart and blood vessels?
What is the anatomical position?
What is the anatomical position?
What does the sagittal plane divide the body into?
What does the sagittal plane divide the body into?
What does the term 'palpation' refer to?
What does the term 'palpation' refer to?
What does the term 'gross anatomy' refer to?
What does the term 'gross anatomy' refer to?
Which category of systemic anatomy includes the study of the brain and spinal cord?
Which category of systemic anatomy includes the study of the brain and spinal cord?
Which type of cells are responsible for the breakdown of bones by the process of bone resorption?
Which type of cells are responsible for the breakdown of bones by the process of bone resorption?
What is the primary composition of osteoid, the protein mixture created by osteoblasts?
What is the primary composition of osteoid, the protein mixture created by osteoblasts?
Where are osteocytes located within the bone?
Where are osteocytes located within the bone?
Which type of cells give rise to white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets?
Which type of cells give rise to white blood cells, red blood cells, and platelets?
What is the vascular supply of bone?
What is the vascular supply of bone?
What is the blood oxygen tension in bone marrow, compared to arterial blood?
What is the blood oxygen tension in bone marrow, compared to arterial blood?
What is the function of osteoblasts?
What is the function of osteoblasts?
Where is red marrow mostly found in adults?
Where is red marrow mostly found in adults?
From which type of cells are osteoclasts derived?
From which type of cells are osteoclasts derived?
What is the function of osteocytes in bone?
What is the function of osteocytes in bone?
Which type of bone is involved in the resorption of bone tissue?
Which type of bone is involved in the resorption of bone tissue?
What is the function of osteoblasts?
What is the function of osteoblasts?
What is the organic component of bone tissue mainly composed of?
What is the organic component of bone tissue mainly composed of?
Which bone in the human body is the largest?
Which bone in the human body is the largest?
What is the function of bone marrow?
What is the function of bone marrow?
How many bones are present in the human body at birth?
How many bones are present in the human body at birth?
What is the term for the rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals?
What is the term for the rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals?
What is the inorganic component of bone tissue made up of?
What is the inorganic component of bone tissue made up of?
Which bone is the smallest in the human body?
Which bone is the smallest in the human body?
What is the honeycomb-like matrix internally present in bone tissue called?
What is the honeycomb-like matrix internally present in bone tissue called?
Which type of bone accounts for 80% of the total bone mass of an adult human skeleton?
Which type of bone accounts for 80% of the total bone mass of an adult human skeleton?
What is the primary anatomical and functional unit of cancellous bone?
What is the primary anatomical and functional unit of cancellous bone?
What is the primary anatomical and functional unit of cortical bone?
What is the primary anatomical and functional unit of cortical bone?
Which type of bone is weaker and more flexible due to its higher surface-area-to-volume ratio?
Which type of bone is weaker and more flexible due to its higher surface-area-to-volume ratio?
Where is cancellous bone typically found in the skeletal system?
Where is cancellous bone typically found in the skeletal system?
What is the main function of cortical bone?
What is the main function of cortical bone?
What is the main function of cancellous bone?
What is the main function of cancellous bone?
What is the composition of bone matrix?
What is the composition of bone matrix?
What gives bones their rigidity?
What gives bones their rigidity?
What are the specialized bone cells responsible for the construction and remodeling of bone throughout life?
What are the specialized bone cells responsible for the construction and remodeling of bone throughout life?
Which type of bone tissue is hard and has a honeycomb-like matrix internally?
Which type of bone tissue is hard and has a honeycomb-like matrix internally?
What is the term for the process of bone breakdown by osteoclasts?
What is the term for the process of bone breakdown by osteoclasts?
What is the main function of osteoblasts?
What is the main function of osteoblasts?
Which of the following is NOT a component of bone tissue?
Which of the following is NOT a component of bone tissue?
How many bones are present in the human body at birth?
How many bones are present in the human body at birth?
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
What is the smallest bone in the human body?
What is the term for the rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals?
What is the term for the rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals?
What is the function of spongy bone?
What is the function of spongy bone?
Which category of anatomy includes the study of the brain and spinal cord?
Which category of anatomy includes the study of the brain and spinal cord?
What is the primary composition of osteoid, the protein mixture created by osteoblasts?
