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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of bone is the patella?

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

    What type of bone contains air cavities?

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

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

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

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

    <p>Foramen</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many bones are in the axial skeleton?

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

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

    <p>Crest</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    Which bone is the only mobile bone in the skull?

    <p>Mandible</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What can result from a fracture to the pterion?

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

    How many parietal bones are there in the cranium?

    <p>2</p> Signup and view all the answers

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