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Unit 5 : Skeletal System

Total questions: 82

Worksheet time: 41mins

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1.

What are the Functions of the Skeletal System?

a)

Support, Protection, Fertilization.

b)

Storage of Energy, Homeostasis, Support.

c)

Hematopoiesis, Mineral storage, Digestion.

d)

Movement Facilitation, Crustacea, Protection.

2.

What is the Axial Skeleton?

a)

Skull, Vertebral Column, Bony Thorax.

b)

Arms, Legs and Skull.

c)

Pelvis, Abdominal Cavity, Shoulders.

d)

Arms, Abdominal Cavity, Bony Thorax.

3.

What are the two parts of the skull?

a)

Pelvic and Femur.

b)

Facial and Meniscus.

c)

Cranial and Facial Bones.

d)

Bony Thorax and Lumbar.

4.

How many External Bones : Internal Bones does the Cranial Skull Have?

a)

7:5

b)

4:3

c)

8:6

d)

6:2

5.

How many Bones does the Facial Skull Have?

a)

14

b)

20

c)

16

d)

12

6.

What do the Fontanels Provide?

a)

Provides Structure

b)

Provides Protection

c)

Provides Homeostasis

d)

Provides Room for Rapid Brain Growth

7.

Define Suture:

a)

Immovable Joint

b)

Ball and Socket Joint

c)

Movable Joint

d)

Fibrous Joint

8.

Deposit Mineral Salts and Collagenous Fibers- Bone Builders.

a)

Osteocytes

b)

Osteoblasts

c)

Osteoclasts

d)

Osteoprogenitor

9.

Mature Bone Cells - Maintain Tissue

a)

Osteocytes

b)

Osteoblasts

c)

Osteoclasts

d)

Osteoprogenitor

10.

Break Down of Bone Tissue

a)

Osteoclasts

b)

Octeoblasts

c)

Osteocytes

d)

Osteoprogenitor

11.

Outside Layer of the Bone

a)

Periosteum

b)

Duaphysis

c)

Medullary Cavity

d)

Spongy Bone

12.

What is the Diaphysis?

a)

Fibrous Layer

b)

Shaft of a Long Bone

c)

Fat Storage

d)

End of Long Bones

13.

What is the Epiphysis?

a)

Ends of Long Bones

b)

Shaft of a Long Bone

c)

Gives Bone strength

d)

Spongy Bone

14.

Blood Cell Forming Tissue

a)

Hematopoiesis

b)

Yellow Marrow

c)

Red Marrow

d)

Endosteum

15.

Yellow Marrow

a)

Fat Storage

b)

Blood Cell Forming Tissue

c)

Gives Bone Strength

d)

Endosteum

16.

Provides Cushioned Movement

a)

Endosteum

b)

Spongy Bone

c)

Red Marrow

d)

Articular Cartillage

17.

What is Endosteum?

a)

Inside Lining of Bone

b)

Spongy Bone

c)

Compact Bone

d)

Fat Storage

18.

Compact Bone:

a)

Gives Bone Strength

b)

Hematopoiesis

c)

Fat Storage

d)

Fibrous Layer

19.

What type of Bone?

a)

Long

b)

Short

c)

Flat

d)

Irregular

20.

What type of Bone?

a)

Long

b)

Short

c)

Irregular

d)

Flat

21.

What type of Bone?

a)

Long

b)

Short

c)

Irregular

d)

Flat

22.

What type of Bone?

a)

Long

b)

Short

c)

Irregular

d)

Flat

23.

An oval-looking hole within the bone

a)

Foramen

b)

Fossa

c)

Trochanter

d)

Tubercle

24.

A Canal or Hole

a)

Tuberosity

b)

Meatus

c)

Tubercle

d)

Process

25.

A passageway where air goes through bone

a)

Process

b)

Trochanter

c)

Fossa

d)

Sinus

26.

A slight depression

a)

Fossa

b)

Tuberosity

c)

Process

d)

Foramen

27.

Rounded "knuckle like" projection

a)

Condyle

b)

Meatus

c)

Foramen

d)

Tuberosity

28.

Large rounded/roughened projection

a)

Tuberosity

b)

Tubercle

c)

Process

d)

Fontanel

29.

Found only on the femur; large blunt projection

a)

Foramen

b)

Tuberosity

c)

Trochanter

d)

Occipital

30.

Small rounded projection

a)

Proccess

b)

Frontal

c)

Trochanter

d)

Fossa

31.

Sharp, Pointed Projection

a)

Mandible

b)

Procces

c)

Sinus

d)

Fossa

32.

Identify:

a)

Hyoid

b)

Scapula

c)

Clavical

d)

Vertebrae

33.

Identify:

a)

Maxilla

b)

Mandible

c)

Parietal

d)

Occipital

34.

Identify

a)

Fibula

b)

Hyoid

c)

Ethmoid

d)

Sphenoid

35.

Identify:

a)

Occipital

b)

Frontal

c)

Parietal

d)

Zygomatic

36.

Identify:

a)

Zygomatic

b)

Mandible

c)

Frontal

d)

Maxilla

37.

Identify:

a)

Parietal

b)

Occipital

c)

Frontal

d)

Mandible

38.

Identify:

a)

Sphenoid

b)

Hyoid

c)

Ethmoid

d)

Tarsal

39.

Identify:

a)

Temporal

b)

Zygomatic

c)

Occipital

d)

Parietal

40.

Identify:

a)

Zygomatic

b)

Parietal

c)

Occipital

d)

Mandible

41.

Identify:

a)

Frontal

b)

Occipital

c)

Temporal

d)

Mandible

42.

