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skeletal system

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The skull is what classification of joint?
a)
condyloid
b)
fixed
c)
saddle
d)
gliding
2.

What is the name of the long bone in the top part of the leg?

a)

Patella

b)

Femur

c)

Fibula

d)

Tibia

3.

What is the name of the collar bone?

a)

Clavicle

b)

Scapular

c)

Sternum

d)

Xiphoid

4.

The adult skeletal system is composed of how many bones?

a)

216

b)

371

c)

206

d)

199

5.

what is part of fingers and toes ?

a)

phalanges

b)

metacarpals

c)

metatarsals

d)

fibula

6.

another name of jaw bone ?

a)

maxilla

b)

sphenoid

c)

mandible

d)

temporal bone

7.
The Skeletal System does what?
a)
Support your body
b)
Help your body move with muscles
c)
all of the above
d)
protect your organs
8.
What of the following bones are in the hand?
a)
Carpals
b)
sternum
c)
tarsals
d)
ulna
9.
What do the bones create?
a)
white blood cells
b)
platlets
c)
red blood cells
d)
flying turkeys
10.
What is an example of a fixed joint?
a)
nothing
b)
skull
c)
neck
d)
jaw
11.
This is the scientific name for your breast bone.
a)
phalanges
b)
tarsals
c)
vertebrae
d)
sternum
12.
hip and shoulder are examples of this type of joint
a)
ball and socket
b)
fixed joint
c)
hinge
d)
gliding
13.
What is a hinge joint?
a)
back and forth movement like a door
b)
one bone rotates in a ring of a bone that doesn’t move
c)
one part of a bone slides over another bone
d)
Joints that allow little or no movement
14.
What Type Of Joint Is This?
a)
Gliding Joint
b)
Hinge Joint
c)
Ball and Socket Joint
d)
Fixed Joint
15.

Bone destroying cells:

a)

osteocytes

b)

osteoblasts

c)

osteomasts

d)

osteoclasts

16.

Must be present in the blood at all times for the nervous system to transmit messages, for muscles to contract, and for blood to clot:

a)

calcium

b)

adipose tissue

c)

phosphorus

d)

iodine

17.

Bone tissue composed of small needle-like pieces of bone with open spaces:

a)

lacunae

b)

compact bone

c)

canaliculi

d)

spongy bone

18.

Activates osteoblasts to break down bone matrix so calcium is released into the blood:

a)

osteoclasts

b)

osteocytes

c)

parathyroid hormone

d)

adipose tissue

19.

Process of bone formation before birth:

a)

ossification

b)

hematopoiesis

c)

appositional growth

d)

atrophy

20.

Mature bone cells:

a)

osteoblasts

b)

osteomasts

c)

osteocytes

d)

osteoclasts

21.

Blood cell formation:

a)

ossification

b)

hemostasis

c)

hematopoiesis

d)

hemophilia