Leaving cert Biology- skeleton

Leaving cert Biology- skeleton

Multiple Choice

Which is not a part of the axial skeleton?

• Head
• Legs
• Chest
• Spine

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How many thoracic ribs are there?

• 12
• 13
• 5
• 7

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What are the functions of the bone?

• Support and Protection
• Storage and hemapoiesis
• Attachment site for muscles
• All answers are correct

Multiple Choice

The primary mineral stored by compact bone is

• Calcium
• Selenium
• Zinc
• Magnesium

Multiple Choice

This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no

• condyloid
• gliding
• pivot
• saddle

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Which is an example of a hinge joint

• knee and elbow

• shoulder and hip

• neck

• ankle and wrist

Multiple Choice

Name this joint

• gliding
• saddle
• ball and socket
• condyloid

Multiple Choice

The hip and shoulder are what type of joint?

• Ball & Socket
• Hinge
• Pivot
• Fixed 

Multiple Choice

The shoulder girdle attaches to the ___ skeleton at only one point- the sternoclavicular joint.

• axial

• appendicular

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The red highlighted area is called what? It helps protect all of your major organs.

• Bird Cage

• Sternum

• Ribs

• Femur

Multiple Choice

The bones of the fingers and toes are called ___.

• carpals

• phalanges

• tarsals

• metacarpals

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The skeleton of the hand consists of the ___, the metacarpals, and the phalanges.

• tarsals

• metatarsals

• carpals

• fibula

Multiple Choice

What is another name for your collar bone?

• scapula
• clavicle
• patella
• sternum

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What is located on the back of the shoulder?

• Femur

• Ulna

• Clavicle

• Scapula

Multiple Choice

What's another name for your knee?

• Knee
• Nutella
• Patella
• Nee

Multiple Choice

The lower part of the cranium is called the _______

• clavicle

• femur

• mandible

• skull

Multiple Choice

Your bones ______ as you get bigger

• disappear

• fuse

• dance

• drive

Multiple Choice

Another name for the skull is the ____

• femur

• cranium

• phalanges

• fibula

Multiple Choice

Who has more bones?

• children

• adults

Multiple Choice

Which is the longest bone in the skeleton system

• Femur

• clavicle

• phalanges

• cranium