Bone & Cartilage MCQs PDF

Alwarsha Bones&cartilage (40 MCQs) 1-The total numbers of bones in an adult individual are about: o a) 106 o b) 206 o c) 306 o d) 406 e) 506 2-Concerning the skeleton of human ,all are true except one: o a) The numbers...

Alwarsha Bones&cartilage (40 MCQs) 1-The total numbers of bones in an adult individual are about: o a) 106 o b) 206 o c) 306 o d) 406 e) 506 2-Concerning the skeleton of human ,all are true except one: o a) The numbers of bones increase much more in young o b) The numbers of bones usually become less in old age o c) The total numbers of bones of upper limbs are 62 o d) The number of single bones in adult skeleton are 34 o e) The numder of paired bones in adult skeleton are 86 3-All of the following bones are parts of the axial skeleton except: o a) Skull o b) Ribs o c) Vertebrae o d) Scapula e) Sternum 4-Which of the following bones ossifies in membrane of: o a) Scapula o b) Skull cap o c) Sternum o d) Ribs e) Hip bone 5-The following bones ossifies in cartilage except: o a) Scapula o b) Sternum o c) Ribs o d) Hip bone e) Skull cap 1- b 2- c 3- d 4- b 5- e DR. BASEM SHABAN 1  Alwarsha 6-the bones of mixed ossification are the following except: o a) Bones of base of the skull o b) Bones of the face o c) Mandible o d) Clavicle 7-Concerning the clavicle ,all are true except one: o a) It has no medullary cavity o b) It is the first bone ossify in the body o c) It has a mixed ossification o d) It is articular cartilage is formed of fibrocartilage o e) It is an irregular bone 8-AS regard the compact bone ,all are true except one: o a) It contains bone marrow o b) It is hard ,ivory- like bone o c) It forms the cortical covering of all types of bones o d) It forms the shaft of long bones o e) It resists the bending and twisting by compression forces 9-Concerning the cancellous bone , one is wrong : o a) It is formed of a trabecular meshwork o b) It contains spaces filled with bone marrow o c)It forms the shaft of long bones o d) It forms the anterior of all types of bones o e) It is covered by compact bone 10-The long bones have the following characters except: o a) It has two expanded ends which are called epiphyses o b) The shaft is called diaphysis o c) The shaft contains medullary cavity filled with bone marrow o d) The nutrient foramen is directed towards the growing end of the bone o e) Generally ,they ossify in cartilage 6- b 7- e 8- a 9- c 10- d DR. BASEM SHABAN 2  Alwarsha 11-The short bone has: o a) Three or four surfaces are articular o b) Cubical or scaphoid in shape o c) Ossifies in cartilage o d) AII of the above e) b +c only 12-The flat bones have: o a) Two lamenae of compact bone o b) The spongy layer usually appear before birth o c) All have membranous ossification o d) All of the above e) a +b only 13-The following flat bones ossify in cartilage except: o a) Sternum o b) Ribs o c) Scapula o d) flat bones of face e) Ilium 14-The sesamoid bones are bony nodules embedded in: o a) Tendons of some muscles o b) Ligaments o c) Joint capsule o d) All of the above e) a +b only 15-The sesamoid bones are: o a) Flat bone o b) Short bone o c) lrregular bone o d) Pneumatic bones e) Long bones 11- d 12- a 13- d 14- d 15- b DR. BASEM SHABAN 3  Alwarsha 16-The sesamoid bones have the following characters except: o a) Usually found against the bony prominences o b) They have no periosteum o c) They ossify in cartilage o d) Most of them have no articular surface o e) Some of them persist as sesamoid cartilage 17-The tendons of muscles in upper limb contain sesamoid bones are the following except: o a) Flexor carpi ulnaris o b) Adductor pollicis o c) Flexor pollicis longus o d) Flexor pollicis brevis e) Biceps brachii 18-Concerning the general features of the bones ,the followings are regular elevations of bones except: o a) Head o b) Condyle o c) Epicondyle o d) Trochlea e) Capitulum 19-The followings are irregular elevations of bones except: o a) Tubercle o b) Tuberosity o c) Trochanter o d) Crest e) Malleolus 20-The followings are linear elevations of bones except: o a) Line o b) Lip o