Skeletal System Final Test

Which of the following is a type of tissue within the skeletal system?

• Bone

• Cartilage

• Ligaments

• All of the choices are correct

Select all of the following roots which are most associated with the skeletal system.

• Arth/o

• End/o

• My/o

• Oste/o

Match the following bone cell types to their description.

• Break down old or damaged bone

• Osteoblasts

• Mature, inactive osteoblasts are incorporated into mature bone

• Osteoclasts

• Create bone matrix by synthesizing and mineralizing osteoid

• Osteocytes

True or False. Osteocytes create bone matrix by synthesizing and mineralizing osteoid. T or F

• False

• True

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

Select all of the following prefixes which mean “joined” or “together”.

• A-

• Inter-

• Sub-

• Sym-

• Syn-

__________ refers to low bone mass or density.

• Osteoblast

• Scoliosis

• Osteopenia

• Osteoplasty

Select all of the following morphemes which combine to create the medical term meaning sideways curvature of the spine.

• -osis

• -lysis

• Nucle/o

• -desis

• Scoli

Select all of the following morphemes which combine to create the medical term meaning an abnormal condition of stiffening of a joint.

• Ankyl

• Acr/o

• -itis

• -osis

• -desis

Using the word bank, categorize the bones into the correct division of the skeletal system.

Groups:

(a) Axial Skeleton

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(b) Appendicular Skeleton

• Vertebral Vertebral column

• Ribs

• Tibia

• Humerus

• Sternum

• Scapula

• Skull

• Clavicle

Match the following terms with their definitions

• Closer to the trunk of the body

• Superior

• Further from the trunk of the body

• Distal

• Away from the midline of the body

• Lateral

• Below

• Proximal

• Above

• Inferior

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2