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Total questions: 98

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A round or oval opening through a bone

a)

process

b)

foramen

c)

fissure

d)

tuberosity

2.
Any bony prominance
a)
Process
b)
Facet
c)
Fissure
d)
Meatus
3.

Large, rounded, roughened projection

a)

Trochanter

b)

Tubercle

c)

Tuberosity

d)

Notch

4.

A condyle is a

a)

bony projection

b)

narrow ridge of bone

c)

indentation at the edge of a bone

d)

rounded joint connection

5.

A raised area on or above a condyle is called a(n)

a)

crest

b)

notch

c)

epicondyle

d)

tuberosity

6.
Bony expansion on a narrow neck 
a)
Head
b)
Trochanter
c)
Line
d)
Process
7.
A very large, blunt, irregularly shaped surface
a)
tubercle
b)
trochanter
c)
tuberosity
d)
meatus
8.
Epiphysis
a)
The shaft of a bone
b)
a bone cell
c)
the end of the bone
d)
the cavity filled with bone marrow
9.
Periosteum
a)
the connective tissue covering of the bone cavity
b)
the connective tissue covering of a bone
c)
the shiny, articulating cartilage on the ends of a bone
d)
the blood vessels inside a bone
10.
Rounded process
a)
fontanel
b)
condyle
c)
facet
d)
fossa
11.
small, nearly flat articular surface
a)
condyle
b)
fossa
c)
facet
d)
fontanel
12.
tube-like passageway
a)
tubercle
b)
trochanter
c)
spine
d)
meatus
13.
A small, rounded projection
a)
trochanter
b)
tubercle
c)
meatus
d)
fissure
14.
Any bony prominance
a)
Process
b)
Facet
c)
Fissure
d)
Meatus
15.
Rounded projection
a)
Trochanter
b)
Tubercle
c)
Tuberosity
d)
Notch
16.
Rounded articular projection
a)
Crest
b)
Condyle
c)
Spine
d)
Sinus
17.
Shallow, basinlike depression
a)
Fissure
b)
Facet
c)
Foramen
d)
Fossa
18.
Letter A represents...
a)
Yellow Marrow
b)
Red Marrow
c)
Endosteum
d)
Periosteum
19.
Letter E represents....
a)
Periosteum
b)
Endosteum
c)
Medullary Cavity
d)
Spongy Bone
20.
Letter D represents...
a)
Compact bone
b)
Spongy Bone
c)
Endosteum
d)
Periosteum
21.
Letter F represents...
a)
Periosteum
b)
Endosteum
c)
Spongy Bone
d)
Compact Bone
22.
Which letter is found in the medullary cavity?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
23.
Epiphysis
a)
The shaft of a bone
b)
a bone cell
c)
the end of the bone
24.
Osteocyte
a)
a cavity in a bone
b)
a bone cell
c)
an orifice
25.
Periosteum
a)
the connective tissue covering of the bone cavity
b)
the connective tissue covering of a bone
c)
the shiny, articulating cartilage on the ends of a bone
d)
the blood vessels inside a bone
26.
True or false.  Bone is avascular
a)
true
b)
false
27.
what are the rings around the haversian canal called?
a)
lacunae
b)
lamella
c)
osteocyte
d)
volkmann's canal
28.
The function of bone surface markings is to _______________.
a)
Serve as a site for articulation.
b)
Serve as a site for muscle attachment.
c)
Serve as a passageway for nerves and blood vessels.
d)
All of these are possible functions.
29.
Which of the following is NOT TRUE about the axial skeleton?
a)
More than 1/2 the bones of the body are in this division.
b)
Includes the skull, vertebrae and ribs.
c)
Are the bones found along the long axis of the body.
d)
Does not include the pelvic and pectoral girdle bones.
30.
Name for a sharp, slender projection on a bone
a)
Condyle
b)
Trochanter
c)
Spinous process
d)
Crest
31.
An indentation in the skull where the mandible attaches
a)
Mandibular Facet
b)
Mandibular Fossa
c)
Tuberosity
d)
Meatus
32.
What is your favorite color?
a)
question mark
b)
period
c)
comma
d)
exclamation mark
33.
What an exciting day!
a)
question mark
b)
comma
c)
period
d)
exclamation mark
34.
My friend's house is much bigger than mine.
a)
apostrophe
b)
comma
c)
period
d)
quotation mark
35.
He yelled, "What are you doing?"
a)
apostrophes
b)
question marks
c)
commas
d)
quotation marks
36.
Mature bone cells that live in tiny cavities within the bone are called?
a)
osteocytes
b)
osteoblasts
c)
osteoclasts
d)
osteons
37.
__________ bones have an epiphysis and a diaphysis.
a)
long
b)
short
c)
flat
d)
irregular
38.
The shaft of the bone is also called the
a)
epiphysis
b)
diaphysis
c)
endosteum
d)
periosteum
39.
The hardest, most dense part of the bone tissue is the
a)
periosteum
b)
spongy bone
c)
osteoblast
d)
compact bone
40.
What are functions of the skeleton?
a)
Protection
b)
Blood cell production
c)
Movement
d)
All of these
41.
Which of these is a long bone?
a)
Femur
b)
Patella
c)
Scapula
d)
Carpal
42.
Which of these is an irregular bone(s)?
a)
Pelvis
b)
Humerus
c)
Phalanges
d)
Tarsals
43.
Which of these is a flat bone?
a)
Vertebra
b)
Tibia
c)
Fibula
d)
Frontal
44.
The primary mineral stored by compact bone is
a)
Calcium
b)
Selenium
c)
Zinc
d)
Magnesium
45.
