Reference no: EM133410127

Questions

1. Iron deficiency anemia can also affect the roof of the eye orbits leaving porous lesions called:

a. treponemal infection

b. cribra orbitalia

c. osteophytes

d. lipping

2. The pathological condition causing a thinning of the cortex in elderly individuals is called periostitis.

True

False

3. A serious infection in the marrow cavity of the bones that often occurs at a fracture site and leaves drainage holes for pus and the death of the bone is called:

a. osteoporosis

b. osteoarthritis

c. osteomyelitis

d. degenerative joint disease

4. "Worm-eaten" or "snail-track" lesions appear on the skull in the later stages of what disease?

a. tuberculosis infection

b. treponemal infection

c. osteomyelitis

d. button osteoma

5. Enthesopathies (or musculo-skeletal stress markers) are found on bones where muscles and tendons attach. They may be due to:

a. activity

b. overuse of muscles

c. handedness

d. all of these

6. Cortical peeling and flaking, along with splitting and warping is most often due to:

a. water damage

b. rodent gnawing

c. soil staining

d. weathering

7. Flat, square parallel grooves found on bone are most likely caused by:

a. water damage

b. rodent gnawing

c. carnivore gnawing

d. sharp force trauma

8. Light edges, fracturing at right angles and no fracture lines indicate an antemortem break.

True

False

9. A fractured edge that is lighter in color than the surrounding bone usually indicates the fracture happened:

a. antemortem

b. perimortem

c. postmortem

d. from a fall