Learning Technical English - Holiday Issue

Questionnaire - LTE News December '07, Vol. 6 'Human Joints & Dense Connective Tissue' - Part 2

Based on the text of this month's LTE Newsletter issue, its two diagrams and your knowledge, please answer the following questions:
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Part 1. Multiple Choice:
Select the correct answer, and write its letter in the space provided.
1. Which statement is correct?
a. Tendons are nervous cells, which react to stress
b. Ligaments are muscle tissues, which react to pressure
c. Tendons are connective tissues, which connect bone to bone
d. None of these
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2. Clearly shown in these two diagrams are certain bones of the human skeletal system. From reviewing these pictures, which statement is false?
a. The Humerous bone is located in the ankle
b. The Glenohumeral joint is the main joint of the shoulder and the generic term
shoulder joint usually refers to it. It is also referred to as a 'ball & socket joint'
c. The Achilles tendon serves to attach the Gastrocnemius (calf) to the Calcaneus (heel) bone
d. Ligaments are connective tissue, which connect bone to bone
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3. When comparing Ligaments vs. Tendons, which statement is correct?
a. Both are fibrous organ-systems with limited blood supply
b. Both are fibrous connective tissues with huge sources of blood supply
c. Both can be injured, and 'tennis elbow' is a form of Tendonitis
d. None of these
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Part 2. Select the correct word
Using the space provided type in the correct word that fits the sentence.
1. (Bursitis, Influenza, Hemophilia) is an inflammation affecting the shoulder.
2. Human anatomy is a branch of (astronomical, chemical, biological) science, which studies the structure of living organisms.
3. (Glenohumeral, Talocrural, Ball & Socket) is also known as the ankle joint.
4. Ligaments are examples of fibrous elastic (organs, cells, tissues).
5. A tendon is an example of dense (adipose, connective, epithelial) tissue.
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