What is the primary composition of osteoid, the protein mixture created by osteoblasts?
Which type of cells are responsible for the breakdown of bones by the process of bone resorption?
Which type of cells are responsible for the breakdown of bones by the process of bone resorption?
What is the function of osteoblasts?
What is the function of osteoblasts?
From which type of cells are osteoclasts derived?
From which type of cells are osteoclasts derived?
Where are osteocytes located within the bone?
Where are osteocytes located within the bone?
What is the main function of cancellous bone?
What is the main function of cancellous bone?
What is the organic component of bone tissue mainly composed of?
What is the organic component of bone tissue mainly composed of?
What is the vascular supply of bone?
What is the vascular supply of bone?
What is the term for the breakdown of bone tissue by osteoclasts?
What is the term for the breakdown of bone tissue by osteoclasts?
What is the term for the movement of the forearm medially so that the palm faces down?
What is the term for the movement of the forearm medially so that the palm faces down?
What is the term for moving a structure anteriorly?
What is the term for moving a structure anteriorly?
Which type of bone is responsible for supporting the whole body, protecting organs, providing levers for movement, and storing and releasing chemical elements, mainly calcium?
Which type of bone is responsible for supporting the whole body, protecting organs, providing levers for movement, and storing and releasing chemical elements, mainly calcium?
Which type of bone has a higher surface-area-to-volume ratio, making it weaker and more flexible?
Which type of bone has a higher surface-area-to-volume ratio, making it weaker and more flexible?
What is the primary anatomical and functional unit of cortical bone?
What is the primary anatomical and functional unit of cortical bone?
Where is cancellous bone typically found in the skeletal system?
Where is cancellous bone typically found in the skeletal system?
What is the primary anatomical and functional unit of cancellous bone?
What is the primary anatomical and functional unit of cancellous bone?
What is the function of bone marrow?
What is the function of bone marrow?
What is the term for the fatty/yellow fraction of bone marrow that increases in quantity as a child ages?
What is the term for the fatty/yellow fraction of bone marrow that increases in quantity as a child ages?
What is the primary composition of bone matrix?
What is the primary composition of bone matrix?
Which specialized bone cells are responsible for the construction and remodeling of bone throughout life?
Which specialized bone cells are responsible for the construction and remodeling of bone throughout life?
What gives bones their rigidity?
What gives bones their rigidity?
Which type of bone cell destroys the bone using enzymes?
Which type of bone cell destroys the bone using enzymes?
What is the main function of osteocytes?
What is the main function of osteocytes?
Which type of bone cell is found in flat bones?
Which type of bone cell is found in flat bones?
What is the primary reason osteoclasts are used?
What is the primary reason osteoclasts are used?
What do osteoblasts retract after the bone is completely ossified?
What do osteoblasts retract after the bone is completely ossified?
What are the tiny canals in the bony matrix known as?
What are the tiny canals in the bony matrix known as?
What is the function of osteoblasts?
What is the function of osteoblasts?
What is the term for the bone cell that is responsible for the general maintenance of the bone?
What is the term for the bone cell that is responsible for the general maintenance of the bone?
What is the term for the bone cell that destroys the bone using enzymes?
What is the term for the bone cell that destroys the bone using enzymes?
What is the function of osteoclasts?
What is the function of osteoclasts?
Which bones are considered flat bones?
Which bones are considered flat bones?
Which type of bone marrow is found in flat bones?
Which type of bone marrow is found in flat bones?
What is the function of flat bones?
What is the function of flat bones?
What is the composition of flat bones?
What is the composition of flat bones?
What is the term for the hardened matrix that forms the body of a flat bone?
What is the term for the hardened matrix that forms the body of a flat bone?
Where are most red blood cells formed in adults?
Where are most red blood cells formed in adults?
What is the name for the spaces filled with air between the two tables of the skull?
What is the name for the spaces filled with air between the two tables of the skull?
What is the initial process of bone formation in flat bones called?
What is the initial process of bone formation in flat bones called?
What is the name for the undifferentiated connective tissue that holds the area where a flat bone is to come?
What is the name for the undifferentiated connective tissue that holds the area where a flat bone is to come?
What type of bone marrow is found in flat bones?
What type of bone marrow is found in flat bones?
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