EXAMINATION 2 for BIO 201 – HUMAN ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY 1
1. A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the _____________.
(A) Epiphysis
(B) Metaphysis
(C) Diaphysis
(D) Articular cartilage
2. Yellow bone marrow contains a large percentage of ____________.
(A) Fat
(B) Blood-forming cells
(C) Elastic tissues
(D) Sharpey’s fibers
3. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system?
(A) Support
(B) Storage of minerals
(C) Production of blood cells
(D) Communication
4. Wolff’s law is concerned with _____________.
(A) Vertical growth of bones being dependent on age
(B) The thickness and shape of bone being dependent on stresses being placed
on it.
(C) The function of bone being dependent on shape
(D) The diameter of the bone being dependent on the ratio of osteoblasts to
osteoclast.
5. Spongy bones are made up of a framework called _______________.
(A) Osteons
(B) Lamellar bone
(C) Trabeculae
(D) Osseous lamellae
6. Organic components of bone include all of the following except __________.
(A) Osteoblasts
(B) Osteoclasts
(C) Mineral salts
(D) Osteoid
, 7. The ethmoid bone is composed of all of the following except the __________.
(A) Superior nasal concha
(B) Crista galli
(C) Cribiform plate
(D) Inferior nasal concha
8. The organic matrix in bone provides all of the following except __________.
(A) Tensile strength
(B) Hardness
(C) Ability to resist stretch
(D) Flexibility
9. Which of the following is an abnormal lateral curvature of the vertebral column always
seen in the lumbar region?
(A) Kyphosis
(B) Scoliosis
(C) Lordosis
(D) None of the above
10. The structural unit of compact bone is ____________.
(A) Osseous matrix
(B) Spongy bone
(C) Lamellar bone
(D) The osteon
11. The articulation that most closely resembles a hinge in the body involves which bones?
(A) Humerus and ulna
(B) Humerus and radius
(C) Femur and tibia
(D) Femur and fibula
12. The remodeling of bone is a function of which cells?
(A) Osteoblasts and osteocytes
(B) Osteoblasts and osteoclasts
(C) Chondrocytes and osteocytes
(D) Chondroblasts and osteoclasts
1. A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the _____________.
(A) Epiphysis
(B) Metaphysis
(C) Diaphysis
(D) Articular cartilage
2. Yellow bone marrow contains a large percentage of ____________.
(A) Fat
(B) Blood-forming cells
(C) Elastic tissues
(D) Sharpey’s fibers
3. Which of the following is not a function of the skeletal system?
(A) Support
(B) Storage of minerals
(C) Production of blood cells
(D) Communication
4. Wolff’s law is concerned with _____________.
(A) Vertical growth of bones being dependent on age
(B) The thickness and shape of bone being dependent on stresses being placed
on it.
(C) The function of bone being dependent on shape
(D) The diameter of the bone being dependent on the ratio of osteoblasts to
osteoclast.
5. Spongy bones are made up of a framework called _______________.
(A) Osteons
(B) Lamellar bone
(C) Trabeculae
(D) Osseous lamellae
6. Organic components of bone include all of the following except __________.
(A) Osteoblasts
(B) Osteoclasts
(C) Mineral salts
(D) Osteoid
, 7. The ethmoid bone is composed of all of the following except the __________.
(A) Superior nasal concha
(B) Crista galli
(C) Cribiform plate
(D) Inferior nasal concha
8. The organic matrix in bone provides all of the following except __________.
(A) Tensile strength
(B) Hardness
(C) Ability to resist stretch
(D) Flexibility
9. Which of the following is an abnormal lateral curvature of the vertebral column always
seen in the lumbar region?
(A) Kyphosis
(B) Scoliosis
(C) Lordosis
(D) None of the above
10. The structural unit of compact bone is ____________.
(A) Osseous matrix
(B) Spongy bone
(C) Lamellar bone
(D) The osteon
11. The articulation that most closely resembles a hinge in the body involves which bones?
(A) Humerus and ulna
(B) Humerus and radius
(C) Femur and tibia
(D) Femur and fibula
12. The remodeling of bone is a function of which cells?
(A) Osteoblasts and osteocytes
(B) Osteoblasts and osteoclasts
(C) Chondrocytes and osteocytes
(D) Chondroblasts and osteoclasts
