06 - Bone & Skeletal Tissue: Intro & Classification #1

A sesamoid bone would most often be found:

• Near joints at the knee, hands, and feet

• In the forearm and the lower leg

• In the spinal vertebrae

• In between the flat bones of the skull

Cartilage is found in strategic places in the human skeleton. What is responsible for the resilience of cartilage?

• Water

• Hydroxyapatite

• Calcium influx

• Phosphate

The humerus is an example of a(n) ____ bone.

• Long

• Short

• Flat

• Irregular

• Sesamoid

The sternum is an example of a(n) _____ bone.

• Flat

• Sesamoid

• Irregular

• Short

• Long

Vertebrae are considered ____ bones.

• Irregular

• Short

• Flat

• Long

• Sesamoid

Which of the following best defines a short bone?

• A bone whose length and width are nearly equal

• A bone measuring not more than five centimeters in length

• A bone in a suture

• A bone consisting of two parallel plates of compact bone

• A bone with greater length than width

At the junction of a rib and the sternum

• Elastic Cartilage

• Fibrocartilage

• Hyaline Cartilage

At the ends of long bones

• Elastic Cartilage

• Fibrocartilage

• Hyaline Cartilage

The skeleton of the external ear

• Elastic Cartilage

• Fibrocartilage

• Hyaline Cartilage

Forming the intervertebral discs

• Elastic Cartilage

• Fibrocartilage

• Hyaline Cartilage