Skeletal Sytem Quiz 1

How many bones make up the human body?

• 200

• 302

• 206

• 208

Which part of the bone is the long shaft?

• medullary canal

• yellow marrow

• epiphysis

• diaphysis

What acts as a shock absorber when two bones meet to form a joint?

• articular cartilage

• periosteum

• medullary canal

• none of the above

A sinus is an air space found in some skull bones?

• True

• False

How many facial bones make up the skull?

• 12

• 14

• 16

• 10

The spinal column is made up of 25 bones?

• True

• False

Ribs attach to the thoracic vertebrae on what surface of the body?

• anterior

• dorsal

• lateral

• none of the above

What are the first 7 pairs of ribs called?

• floating ribs

• false ribs

• true ribs

• all of the above

At birth the cranium IS solid bone?

• True

• False

What are the two ends or extremities of a bone called?

• Diaphysis

• Epiphysis

• Yellow Marrow

• Endosteum