SURG 211 ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGIST (Anatomy) NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAM Q&A 2026/2027

SURG 211 ORTHOPEDIC TECHNOLOGIST (Anatomy)
NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION EXAM Q&A
What types of bones are there?
✔✔Long bones, Short Bones, Flat Bones, Irregular bones, and Sesamoid
bones
What is the shaft of a long bone called?
✔✔Diaphysis
What is the end of a long bone called?
✔✔Epiphyses
How many facial bones are there?
✔✔14
What type of bones are facial and vertebral bones
✔✔Irregular
What does the vertebral column protect?
✔✔Spinal cord
How many Vertebrae are in the spinal column?
✔✔33
How many sections(regions) is the spinal column broken into?
✔✔5 Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum, and coccyx