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Summary Biol 2402 Exam 3 Study Guide
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- BIOL 2402
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- Lone Star College
Exam 3 Study Guide for Biol 2402. *Essential!!
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Lecture Exam 3 Study Guide:Ch. 7: Skeletal System
Be able to classify bones according to their shape and gives examples.
What is the function of bone?
List the 5 major parts of a long bone.
Describe the structure and microscopic anatomy of compact and spongy bone.
Describe the difference between intramembranous bones and endochondral bones during growth
and development.
What is epiphyseal line and epiphyseal plate? Where is it found?
Distinguish between axial and appendicular skeleton.
Know the 8 bones of the cranium. Know sutures in skull.
Know the general structure of a typical vertebra. How are cervical, thoracic, and lumbar vertebra
different? Where are each located?
Know bones of the upper and lower limbs, pectoral girdle, and pelvic girdle.
How do the male and female pelvis differ?
Ch. 8: Joints of the Skeletal System
What is an articulation?
Know the structural (fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial) and functional (synarthrotic, amphiarthrotic,
diarthrotic) classification of joints including examples of each.
Understand the structures that compose a synovial joint.
What are the 6 types of synovial joints and give examples.
Be able to identify joint movements and their definition. (ex: flexion/extension)
Know the specific structures (ligaments) in the knee joint.
Ch. 9: Muscular System
Know the connective tissue coverings around muscle.
Understand the parts of a muscle from smallest to largest. (ie. a filament is smaller than a
fascicle)
What are the structures of skeletal muscle? (thick and thin filaments, myofibril, muscle fiber,
fascicle, actin, myosin, t-tubule, sarcoplasmic reticulum)
What is a sarcomere?
What gives skeletal muscle its striated appearance?
Describe the neural control of skeletal muscle contraction (events at the neuromuscular junction)
Know the events of skeletal muscle contraction (neuromuscular junction, action potential/impulse,
excitation-contraction coupling, cross-bridge cycle, relaxation).
How does smooth and cardiac muscle differ from skeletal muscle? (in anatomy, how contraction
is generated?)
What is the origin and insertion point of a muscle?
What are agonists, antagonists, and synergists?
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