Identify:

a)

Ilium

b)

Ischium

c)

Pubis

d)

Metatarsals

43.

Identify:

a)

Pubis

b)

Ischium

c)

Ilium

d)

Coccygeal

44.

Identify:

a)

Pubis

b)

Ilium

c)

Ischium

d)

Cervical

45.

Identify:

a)

Clavicle

b)

Cuccygeal

c)

Tibia

d)

Sternum

46.

Identify:

a)

Ribs

b)

Thoracic

c)

Fibula

d)

Tarsals

47.

Identify:

a)

Ulna

b)

Deltoid

c)

Hyoid

d)

Scapula

48.

Identify:

a)

Sternum

b)

Scapula

c)

Femur

d)

Hyoid

49.

Identify:

a)

Femur

b)

Patella

c)

Ulna

d)

Tibia

50.

Identify:

a)

Patela

b)

Coccygeal

c)

Meniscus

d)

Radius

51.

Identify:

a)

Ulna

b)

Femur

c)

Tibia

d)

Radius

52.

Identify:

a)

Fibula

b)

Femur

c)

Ulna

d)

Radius

53.
a)

Metacarpals

b)

Carples

c)

Metatarsals

d)

Tarsals

54.

Identify:

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Femur

55.

Identify:

a)

Phlanges

b)

Tarsals

c)

Carpals

d)

Metatarsals

56.

Identify:

a)

Ulna

b)

Radius

c)

Humerus

d)

Metatarsals

57.

Identify:

a)

Metatarsals

b)

Phalanges

c)

Tarsals

d)

Ulna

58.

Identify:

a)

Humerus

b)

Miniscus

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

59.

Identify:

a)

Tarsals

b)

Phlanges

c)

Metatarsals

d)

Carpals

60.

Identify:

a)

Vertabrae

b)

Metacarpals

c)

Rips

d)

Tibia

61.

Identify:

a)

Carpals

b)

Metacarpals

c)

Tarsals

d)

Metatarsals

62.

How Many Cervical Vertebrae are There?

a)

7

b)

12

c)

5

d)

4

63.

How Many Thoracic Vertebrae are There?

a)

7

b)

12

c)

5

d)

4

64.

How Many Lumbar Vertebrae are There?

a)

7

b)

12

c)

5

d)

4

65.

How Many Sacrum Vertebrae are There?

a)

7

b)

12

c)

5

d)

4

66.

How Many Coccygeal Vertebrae are There?

a)

7

b)

12

c)

5

d)

4

67.

Held together by fibrous connective tissues and can be immovable or slightly moveable; sutures

a)

Fibrous

b)

Synovial

c)

Cartlaginous

d)

Amphiarthrotic

68.

Joint enclosed in a joint capsule that lubricates and protects the joint can be freely moveable; 6 diff. types

a)

Synarthrotic

b)

Synovial

c)

Fibrous

d)

Diarthrotic

69.

Held by cartilage, slightly moveable; vertebral disks

a)

Synovial

b)

Synarthortic

c)

Cartilaginous

d)

Amphiarthrotic

70.

A flexible but inelastic cord of strong fibrous collagen tissue attaching a muscle to a bone.

a)

Tendon

b)

Ligament

c)

Metatarsal

d)

Ball and Socket Joint

71.

A short band of tough, flexible, fibrous connective tissue that connects two bones or cartilages or holds together a joint.

a)

Tendon

b)

Ligament

c)

Tarsal

d)

Carpal

72.

Osteoarthritis

a)

When protective cartilage at the ends of bones wears down over time

b)

Creation of new bone doesn't keep up with the removal of old bone so the bone becomes weak and brittle

c)

A sideways curvature of the spine

d)

A curving inward of the lower back "sway back"

73.

Creation of new bone doesn't keep up with the removal of old bone so the bone becomes weak and brittle

a)

Osteoporosis

b)

Kyphoisi

c)

Herniated Disc

d)

Spinabifida

74.

A sideways curvature of the spine

a)

Scoliosis

b)

Kyphosis

c)

Lordosis

d)

Spina Bifida

75.

Kyphosis

a)

A forward rounding of the spine

b)

A curving inward of the lower back "sway back"

c)

Some of the softer "jelly" pushes out through a crack in the tougher exterior

d)

Baby's spinal cord fails to develop properly

76.

How are Fibrous, Cartilaginous, and Synovial Joints Grouped?

a)

By Type of Tissue Between Bones

b)

By The Degree of Movement

c)

By How Many There are in the Body

d)

By How They are Used

77.

How are Synarthrosis, Amphiarthrosis, and Diarthrosis

a)

By the Type of Tissue Between Bones

b)

By the Degree of Movement

c)

By How Many There are in the Body

d)

By How They Move

78.

A curving inward of the lower back "sway back"

a)

Scoliosis

b)

Kyphosis

c)

Lordosis

d)

Herniated Disc

79.

Herniated Disc

a)

Some of the softer "jelly" pushes out through a crack in the tougher exterior

b)

Baby's spinal cord fails to develop properly

c)

Chronic inflammatory disorder affecting many joints, including those in the hands and feet

d)

A curving inward of the lower back "sway back"

80.

Baby's spinal cord fails to develop properly

a)

RA

b)

Spina Bifida

c)

Lordosis

d)

Osteoarthritis

81.

Chronic inflammatory disorder affecting many joints, including those in the hands and feet

a)

RA (Rheumatoid Arthritis)

b)

Herniated Disc

c)

Scoliosis

d)

Osteoporosis

82.

What Part of the Skeleton is in Red?

a)

Apendicular Skeleton

b)

Acial Skeleton

c)

Distal Skeleton

d)

Medial Skeleton