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A & P Skeletal System Review

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Area that causes lengthwise growth of a long bone is indicated by......
a)
D
b)
E
c)
C
d)
I
2.
The area that serves as a storage area for fat in adults is indicated by ______
a)
A
b)
E
c)
H
d)
I
3.
Another name for your collar bone.
a)
clavicle
b)
scapula
c)
maxilla 
d)
radius 
4.
The name for the long bone in the upper part of your leg.
a)
tibia
b)
fibula
c)
femur
d)
humerus
5.
The name for the thinner of the two bones in the lower part of your leg. 
a)
tibia
b)
fibula
c)
femur
d)
humerus
6.
Which bone is the mandible?
a)
1
b)
3
c)
8
d)
9
7.
Which bone is the frontal bone?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
8.
Which bone is the maxilla?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
8
d)
9
9.
What is the name of the long bone in your upper arm?
a)
Humerus
b)
Ulna
c)
Radius
d)
Femur
10.
Where are your metacarpals located?
a)
middle part of your hands
b)
middle part of your feet
c)
your fingers
d)
your ankles
11.
Which bone is the occipital bone?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
12.
Where is your parietal bone?
a)
In front of your skull
b)
On top of your skull
c)
In the back of your skull
d)
Your knee cap
13.
What is another name for your knee cap?
a)
Parietal bone
b)
Patella
c)
Scapula
d)
Sternum
14.
What group of bones make-up the area of your hips and where your femurs are attached?
a)
Pelvic girdle
b)
Parietal girdle 
c)
Patella girdle
d)
Grandma's girdle 
15.
In an anatomical pose, a skeleton's radius is located where?
a)
lower arm, closer to the body
b)
lower arm, farther from the body
c)
upper arm
d)
fingers 
16.
Where is your sacrum?
a)
near the tail-end of your backbone
b)
in your chest 
c)
front of your skull
d)
your shoulder blade 
17.
What is another name for your shoulder blade?
a)
sacrum
b)
sternum
c)
scapula
d)
clavicle
18.
What is the bone in the center of your chest called?
a)
sternum
b)
scapula
c)
sacrum
d)
frontal bone
19.
What are the bones in your ankles called?
a)
tarsals
b)
metatarsals
c)
carpals
d)
metacarpals
20.
The larger of the two bones in your lower leg is called the _____.
a)
radius
b)
tibia 
c)
femur
d)
fibula
21.
The process of bone formation is known as _____.
a)
hemostasis
b)
ossification
c)
hematopoiesis
d)
metabolism
22.
What bones protect the spinal cord?
a)
vertebrae
b)
coxal bones
c)
sternum
d)
ribs
23.

Where does hematopoiesis (blood cell formation) occur?

a)

marrow cavity

b)

endosteum

c)

articular cartilage

d)

periosteum

24.
The bone cells that respond to parathyroid hormone (PTH) to destroy bone matrix an release calcium into the blood are called _________. 
a)
chondrocytes 
b)
osteoblasts
c)
osteocytes 
d)
osteoclasts 
25.
Which of the following is ONLY found associated with a child's bone?
a)
periosteum
b)
diaphysis
c)
articular cartilage
d)
epiphyseal plate 
26.
Which of the following bones is considered part of the axial skeleton?
a)
femur
b)
sternum
c)
scapula
d)
radius
27.
There are four stages in the healing of a bone fracture.  Which of the following gest illustrates the sequence of these stages? 
a)
hematoma, 
fibrocartilage callus, bony callus, 
bone remodeling
b)
bony callus, 
hematoma, 
fibrocartilage callus, bone remodeling 
c)
fibrocartilage callus, 
bone remodeling, 
hematoma, 
bony callus
d)
bone remodeling, bony callus, 
fibrocartilage callus, 
hematoma
28.
An open, or compound, fracture can be described as when _____. 
a)
the broken bone ends are forced into each other
b)
the bone is crushed
c)
adjacent bones fracture simultaneously
d)
the broken bone is exposed to the outside
29.
the tailbone is the _____. 
a)
ischium
b)
sacrum
c)
coccyx
d)
pubis 
30.
A newborn baby has an S-shaped spinal curvature known as a primary curvature. 
a)
True
b)
False
31.
The intervertebral discs that cushion the spine and absorb shock are composed of fibrocartilage.
a)
True
b)
False
32.
Cells that can build bony matrix.
a)
osteoblasts
b)
osteoclasts
33.
Which general observations are matched properly?
a)
sway back is lordosis, humped back is kyphosis, curved back is scoliosis
b)
sway back is scoliosis, humped back is kyphosis, curved back is lordosis
c)
humped back is scoliosis, 
sway back is lordosis, 
curved back is kyphosis
d)
sway back is kyphosis, humped back is lordosis, 
curved back is scoliosis