c) Spine o d) Crest e) Ridge 16- d 17- e 18- c 19- d 20- c DR. BASEM SHABAN 4  Alwarsha 21-The rounded depressions on the surface of bone are the followings except: o a) Pit o b) Fovea o c) Impression o d) Notch e) Fossa 22-The elongated depression on the surface of bone is called: o a) Fovea o b) Fossa o c) Notch o d) Sulcus e) Fissure 23-The depression on the border of a bone is called: o a) Fossa o b) Fovea o c) Notch o d) Sulcus e) Fissure 24-Concerning the periosteum ,all are true except: o a) It covers the body of bones except the articular surface o b) It is adherent to the bone by sharpey's fibers o c) It is insensitive o d) It consists of outer fibrous layer and inner cellular layer o e) It nourishes the outer part of bony cortex 25-The periosteum receives the attachments of the following structures except: o a) Joint capsule o b) Synovial membrane o c) Tendons of muscles o d) Ligaments e) Fascial septa 21- d 22- d 23- c 24- c 25- b DR. BASEM SHABAN 5  Alwarsha 26-concerning the functions of periosteum , all are true except: o a) It nourishes the bone o b) It innervates the bone o c) It increases the bone in thickness o d) It increases the bone in length o e) It repairs the bones after fractures 27-Growth in length of bones is due to activity of: o a) Metaphysis o b) Diaphysis o c) Epiphysis o d) Epiphyseal cartilage e) Periosteum 28-The epiphyseal cartilage lies: o a) Between epiphysis and diaphysis o b) Between epiphysis and metaphysis o c) Between metaphysis and diaphysis o d) Between the articular cartilage and metaphysis o e) Between the epiphysis and periosteum 29-The red bone marrow is present in all types of bones at: o a) Birth o b) Seven years o c) Puberty o d) Adult e) Old age 30-The yellow bone marrow fills all the medullary cavities of long bones at: o a) Birth o b) Seven years o c) Puberty o d) Adult e) Old age 26- d 27- d 28- b 29- a 30- d DR. BASEM SHABAN 6  Alwarsha 31-Which of the following long bones has no medullary cavity: o a) Humerus o b) Clavicle o c) Metacarpal bones o d) Phalanges e) Metatarsal bones 32-The nutrient artery supplies the following except: o a) Medullary cavity o b) Bone marrow o c) Metaphysis o d) Deep 2/3 of the compact cortex of the shaft o e) Outer 1/3 of the bone-cortex 33-The blood supply of the long bones include: o a) Nutrient artery o b) Periosteal arteries o c) Metaphyseal arteries o d) Epiphyseal arteries d) AIl of the above 34-Concerning the cartilage ,all are true except: o a) It is nonvascular o b) It is insensitive o c) The articular cartilage is covered by perichondrium o d) The perichondrium is responsible for growth of cartilage o e) The repair of injured articular cartilage is difficult 35-As regard the hyaline cartilage ,all are true except one: o a) It is homogenous o b) It is bluish white in colour o c) It is rich in white collagenous fibers o d) It is translucent o e) It is liable for Calcification 31- b 32- e 33- e 34- c 35- c DR. BASEM SHABAN 7  Alwarsha 36-The following hyaline cartilages do not ossify at all except: o a) Articular cartilage of synovial joints o b) Epiphyseal cartilage plates o c) Costal cartilages o d) Nasal cartilages e) Rings in trachea and bronchi 37-Concerning the white fibrocartilage , all are true except: o a) It is rich in white collagenous fibers o b) It is white in colour o c) It is opaque in appearance o d) It is more flexible o e) It is usually found in places subjected to great pressure 38-The white fibrocartilage is found in the following sites except: o a) Intervertebral discs (IVD) o b) Intra-articular discs o c) Labra of the shoulder and hip joints o d) Costal cartilages e) Sesamoid cartilage 39-The intervertebral disc (IVD) is: o a) Hyaline cartilage o b) White fibrocartilage o c) Yellow elastic fibrocartilage o d) Fibrous tissue e) Osseous tissue 40-The yellow elastic fibrocartilage is found in the following sites except: o a) External ear o b) Nasal cartilages o c) Auditory tube o d) Epiglottis e) Small cartilages at the inlet of larynx 36- b 37- d 38- d 39- b 40- b DR. 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