What is the difference between "diaphysis" and "epiphysis"? What is the difference between a "condyle" and a "process"? What do the words "proximal" and "distal" mean when talking about a particular long bone?

Q: A 16 year old high school football player suffered a fracture of his humerus. Assessment of the…

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Q: How do compact bones differ from the spongy bone? What is the importance of canaliculi?

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Q: What is the longest bone in human?

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Q: Which bones of the body develop by intramembranous ossification?

A: Intramembranous ossification is one of the two essential processes during fetal development of the…

Q: What are the characteristics of periosteal bone?

A: Periosteum is a dense, fibrous membrane, which is present on the surface of the bones. It consists…

Q: What is a sutural bone and why isn’t it a “named” bone of the human body?

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Q: How and why does running help prevent osteoporosis in the elderly. Does it benefit all bones in the…

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Q: What are the components of the Haversian canal system? Give the function/s of each component

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Q: The upper and lower limbs each contain 30 bones, yet we have 8 carpal bones in the upper limb and…

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Q: What does diploe mean with respects to boney anatomy?

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Q: name and define all the various bone markings?.                                        what are the…

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Q: How is it possible that adult lamellar bone formed by intramembranous ossification is…

A: lamellar bone represents the main type of bone in a mature skeleton . It is characterized by an…

Q: What does the medullary cavity of the long bone contain?     bone marrow     spongy bone…

A: All long bones have a hollow region called the medullary cavity, except for the long bone, adult…

Q: What kind of symptoms would you expect a person with severe osteoarthritis of the hip would…

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Q: During the early years of space exploration, it was shown that astronauts returned back to earth…

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Q: What do you mean by sesamoid bones?

A: The human skeleton has various functions like protection, strength, supporting weight, and have…

Q: What do you mean by periosteal bone?

A: Bone is a rigid organ that makes vertebrate skeleton and protect the different organs of the body.…

Q: Mr. Ramon, who is 70 years old and has had a long history of osteoporosis, noticed that the…

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Q: At his ninety-fourth birthday party, Jim was complimented on how good he looked and was asked about…

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Q: What is the difference between a closed fracture and an open fracture?

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Q: What is yellow marrow? How do spongy and compact bone look different?

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Q: What might be the consequences of breaking both the ulna and theradius if the two bones fuse to each…

A: Radius and ulna are the bones present in the forearm, which means the upper limb that extends from…

Q: What is the anatomic name for a narrow, slitlike openingthrough a bone?

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Q: What are five risk factors (something that puts you at higher risk) for osteoporosis

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Q: In what ways do intramembranous and endochondral ossification differ?

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Q: What is the difference between the Axial skeleton and the Appendicular skeleton?

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Q: What are the differences between the diaphysis and the epiphyses of long bones?

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Q: Which of the following is/are true of bone? 1. chondrocytes present 2. low ground substance 3. high…

A: Option (c) 2,3,4

Q: What lower limb bone is the second largest bone in the body?

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Q: Which bone of the leg receives the body’s weight? Name the part of this bone that can be palpated…

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Q: The diaphysis of a long bone is the shaft of the bone that provides  ____________  for purposes of…

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Q: How many types of bones are there and of what type?

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Q: List the steps of intramembranous ossification? Where does this process take place? what types of…

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Q: What type of bone marking is described as follows; A small, rounded projection from the surface of a…

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Q: Bone markings that include alveolus, fossa or sulcus fall into which general category?

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Muscle Action

A change in the body or a bodily organ as a result of its functioning is referred to as an action. Muscle action can be defined as the specific movement of a bodily part generated by the contraction of a muscle. The muscle proteins actin and myosin are the important contractile proteins involved in muscle action. Muscle contraction, in addition to movement, serves several other important functions in the body, including posture, heat generation, and joint stability. Muscle contraction maintains posture, which includes standing and sitting.