WorksheetsSkeletal System
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 18mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the bone that protects the brain?
a)
clavicle
b)
cranium
c)
pelvis
d)
vertebra
2.
What is the name of the bone that protects the spinal cord and gives you good posture?
a)
pelvis
b)
ribs
c)
vertebra
d)
humerus
3.
What is another name for the collarbone found in the shoulder?
a)
carpal
b)
metacarpal
c)
phalanges
d)
clavicle
4.
What is the name of the flat bone that makes up the shoulder blade?
a)
scapula
b)
stapes
c)
sternum
d)
cranium
5.
What is another name for the breastbone?
a)
clavicle
b)
scapula
c)
sternum
d)
pelvis
6.
What structure protects the heart and lungs?
a)
humerus
b)
ribs
c)
ulna
d)
tibia
7.
What bone is located in the upper arm?
a)
ulna
b)
radius
c)
humerus
d)
fibula
8.
What bones are located in the forearm?
a)
tibia and fibula
b)
carpals and metacarpals
c)
tarsals and metatarsals
d)
radius and ulna
9.
What bones make up the wrist?
a)
tarsals
b)
carpals
c)
phalanges
d)
ribs
10.
What is the scientific term for the fingers and the toes?
a)
extensors
b)
flexors
c)
phalanges
d)
metacarpals
11.
What are the bones called that make up the hand?
a)
carpals
b)
tarsals
c)
tibia
d)
fibula
12.
What bone makes up the hips and protects the internal organs in the abdomen?
a)
vertebra
b)
pelvis
c)
clavicle
d)
scapula
13.
What is the bone in the upper leg called?
a)
femur
b)
humerus
c)
tibia
d)
fibula
14.
What is the scientific name for the kneecap?
a)
platelet
b)
patella
c)
femur
d)
scapula
15.
What is the scientific name for the shinbone?
a)
tibula
b)
fibula
c)
fibia
d)
tibia
16.
What is the smaller bone that supports the lower leg?
a)
tibia
b)
fibula
c)
radius
d)
ulna
17.
What are the bones that make up the ankle?
a)
tarsals
b)
metatarsals
c)
phalanges
d)
carpals
18.
What are the bones that make up the arches of the foot?
a)
tarsals
b)
metacarpals
c)
metatarsals
d)
carpals
19.
What is not a function of the skeletal system?
a)
support the body and provide structure
b)
makes blood cells and stores calcium
c)
connects bones together
d)
provides protection to the organs
20.
Where two or more bones meet is called a(n)
a)
junction
b)
cartilage
c)
break
d)
joint
21.
What do you call the tissue that cushions bones?
a)
cartilage
b)
joints
c)
ligaments
d)
tendons
22.
What is not a function of cartilage?
a)
provides cushion
b)
stores calcium
c)
provides structure to ears and nose
d)
allows joints to move smoothly
23.
What type of joint is the shoulder?
a)
hinge
b)
ball and socket
c)
condyloid
d)
gliding
24.
What type of joint is the elbow?
a)
hinge
b)
ball and socket
c)
condyloid
d)
gliding
25.
What type of joint is the vertebra?
a)
saddle
b)
ball and socket
c)
condyloid
d)
gliding
26.
What type of joint is the thumb?
a)
gliding
b)
condyloid
c)
saddle
d)
ball and socket
27.
What type of joint is the hip?
a)
saddle
b)
gliding
c)
ball and socket
d)
hinge
28.
What type of joint is the knee?
a)
ball and socket
b)
hinge
c)
gliding
d)
saddle
29.
Osteoporosis is:
a)
thinning and weakening of bones
b)
wear and tear on a joint
c)
a severe sprain in a joint
d)
soreness surrounding a joint
30.
Swelling, warmth and pain in a joint that happens continuously is most likely because the person suffers from:
a)
osteoporosis
b)
osteoarthritis
c)
Osgood Slaughters Disease
d)
stress fractures
31.
Osteoarthritis is caused by:
a)
low calcium levels
b)
injured ligament and tendons
c)
stress fractures
d)
wear and tear on a joint
32.
What is one thing that does not prevent osteoporosis?
a)
drinking soda
b)
exercise regularly
c)
being a nonsmoker
d)
eating a calcium rich diet
33.
A bone that snaps, cracks or shatters is called:
a)
stress
b)
sprain
c)
strain
d)
fracture
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