Bontrager Chapter 7 Self-Test Questions and Answers With Verified Solutions
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List the four bones of the pelvis - ✔✔- Left hip bone
- Right hip bone
- Sacrum
- Coccyx
List the three divisions of the hip bone - ✔✔- Ilium
- Ischium
- Pubis
Innominate bone is another name for - ✔✔One half of the pelvic girdle
Hip bone
Ossa coxae
What is the largest foramen in the body - ✔✔Obturator foramen
Which landmark is not a palpable bony landmark - ✔✔Lesser trochanter
What are the two aspects of the ischium - ✔✔- Body
- Ramus
What is the name of the imaginary plane that separates the false from the true pelvis - ✔✔pelvic brim
The pubic arch angle on an average male pelvis is an __________________________ (acute or obtuse)
angle that is __________________________ (greater than or less than) 90 degrees. - ✔✔Acute
less than 90
, Which of the following structures is considered as the most posterior
A. Ischial spines
B. ASIS
C. Symphysis pubis
D. Acetabulum - ✔✔Ischial spines
The small depression near the center of the femoral head where a ligament is attached is called the -
✔✔Fovea capitis
Which of the following joints are synovial joints but with amphiarthrodial mobility
A. Union of acetabula
B. Hip joints
C. Sacroiliac joints
D. Symphysis pubis - ✔✔Sacroiliac joints
Which of the following devices should be used for an axiolateral (inferosuperior) projection of the hip to
equalize density (brightness) of the hip region - ✔✔Wedge compensating filter
Which modality is used to assess joint stability during movement of the lower limbs on infants -
✔✔Sonography
A geriatric patient with an externally rotated lower limb may have - ✔✔A fractured proximal femur
Which pathologic indication may result in the early fusion of the sacroiliac (SI) joints - ✔✔Ankylosing
spondylitis
Pelvic ring fracture - ✔✔Bilateral radiolucent lines across bones and misalignment of SI joints
Osteoarthritis - ✔✔Hallmark sign of spurring and narrowing of joint space
2025
List the four bones of the pelvis - ✔✔- Left hip bone
- Right hip bone
- Sacrum
- Coccyx
List the three divisions of the hip bone - ✔✔- Ilium
- Ischium
- Pubis
Innominate bone is another name for - ✔✔One half of the pelvic girdle
Hip bone
Ossa coxae
What is the largest foramen in the body - ✔✔Obturator foramen
Which landmark is not a palpable bony landmark - ✔✔Lesser trochanter
What are the two aspects of the ischium - ✔✔- Body
- Ramus
What is the name of the imaginary plane that separates the false from the true pelvis - ✔✔pelvic brim
The pubic arch angle on an average male pelvis is an __________________________ (acute or obtuse)
angle that is __________________________ (greater than or less than) 90 degrees. - ✔✔Acute
less than 90
, Which of the following structures is considered as the most posterior
A. Ischial spines
B. ASIS
C. Symphysis pubis
D. Acetabulum - ✔✔Ischial spines
The small depression near the center of the femoral head where a ligament is attached is called the -
✔✔Fovea capitis
Which of the following joints are synovial joints but with amphiarthrodial mobility
A. Union of acetabula
B. Hip joints
C. Sacroiliac joints
D. Symphysis pubis - ✔✔Sacroiliac joints
Which of the following devices should be used for an axiolateral (inferosuperior) projection of the hip to
equalize density (brightness) of the hip region - ✔✔Wedge compensating filter
Which modality is used to assess joint stability during movement of the lower limbs on infants -
✔✔Sonography
A geriatric patient with an externally rotated lower limb may have - ✔✔A fractured proximal femur
Which pathologic indication may result in the early fusion of the sacroiliac (SI) joints - ✔✔Ankylosing
spondylitis
Pelvic ring fracture - ✔✔Bilateral radiolucent lines across bones and misalignment of SI joints
Osteoarthritis - ✔✔Hallmark sign of spurring and narrowing of joint space
