Skeletal System Quiz

Cords of dense connective tissue connecting muscles to bones.

• cartilage

• ligaments

• joints

• tendons

Cords of dense connective tissue connecting two bones together.

• cartilage

• tendon

• ligament

• sternum

The solid base of the vertebral column that connects to the ilium.

• femur

• radius

• sacrum

• clavicle

Forms part of the wrist joint in the upper limb.

• radius

• humerus

• ulna

• clavicle

Flexible connective tissue found throughout the body, including on the articular ends of bones.

• cartilage

• ulna

• tendon

• ligament

The virtually useless last four fused vertebrae in the spinal column.

• femur

• sacrum

• coccyx

• joint

An articulation or junction between two or more bones.

• radius

• ligament

• tibia

• joint

Attached to the sternum, it is the only long bone in the body that lies horizontally.

• scapula

• clavicle

• humerus

• femur

The longest bone in the upper limbs.

• femur

• humerus

• radius

• ulna

Forms part of the elbow joint in the upper limb.

• ulna

• radius

• cartilage

• sternum