Ch 15 Quiz - Musculoskeletal System

Spongy, porous bone tissue is also called:

• Yellow bone marrow

• Bone fissure

• Compact bone

• Cancellous bone

• Bone sinus

Outward extension of the shoulder bone is the:

• Acromion

• Patella

• Xiphoid process

• Acetabulum

An opening or passage in the bones where blood vessels and nerves enter and leave is a:

• Fissure

• Sulcus

• Tuberosity

• Foramen

The projection of the temporal bone is the:

• Mastoid process

• Xiphoid process

• Tubercle

• Epiphysis

knuckle-like process at the end of the bone is called:

• Fontanelle

• Tuberosity

• Condyle

• Trochanter

Mandible, vomer, maxilla, and zygomatic are all bones of the:

• Pelvis

• Cranium

• Face

• Spine

Occipital, sphenoid, frontal, temporal, and ethmoid are bones of the:

• Face

• Spine

• Thorax

• Cranium

The shaft of a long bone is called:

• Olecranon

• Periosteum

• Diaphysis

• Epiphysis

Poor formation of bone:

• Osteolysis

• Osteodystrophy

• Osteoclasis

• Myelopoiesis

Slipping or subluxation of a vertebra:

• Spondylitis

• Spondylolisthesis

• Lordosis

• Rachitis