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Skeletal System (entire version)

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where do you find the epiphysis of the long bone and is the area that red blood cells are found and produced?

a)

ends of the bone

b)

middle of the bone

c)

inside the bone

2.

The only movable bone of the skull, the mandible (jaw) is what type of joint?

a)

ball in socket

b)

hinge

c)

plane

d)

pivot

3.

What are the four bone types?

a)

long, flat, short, irregular

b)

long, smooth, small, irregular

c)

long, flat, small, irregular

d)

long, smooth, short, irregular

4.

What is an example of a flat bone? Check all that apply

a)

sternum

b)

humerus

c)

vertebre

d)

carpals

e)

rib

5.

What is an example of a short bone?

a)

skull

b)

scapula

c)

carpal

d)

humerus

6.

What are examples of a long bone? (two answers)

a)

phalanges

b)

femur

c)

vertebra

d)

skull

7.

What are external features of bones, such as projections or holes?

a)

sinus

b)

ligament attachment

c)

bone markings

d)

remolding structures

8.

What bones are part of the skull? (3 answers)

a)

frontal

b)

parietal

c)

occipital

d)

tibia

e)

ulna

9.

What is hematopoiesis?

a)

strengthening of bone tissue

b)

bone growth

c)

support of bone framework

d)

Formation of blood cells

10.

What type of joint is movable? and is the most common.

a)

Diarthrosis

b)

Synarthrosis

c)

Amphiarthrotic (sis)

d)

endrearthrosis

11.

What type of joint is immovable?

a)

diarthrosis

b)

synarthrosis

c)

amphiarthrotic (sis)

d)

endrearthosis

12.

What type of joint is partially movable?

a)

diarthrosis

b)

synarthrosis

c)

amphiarthrotic (sis

d)

endrearthrosis

13.

What type of joint is found in the knee and elbow?

a)

ball and socket

b)

hinge

c)

gliding

d)

pivot

14.

What type of joint is found in the hip and shoulder?

a)

ball and socket

b)

hinge

c)

gliding

d)

pivot

15.

What type of joint is found in the wrist?

a)

ball and socket

b)

hinge

c)

gliding

d)

pivot

16.

What are the bone cells that deposit new bone material (tissue)?

a)

osteocyte

b)

osteoblast

c)

osteoclast

d)

osteomytes

17.

What are the bone cells that secrete enzymes to break down or cut down bone tissue?

a)

osteocytes

b)

osteoblasts

c)

osteoclasts

d)

osteomytes

18.

What are mature bone cells called?

a)

osteocytes

b)

osteoblasts

c)

osteoclasts

d)

osteomytes

19.

What type of break is the result from a bending of the bone and does not go thru the bone and are most common in children?

a)

closed

b)

open

c)

greenstick

d)

communited

20.

What is a break that is a clean break inside of the skin?

a)

open

b)

closed

c)

greenstick

d)

communited

21.

What is a bone condition where there is softening of the bones, and brittleness and occurs more often in females due to declining estrogen levels in the body?

a)

arthritis

b)

osteoporosis

c)

osteons

d)

rickets

22.

What is a fracture that has a break where the bone protrudes through the skin.

a)

open

b)

closed

c)

greenstick

d)

communited

23.

What part of the skeletal makes up the ribs, vertebre and skull?

a)

Appendicular

b)

Axial

c)

Accepticular

d)

Articulate

24.

What are the 3 main regions of the vertebre?

a)

cervical

b)

thoracic

c)

lumbar

d)

sternum

e)

xiphoid process

25.

How many bone make up the cervical vertebra (neck region)?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

12

d)

24

26.

How many pairs of bones make up the ribs?

a)

12

b)

24

c)

7

d)

5

27.

How many bones make up the thoracic vertebre (chest region)?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

12

d)

24

28.

How many bones make up the lumbar vertebre (lower back)?

a)

5

b)

7

c)

12

d)

24

29.

What is an inflammatory condition of one or more joints?

a)

osteoporosis

b)

arthritis

c)

rickets

d)

osteons

30.

What type of fracture is pictured?

a)

closed

b)

simple

c)

compound

d)

greenstick

31.

What does the cranium protect?

a)

brain

b)

heart

c)

lungs

d)

liver

32.

What bones make up the Appendicular skeleton? (pick 3)

a)

tarsals/carpals

b)

ulna

c)

cervical vertebrea

d)

ribs

e)

femur

33.

Select all that apply: What are some functions of the skeletal system?

a)

protection

b)

hematopoiesis

c)

movement

d)

mineral storage

e)

framework(support)

34.

What microscopic structure is a unit of bone composed of the Lamellae, lacunea and osteocytes?

a)

osteon

b)

haversian canal

c)

red marrow

d)

compact bone

35.

What is Letter C?

a)

frontal

b)

parital

c)

zygomatic

d)

occipital

36.

What is Letter C and E

a)

C= compact bone , E = epiphyseal plate

b)

C = Spongy Bone E = epiphysis

c)

C = spongy bone E = Compact bone

d)

C= diaphysis E= compact bone

37.

What are bands of tissue that connect bone to bone?

a)

tendons

b)

muscle

c)

ligaments

d)

hematopoiesis

38.

What is the 2 phase (step) in a fracture repair?

a)

Hematoma (blood filled swelling) is formed

b)

Break is splinted by fibrocartilage (chondrocyte) to form a soft callus

c)

Fibrocartilage callus is replaced by a boney callus (by osteoclasts and osteoblasts)

d)

Bony callus is remodeled to form a permanent patch (osteocyte)