Question: The first vestiges of eyes in the embryo are called ________.

Answer Options:
optic vesicles
optic cups
optic discs

Answer: optic vesicles

Question: What is the structural unit of compact bone?

Answer Options:
osseous matrix
lamellar bone
the osteon
spongy bone

Answer: the osteon

Question: Connective tissue sacs lined with synovial membranes that act as cushions in places where friction develops are called ________.

Answer Options:
ligaments
tendons
menisci
bursae

Answer: bursae

Question: What kind of tissue is the forerunner of long bones in the embryo?

Answer Options:
dense fibrous connective tissue
elastic connective tissue
hyaline cartilage
fibrocartilage

Answer: hyaline cartilage

Question: What is moving a limb away from the median plane of the body along the frontal plane called?

Answer Options:
a) dorsiflexion
b) adduction
c) abduction
d) inversion

Answer: c) abduction

Question: Fibrous joints are classified as ________.

Answer Options:
sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses
synchondroses, symphyses, and articular
pivot, hinge, and ball and socket
hinge, saddle, and ellipsoidal

Answer: sutures, syndesmoses, and gomphoses

Question: For intramembranous ossification to take place, which of the following is necessary?

Answer Options:
A medullary cavity forms.
A bone collar forms around the cartilage model.
The cartilage matrix begins to deteriorate.
An ossification center forms in the fibrous connective tissue.

Answer: – An ossification center forms in the fibrous connective tissue.

Question: Which of the following is a correct statement about development of joints?

Answer Options:
Joints develop in parallel with bones.
Joints develop independent of bone growth.
By the end of the fourth week, fetal synovial joints resemble adult joints.
All fibrous joints are in the adult form by the time of birth.

Answer: Joints develop in parallel with bones.

Question: The hip joint is a good example of a(n) ________ synovial joint.

Answer Options:
uniaxial
nonaxial
biaxial
multiaxial

Answer: multiaxial

Question: What is the structural unit of compact bone?

Answer Options:
lamellar bone
osseous matrix
spongy bone
the osteon

Answer: the osteon