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Chapter 6 skeletal system

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of fracture is the most serious kind?

a)

comminuted

b)

compound, open

c)

simple, closed

d)

greenstick

2.

A side to side lateral curvature of the spine is known as......

a)

lordosis

b)

kyphosis

c)

scoliosis

3.

The ends of the long bone are called what?

a)

diaphysis

b)

epiphysis

c)

medullary cavity

d)

periosteum

4.

What type of bone fracture is an incomplete fracture?

a)

comminuted

b)

compound

c)

simple

d)

greenstick

5.

What disease is a loss of bone density leading to bones that are brittle and more likely to fracture?

a)

arthritis

b)

osteoporosis

c)

gout

d)

osteomyelitis

6.

In what part of the bone does blood cell formation take place?

a)

compact bone

b)

articular cartilage

c)

red marrow

d)

yellow marrow

7.

What is the longest, strongest bone in the human body?

a)

femur

b)

tibia

c)

vertebral column

d)

humerus

8.

How many bones are in the human body?

a)

725

b)

360

c)

206

d)

150

9.

What part of the spine is known as the "cervical" vertebrae?

a)

chest

b)

neck

c)

lower back

d)

buttocks

10.

How many vertebrae are in the thoracic spine?

a)

7

b)

9

c)

5

d)

12

11.

The coccyx is also known as the tailbone. True or False

a)

true

b)

false

12.

The clavicles are part of the appendicular skeleton. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

13.

An osteocyte is a mature bone cell. True or False

a)

True

b)

False

14.

What are the 5 functions of the skeletal system?

a)

communicate, control, coordinate, send messages, body heat

b)

support, protection, movement, storage, blood cell formation

c)

body temperature, barrier, eliminate waste, produce vit D, touch receptors

15.

What is the name of a bone cell that builds new bone?

a)

osteoclast

b)

osteoblast

c)

osteocyte

d)

embryonic cells

16.

Long bone grows from the shaft, or ____________ toward the end of bones, or the ____________.

a)

compact bone, spongy bone

b)

periosteum, medullary cavity

c)

diaphysis, epiphysis

d)

cartilage, tendon

17.

The 2 main parts of the skeleton are the _____________ and the ______________ skeleton.

a)

appendicular, thorax

b)

thorax, axial

c)

thorax, skull

d)

axial, appendicular

18.

What type of bone is the skull?

a)

flat

b)

irregular

c)

short

d)

long

19.

What type of bone is the radius?

a)

long

b)

short

c)

irregular

d)

flat

20.

What type of bone are the carpals?

a)

irregular

b)

short

c)

long

d)

flat

21.

What type of bone is the vertebrae?

a)

short

b)

long

c)

flat

d)

irregular

22.

The point where 2 bones come together is called a ________.

a)

fracture

b)

joint

c)

dislocation

d)

scoliosis

23.

Joints that connect bone by cartilage and are partially moveable are called what?

a)

synovial joints (diarthroses)

b)

fibrous (synarthroses)

c)

cartilaginous (amphiarthroses)

24.

What would an example of a synovial (diarthroses) joint?

a)

pubic symphysis

b)

bones in the cranium

c)

shoulder and hip joints

d)

ribs to the spine

25.

What type of joints are immovable?

a)

synovial (diarthroses)

b)

fibrous (synarthroses)

c)

cartilaginous (amphiarthroses)

26.

The type of joint movement that is toward the midline is called....

a)

flexion

b)

extension

c)

rotation

d)

adduction

27.

What type of joint movement is the act of increasing the angle between two bones?

a)

flexion

b)

rotation

c)

extension

d)

abduction

28.

What type of movement allows a bone to move around one central axis?

a)

abduction

b)

rotation

c)

adduction

d)

extension

29.

What movement is the act of bringing 2 bones closer together?

a)

abduction

b)

rotation

c)

extension

d)

flexion

30.

What is movement of an extremity away from midline?

a)

abduction

b)

adduction

c)

extension

d)

flexion