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Skeletal System

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
development of bone
a)
osteitis
b)
osteoporosis
c)
ossification
d)
osteoma
2.
The skull is what classification of joint?
a)
condyloid
b)
fixed
c)
saddle
d)
gliding
3.
What is the name of the collar bone?
a)
Clavicle
b)
Scapular
c)
Sternum
d)
Xiphoid
4.
What Is The Largest Bone In Your Body?
a)
Skull/Cranium
b)
Humerus
c)
Femur
d)
Rib Cage
5.
How Many Bones Are In The Skeletal System?
a)
150
b)
80
c)
300
d)
206
6.
What Bone is This Called?
a)
Mandible
b)
Skull/Cranium
c)
Sternum
d)
Fibula
7.
Which of the following is not a function of bones?
a)
Protection
b)
Blood cell formation
c)
Storage
d)
Absorption
8.
The bones in your back are made up of what?
a)
fingers
b)
phalanges
c)
vertebrate
d)
toes
9.
What is the place where two bones meet?
a)
hinge
b)
bone
c)
spot
d)
joint
10.
What are the bones that protect your heart and lungs?
a)
rib cage
b)
sternum
c)
clavicle
d)
femur
11.
What is the name for the connector that attaches muscle to bone?
a)
ligament
b)
tendon
c)
patella
d)
string
12.
What is the name for the connector that attaches bone to bone?
a)
ligament
b)
tendon
c)
patella
d)
string
13.
Whats all the little bones in your finger called
a)
Carpals
b)
Tiny Sticks
c)
Phalanges 
d)
Spider Webs
14.
What is another name for the kneecap?
a)
Patella
b)
Tibia
c)
Fibia
15.
What bone is highlighted?
a)
Femur
b)
Humerous
c)
Skull
d)
Shin
16.
What protects our brain?
a)
Cranium
b)
Nose
c)
Chin
d)
Neck 
17.
The sternum is also known as your?
a)
Breastbone
b)
Shoulder
c)
Elbow
18.
a)
humerus
b)
clavicle
c)
ribs
d)
scapula
19.
a)
ulna
b)
humerus
c)
radius
d)
vertebrae
20.
a)
ulna
b)
humerus
c)
radius 
d)
vertebrae
21.
a)
ulna
b)
radius
c)
humerus
d)
clavicle
22.
a)
tibia
b)
fibula
c)
radius
d)
calcaneus
23.
a)
metatarsals
b)
carpals
c)
tarsals
d)
metacarpals
24.
a)
tibia
b)
femur
c)
fibula
d)
humerus
25.
a)
metacarpals
b)
phelanges
c)
tarsals
d)
metatarsals
26.
What do the bones create?
a)
orange blood cells
b)
platelets
c)
red blood cells
d)
flying turkeys
27.
How many types of joints are there? 
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
28.
What is the name of the outermost layer of bone?
a)
Compact
b)
Marrow
c)
Spongy
d)
Periosteum 
29.
This layer lies directly beneath the compact bone:
a)
Periosteum
b)
Bone Marrow
c)
Soft bone
d)
Cancellous (spongy) bone
30.
The neck is an example of this joint:
a)
Pivot
b)
Ball and Socket
c)
Gliding
d)
Hinge
31.
What joint type are the wrist bones?
a)
Ball and Socket
b)
Gliding
c)
Pivot
d)
Hinge
32.
The skeletal system is also composed of?
a)
Joints
b)
Cartilage
c)
Ligaments
d)
All the above
33.
This is the scientific name for your skull.
a)
mandible
b)
cranium
c)
femur
d)
humerus
34.
What is a hinge joint?
a)
back and forth movement like a door
b)
one bone rotates in a ring of a bone that doesn’t move
c)
one part of a bone slides over another bone
d)
Joints that allow little or no movement
35.
Dense fibrous connective tissue that connects bone to bone.
a)
joints
b)
ligaments
c)
sinuses
d)
humerus
36.
What Type of Joint Is This?
a)
Pivot Joint
b)
Gliding Joint
c)
Hinge Joint
d)
None of the Above
37.
The difference between Compact and Spongy bone is...
a)
Compact forms the outer shell while Spongy bone fills most of irregular bones
b)
Spongy bone forms the outer shell while Compact bone fills most of irregular bones
c)
All of the above
d)
None of the above
38.
a)
humerus
b)
clavicle
c)
ribs
d)
scapula
39.
What Type Of Joint Is This?
a)
Gliding Joint
b)
Hinge Joint
c)
Ball and Socket Joint
d)
Fixed Joint