Nursing Lecture 3: Axial Skeleton and Bones

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What is the function of bones that protects organs?

  • Offers support
  • Stores calcium
  • Protects organs (correct)
  • Forms blood cells

What type of cartilage is found in articular surfaces?

  • Fibrous cartilage
  • None of these
  • Hyaline cartilage (correct)
  • Elastic cartilage

What type of bone has two surfaces?

  • Flat bone (correct)
  • Short bone
  • Long bone
  • Irregular bone

What is the function of bone markings?

<p>Sites of attachments for muscles, tendons, and ligaments (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of bone is the patella?

<p>Sesamoid bone (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of bone contains air cavities?

<p>Pneumatic bone (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the cranium in the skull?

<p>To protect the brain and its covering meninges (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of fracture occurs when the broken bone penetrates through the skin?

<p>Open fracture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a depression or a hole in a bone?

<p>Foramen (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many bones are in the axial skeleton?

<p>80 bones (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for a raised area on a bone?

<p>Crest (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of fracture is characterized by a break that resembles a green twig?

<p>Greenstick fracture (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone is the only mobile bone in the skull?

<p>Mandible (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the suture located between the frontal bone and the parietal bones?

<p>Coronal suture (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which bone does not articulate with any other bone and is suspended in place by membranes, muscles, and ligaments?

<p>Hyoid bone (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can result from a fracture to the pterion?

<p>Both A and B (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the process that connects the mandible to the temporal bone?

<p>Condylar process (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How many parietal bones are there in the cranium?

<p>2 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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