Skeletal System Review

What type of bone are the tarsals and carpals? (ankles and wrists)

• Short bones

• long bones

• flat bones

What type of bone is the frontal bone (found in the forehead)

• Short bones

• long bones

• flat bones

The humerus which is found in the upper arm is a

• Short bones

• long bones

• flat bones

The jaw bone, mandible, is a

• Short bones

• irregular bone

• flat bones

Type of fracture- breaks into many pieces

• Greenstick

• Comminuted

• Transverse

Type of fracture- bone breaks perpendicular to its length (straight across)

• Greenstick

• Comminuted

• Transverse

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

Type of fracture- doesn't completely break, splinters (common in younger children)

• Greenstick

• Comminuted

• Transverse

The epiphyseal plate is also called the growth plate. What happens here?

• bone length is increasing

• bone length is decreasing

• bone length is narrowing

Bone Destroying cells are called?

• osteoblasts

• osteoclasts

• osteocytes

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

• support (holding the body up, helping with movement)

• protection (skull around the brain, etc)

• hematopoiesis (making blood cells)

• excretion (getting rid of wastes)