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WorksheetsAnatomy/ skeletal system
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 19mins
hemopoiesis means...
Programmed cell death
the production of blood cells and platelets, which occurs in the bone marrow.
what vampires do
None of these is correct.
Anne Smith is a 38 year old Caucasian female who was recently diagnosed with leukemia (cancer of the blood cells). She had undergone 2 rounds of chemotherapy and has to have blood work done to check her levels of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. Her last results showed a decrease in her red cells and platelets. Why might this have happened?
Because the leukemia has destroyed the bone marrow so that it cannot undergo hemopoiesis.
Because the chemotherapy is destroying the cancer and bone marrow so that it cannot undergo hemopoiesis.
Because she is 36 years old and the production of red cells and platelets decreases with age.
Because she has lost calcium salts from her bone and this has made her bones weaker.
Thin regions of cartilage between vertebrae that provide cushioning
spinous process
transverse process
intervertebral disk
vertebral foramen
The function of this vertebra is to articulate with ribs.
thoracic
lumbar
The increase in vertebrae size from the neck to the lower back is due to:
supporting more weight in the lower back than in the neck
supporting less weight in the lower back than in the neck
evolution
vertebrae don't increase in size
Five vertebrae that are fused form the _______ ________.
cervical vertebrae
thoracic vertebrae
lumbar vertebrae
sacral vertebrae
Place in order from top to bottom vertebrae:
A. coccyx (tailbone)
B. thoracic
C. lumbar
B C A
A B C
B A C
A C B
What is the disc between vertebrae made out of?
Neurons
Bone
Spinal Fluid
Cartilage (soft bone)
Damage to the cervical vertebrae would most likely cause
Paraplegia
Quadriplegia
CHALLENGE: Which Vertebrae is fractured?
L2
L4
T2
T4
