Skeletal system intro quiz

Which of the following are functions of the bones?

• Support and Protection

• Attachment to the muscles

• Stores inorganic salts

• All of the above

What is the number of bones that compose the adult skeleton?

• 205

• 206

• 208

• 200

Bone forming cells:

• osteocytes

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

• osteomasts

Bone destroying cells:

• osteocytes

• osteoblasts

• osteomasts

• osteoclasts

The two parts of our skeleton are

• Axial and Proximal

• Axial and Appendicular

• Appendicular and Proximal

• Upper and Lower

B

• Bones

• Adipose

• Spongy Bone

• Compact Bone

• Articular Cartilage

C

• Bones

• Adipose

• Spongy Bone

• Compact Bone

• Articular Cartilage

Typically longer than they are wide

• Long Bone

• Short Bone

• Irregular Bone

• Flat Bone

All of the bones of the limbs (except wrist, ankle, and kneecap bones) are...

• Long Bone

• Short Bone

• Irregular Bone

• Flat Bone

Thin, flattened, and usually curved

• Long Bone

• Short Bone

• Irregular Bone

• Flat Bone