What is the name for the thick, projecting ridge of bone on the posterior aspect of the scapula?
A) coracoid process
B) acromion
C) scapular spine
D) supraspinous fossa
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Question 2) Which bone articulates with the manubrium of the sternum?
A) scapula
B) third rib
C) humerus
D) clavicle
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Question 3) Which of the following changes in the vertebral column is most likely to occur during pregnancy?
A) osteoporosis
B) kyphosis
C) lordosis
D) scoliosis
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Question 4) A five-year-old boy is struck in the head with a baseball. The physician identifies in an MRI that the petrous ridge has shifted superiorly. What bone contains the petrous ridge?
A) temporal
B) occipital
C) frontal
D) sphenoid
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Question 5) Which of the following sutures connects the two parietal bones of the skull?
A) lambdoid
B) coronal
C) sagittal
D) squamous
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Question 6) Which bone contains the supraorbital foramen?
A) maxilla
B) ethmoid
C) frontal
D) palatine
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Question 7) A ________ is a slit-like opening.
A) meatus
B) process
C) groove
D) fissure
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Question 8) A 57-year-old female has recently been diagnosed with overproduction of red bone marrow, which has been causing significant bone pain. Which of the following bones is likely to be involved?
A) tarsals
B) vertebra
C) metacarpals
D) patella
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Question 9) The interconnecting bony struts of spongy bone are known as ________.
A) Haversian canals
B) perforating canals
C) lacunae
D) trabeculae
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Question 10) Which of the following bones belongs in the appendicular skeleton?
A) sternum
B) metatarsal
C) rib
D) vertebra
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