Musculoskeletal System Basics

What is the function of bones?

• Give the body structure, and protect internal organs

• Their inner core helps manufacture blood cells

• They store minerals needed for function of other body tissues

• All of these things are functions of bone

Do all body joints move?

• Yes

• No

• I have no clue!

Which is the connective tissue that connects a muscle to a bone?

• Ligament

• Tendon

• Muscles attach directly onto bone

• All of these are true.

Which is the type of bone cell that creates new bone cells?

• Osteoclasts

• Osteoblasts

• Osteocytes

Which is the type of bone cell that breaks down bone cells?

• Osteoclasts

• Osteoblasts

• Osteocytes

Does the top of your skull have any joints?

• Yes

• No

What is the name of the skull bone at the back of your head, where the skull meets the neck vertebrae?

• temporal bone

• frontal bone

• occipital bone

• parietal bone

Which is an example of a sesamoid bone?

• the carpals in your wrist

• the bones that run through your fingers and toes

• the patella, otherwise known as the kneecap

• the vertebrae bones of the spine

What are the phalanges?

• The bones that run through your fingers.

• The bones that run through your toes.

• Both are correct.

• Neither are correct.

Which is the longest bone in the body?

• femur

• tibia

• humerus

• fibula

• ulna