This type of bone is porous, allowing blood vessels to move through it and containing bone marrow.
a)
Compact Bone
b)
Spongy or Cancellous Bone
46.
This type of bone is solid throughout except for the central canals and lacunae.
a)
Compact Bone
b)
Spongy or Cancellous Bone
47.
Which of the following is filled with yellow marrrow? 
a)
medulary cavity
b)
spongy bone
c)
periosteum
d)
compact bone
48.
What is structure 8?
a)
trabecular bone
b)
periosteum
c)
yellow marrow
d)
medullary cavity
49.
Where are blood cells made? 
a)
Yellow marrow 
b)
Red marrow
c)
Spongy Bone 
d)
Periosteum
50.
If cartilage remains in this "specific" area, then growth is still occurring; it is located at the end of long bone
a)
Epipyseal plate
b)
 Medulary Cavity 
c)
Diaphysis 
d)
Endosteum 
51.
This lines the medullary cavity
a)
Periosteum 
b)
Endosteum 
c)
Diaphysis 
d)
Osteoblasts 
52.
The ends of the long bone are anatomically referred to as the: 
a)
Epiphyseal plate 
b)
Medulary Cavity 
c)
Periosteum 
d)
Epiphysis 
53.
OUTER COVERING OF BONE THAT COVERS DIAPHYSIS AND IS LOCATION WHERE MUSCLES ATTACH
a)
ARTICULAR CARTILAGE
b)
OSTEON
c)
HAVERSIAN CANAL
d)
PERIOSTEUM
54.
Covering on the end of the bones as represented in structure D. Also on the end of B.  Provides protection
a)
red bone marrow
b)
yellow bone marrow
c)
articular cartilage
d)
medullary cavity
55.
What do your bones protect?
a)
organs
b)
skin
c)
muscles
d)
feelings
56.
What bones protect your heart and lungs?
a)
pelvis and spine
b)
brain and spine
c)
ribs and sternum
d)
ribs and pelvis
57.
What are the three jobs of your bones?
a)
movement, structure, joints
b)
movement, structure, protection
c)
structure, digestion and breathing
d)
movement, digestion and breathing
58.
What is the hard, outside layer of bone called?
a)
spongy
b)
marrow
c)
jelly
d)
compact
59.
What does your bone marrow make?
a)
muscles
b)
cartilage
c)
blood cells
d)
germs
60.
Where are three places you can find cartilage?
a)
nose, tongue and eyes
b)
nose, ears and joints
c)
fingernails, lips and eyes
d)
skin, eyes and lungs
61.
What do we call the place where two or more bones meet?
a)
head
b)
cranium
c)
joints
d)
feet
62.
What was Elvis famous for shaking?
a)
fingers
b)
pelvis
c)
clavicles
d)
tibias
63.
Do bones grow?
a)
yes
b)
no
64.
The skeletal system is also composed of?
a)
Joints
b)
Cartilage
c)
Ligaments
d)
All the above
65.
Mature bone cells are called osteocytes.
a)
True
b)
False
66.
Hyaline cartilage model is completely covered with bone matrix by bone forming cells called?
a)
Osteoclasts 
b)
Osteoblasts
67.
The epiphyseal plates provide the latitudinal growth of long bones during childhood.
a)
True
b)
False
68.
osteocytes are found  in tiny cavities within the matrix called?
a)
Lamellae
b)
Lacunae
69.
Old cartilage is broken down and replaced by a bony matrix.
a)
Osteoblast
b)
Osteoclasts
70.
Spongy bones consist of the wrist and ankles.
a)
True
b)
False
71.
Dense, looks smooth, and homogeneous.
a)
Compact
b)
Sponge 
72.
Composed of small needlelike pieces of bones and lots of open space.
a)
Compact 
b)
Sponge 
73.
What is also known as the shaft?
a)
Diaphysis
b)
epiphyses
c)
Periosteum
d)
Sesamoid
74.
Trabeculae are found in __ bone.
a)
spongy
b)
Compact
75.
Which cells build bone?
a)
osteoclasts
b)
osteocytes
c)
osteoblasts
d)
osteobuilders
76.
Osteogenesis means...
a)
to break down bone
b)
to make new bone
c)
to maintain bone
d)
to make muscle
77.
Osteoclasts....
a)
secretes hormones into the blood
b)
deposits Ca+2 into the bone
c)
break down the bone to release Ca+2
d)
increases insulin levels
78.
Bone remodeling occurs throughout life to
a)
repair fractures
b)
recycle bone
c)
both of these are correct
79.
Nutrition, exposure to sunlight, exercise and hormonal secretions are all factors that control bone remodeling.
a)
true
b)
false
80.
The continuous breakdown and reforming of bone tissue is called ______.
a)
remodeling
b)
rebuilding
c)
rehabituation
d)
renewl
81.
What attaches to bone in order for the body to move? 
a)
skeletal tissue
b)
organs
c)
skeletal muscle
d)
ossification 
82.
What are the two most abundant minerals in bone? 
a)
calcium and nitrogen
b)
sodium and magnesium
c)
calcium and magnesium
d)
calcium and phosphorus
83.
Where does hemopoiesis occur?
a)
red blood marrow
b)
yellow blood marrow
c)
Epiphyseal line
d)
Endosteum
84.
What is hemopoiesis? 
a)
blood cell production
b)
fat production
c)
bone production 
d)
all the above
85.
What stores triglycerides? 
a)
yellow bone marrow
b)
red bone marrow
c)
platelets
d)
all the above 
86.
What is the name of the process in which mineral salts are deposited and as a result bone is hardened? 
a)
ossification 
b)
calcification 
c)
osteon
d)
radification
87.

