Exam 6: The Skeletal System

The type of bone that is NOT made of osteons is ____________________ bone.

The ethmoid bone helps protect the sensory receptors and nerves for:

The number of pairs of each type of rib-true, false, and floating-in order, is:

The type of joint that does not permit movement is the ____________________.

Compression of a baby's head during birth is permitted by the presence of ____________________ between cranial bones.

On the diaphysis side of an epiphyseal disc, the process taking place is ____________________.

Which of the following statements are true of the layers of the skin? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

Two bones that protect the eye are the ____________________ and ____________________.

An example of a ball-and-socket joint is the:

In the embryo, the bones that are first made of fibrous connective tissue are the bones of the:

Two nutrients that are needed to become part of bone matrix are:

Which nutrient is NOT paired with its correct function with respect to bone growth?

In the embryo, the bones of the arms and legs are first made of:

The structures that connect bone to bone are:

In the phrase "genes for height," the word genes means:

The hormone in men that promotes closure of the epiphyseal discs is:

Which of these is NOT a function of the vertebral column?

The hormone that increases the reabsorption of calcium from bones is ____________________.

Which statement is NOT true of synovial joints?

Which of the following statements are true of the cutaneous senses? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)