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Skeletal System Quiz Review

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 49mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
There are _____ bones in the adult skeleton.
a)
500
b)
206
c)
306
d)
180
2.
Which of the following is an example of a long bone?
a)
Femur
b)
Parietal bone
c)
Carpals 
d)
Vertebrae
3.
The _____________ is the shaft of a long bone.
a)
 Epiphysis 
b)
Periosteum
c)
Endosteum 
d)
Diaphysis
4.
The __________ is like the "skin" of the bone.
a)
Epiphysis
b)
Periosteum
c)
Diaphysis
d)
Medullary cavity
5.
How many vertebrae are in the cervical portion of the spine?
a)
5
b)
7
c)
12
d)
10
6.
How many vertebrae are in the lumbar portion of the spine?
a)
5
b)
12
c)
7
d)
10
7.
How many vertebrae are in the thoracic portion of the spine?
a)
5
b)
12
c)
10
d)
7
8.
How many pairs of ribs are there in the adult body?
a)
6
b)
12
c)
10
d)
15
9.
___________ cause the growth of long bones during childhood.
a)
Epiphyseal plates
b)
Periosteum
c)
Endosteum
d)
Medulla
10.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Mandible

c)

Clavicle

d)

Scapula

11.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Mandible

c)

Scapula

d)

Clavicle

12.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Scapula

c)

Clavicle

d)

Mandible

13.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Mandible)

b)

Clavicle

c)

Mandible

d)

Scapula

14.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Ribs

b)

Vertebrae

c)

Clavicle

d)

Femur

15.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

16.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

17.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

18.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Fibula

d)

Humerus

19.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Patella

b)

Pelvis

c)

Clavicle

d)

Femur

20.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Patella

b)

Pelvis

c)

Clavicle

d)

Mandible

21.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Tibia

b)

Fibula

c)

Femur

d)

Humerus

22.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Tibia

b)

Fibula

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

23.

From wrist to fingertip, what is the order of bones?

a)

Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges

b)

Phalanges, metacarpals, carpals

c)

Carpals, phalanges, metacarpals

d)

Metacarpals, carpals, phalanges

24.

From ankle to toe, what is the order of bones?

a)

Tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges

b)

Phalanges, metatarsals, tarsals

c)

Metatarsals, phalanges, tarsals

d)

Tarsals, phalanges, metatarsals

25.
What is the place where two bones meet?
a)
hinge
b)
bone
c)
spot
d)
joint
26.
What is the name for the connector that attaches muscle to bone?
a)
ligament
b)
tendon
c)
patella
d)
string
27.
What is the name for the connector that attaches bone to bone?
a)
ligament
b)
tendon
c)
patella
d)
string
28.

Which of the following is not a function of bones?

a)

Protection

b)

Blood cell formation

c)

Storage

d)

Absorption

29.
What is the disorder of the skeletal system that results in having very brittle, soft bones?
a)
Osteoporosis
b)
Osteomyelitis
c)
Arthritis
d)
Bursitits
30.
The shaft of the bone
a)
diaphysis
b)
epiphysis
c)
medullary cavity
d)
matrix
31.
Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells
a)
red marrow
b)
yellow marrow
c)
canaliculi
d)
lamellae
32.

Which bone disease causes bone wasting and is most likely to occur in women over the age of 65 and of Caucasian or Asian descent?

a)

osteosarcoma

b)

osteomyelitis

c)

osteogenesis imperfecta

d)

osteoporosis

33.

Which bone is not a part of the Axial skeleton?

a)

Sternum

b)

skull

c)

clavicle

d)

Ribs

34.
The bones highlighted in blue make up the ________ skeletal system.
a)
Appendicular
b)
Axial
c)
Atlas
d)
Axis
35.
The bones highlighted in red make up the ________ skeletal system.
a)
Axial
b)
Appendicular
c)
Atlas
d)
Axis
36.
What bone is #1?
a)
Atlas
b)
Axis
c)
Parietal
d)
Clavicle
37.
What bone is #2?
a)
Atlas
b)
Axis
c)
Parietal
d)
Clavicle
38.

Which division of the vertebrae is colored red?

a)

Cervical

b)

Thoracic

c)

Lumbar

d)

Sacrum

39.

What division of the vertebrae is colored purple?

a)

Cervical

b)

Thoracic

c)

Lumbar

d)

Sacrum

40.

What division of the vertebrae is colored blue?

a)

Cervical

b)

Thoracic

c)

Lumbar

d)

Sacrum

41.

What division of the vertebrae is colored green?

a)

Cervical

b)

Thoracic

c)

Lumbar

d)

Sacrum

42.

What division of the vertebrae is labeled white?

a)

Sacrum

b)

Coccyx

c)

Lumbar

d)

Cervical

43.
The primary mineral stored by compact bone is
a)
Calcium
b)
Selenium
c)
Zinc
d)
Magnesium
44.
Define Spongy Bone
a)
The organs that make up the skeleton
b)
the system that is made up of all the bones in your body.
c)
The tissue inside of a bone that looks like a sponge. Found at the end of long bones.
d)
Spongy material inside bones THAT PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS
45.
Define Compact Bone
a)
The organs that make up the skeleton
b)
The hard, dense bone tissue that is under the outer membrane
c)
The tissue inside of a bone that looks like a sponge. Found at the end of long bones.
d)
Spongy material inside bones THAT PRODUCES RED BLOOD CELLS
46.
Bones that originate within sheetlike layers of connective tissue.
a)
partial bones
b)
chondritic bones
c)
intramembranous bones
d)
endochondral bones
47.
Bones that begin as masses of cartilage later replaced by bone tissue.
a)
intramembranous bones
b)
entraspecific bones
c)
ethmodial bones
d)
endochondral bones
48.

The process by which bone forms.

a)

osteoblasts

b)

osteocytes

c)

osteoclasts

d)

ossification

49.
Spaces or "soft spots" on the cranium are called
a)
fontanels
b)
sutures
c)
sinuses
50.
What is bone formation from hyaline cartilage?
a)
endochondral ossification
b)
bone ossification
c)
intramembranous ossification
d)
epiphyseal plate
51.
Name this joint 
a)
gliding
b)
saddle
c)
hinge
d)
ball and socket

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