Skeletal System Practice Test

Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

• Support of the body

• Movement and anchor of muscles

• Hormone production

• Mineral Storage

What is the name of the "soft spot" on an infant's head?

• Frontal

• Fontanel

• Ossification

• Osteocyte

The disphysis is the

• end of the long bone

• slope of the irregular bone

• shaft of the long bone

• point where two bones meet

Spongy bone is

• bone that fulls in the spaces next to the sinses to improve acoustics

• where less strength is needed and some of the hard bone dissolves

• the tough fibrous tissue that surrounds the outside of the bone

• the bone that is used in joints that needs more spring and elasticity

The name of the tough fibrous covering on the outside of the bone is

• osteocyte

• osteoclast

• periosteum

• epiphysis

Which of the following bones are long bones?

• skull and ribs

• vertebrae in spinal column

• carpals and tarsals

• femur and humerus

Ball and socket joints, hinge joints, pivot joints, and gliding joints are all

• synarthroses joints

• patella joints

• ampiarthroses joints

• diarthroses joints

This is the act of bring two bones closer together to decrease the angle

• flexion

• extension

• abduction

• adduction

The most common injury to a bone is

• bruising

• sprains

• fractures

• osteoporosis

This is the movement of an extremity away from the midline of the body

• flexion

• extension

• abduction

• adduction