Which of the following are part of the appendicular skeleton?

a)

wrist and hand

b)

pectoral & pelvic girdle

c)

arms & legs

d)

all of the above

88.

What are bands of connective tissue which hold bones together?

a)

tendon

b)

ligament

c)

joint

d)

appendicular skeleton

89.

What is the axial skeleton?

a)

bones of head and trunk of vertebrate.

b)

skull, arms and legs

c)

the whole body

d)

the bones of the head and middle ear only

90.

What does the axial skeleton do?

a)

protect brain

b)

movement of the legs

c)

movement of the arms

d)

protect the feet

91.

bones of the human skeleton are divided into two groups. What are they called?

a)

head and body

b)

axial and appendicular

c)

moveable and non-movable

d)

axial and girdles

92.

To determine the health of your bones Doctors may order a ___ test to be performed.

a)

blood test

b)

bone density

c)

MRI

d)

ultra sound

93.

Estrogen may stimulate bone formation

a)

true

b)

false

94.

During menopause women experience a decrease in estrogen. What impact will this have on women's bone health?

a)

increase in osteoclast & decrease in osteoblast

b)

increase in osteoblast & decrease in osteoclast

c)

all of the above

d)

no impact. Estrogen does not matter

95.

An osteoblast is

a)

a bone cell that absorbs bone tissues during growth and healing

b)

a cell that secretes the matrix for bone formation

c)

a cardiovascular cell

d)

a yellow marrow cell

96.

Bone reabsorption is resorption of bone tissue, that is the process by which osteoclasts break down the tissue in bones and release the minerals. Resulting in a transfer of calcium from bone tissue to the blood.

a)

true

b)

false

97.

New bone tissue is formed in a process called

a)

ossification or new bone formation

b)

bone spur

c)

bone resorption

d)

all of the above

98.

Which skeleton consists of the bony and cartilaginous parts that support and protect the organs of the head, neck and trunck?

a)

phalanges

b)

sternum

c)

appendicular

d)

axial