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Skeletal System

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Cranium

b)

Mandible

c)

Clavicle

d)

Scapula

2.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Scapula

c)

Clavicle

d)

Mandible

3.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Mandible)

b)

Clavicle

c)

Mandible

d)

Scapula

4.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Fibula

d)

Humerus

5.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Vertebrae

b)

Radius

c)

Pelvis

d)

Ribs

6.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

7.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Ribs

b)

Vertebrae

c)

Clavicle

d)

Femur

8.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Patella

b)

Pelvis

c)

Clavicle

d)

Femur

9.

What is a joint?

a)

The place where 2 or more bones meet.

b)

A thin membrane that covers the surface of bone.

c)

A band of tissue that hold bones together.

d)

Connective tissue

10.

Name the joint that makes up the elbows and knees?

a)

Ball and Socket Joint

b)

Hinge joints

c)

Pivot Joint

d)

Gliding Joint

11.
what type of bone is the femur
a)
Long bone
b)
Short bone
c)
Flat bone
d)
Irregular bone
12.
What type of bone is the scapula
a)
long bone
b)
short bone
c)
flat bone
d)
sesamoid bone
13.
Which one of the following is an irregular bone
a)
humerus
b)
tibia
c)
patella
d)
vertebrae
14.

Which of the following best describes the job of the skeletal system?

a)

Gives shape and support to the body.

b)

Sends messages from the stomach to the brain.

c)

Brings in and breaks down all nutrients for the body

15.

Which of these functions is not a function of the skeletal system?

a)

To help the body breathe

b)

To help support the body and give it structure

c)

To help protect the bodyʻs soft organs

d)

To produce blood cells

e)

To store calcium and other important minerals

16.

What are functions of the skeletal system?

a)

Protection

b)

Shape

c)

Movement

d)

Posture

e)

All of the above

17.
Our hip joint would be considered which type of joint?
a)
Hinge
b)
Ball and socket
c)
Ball 
d)
Fixed 
18.
Ligaments connect:
a)
Bone to bone
b)
Muscle to bone
c)
Joint to joint
d)
Bone to joint
19.

Tendons connect?

a)

Muscle to bone

b)

muscles together

c)

Fingers to hands

d)

toes to feet

20.

Movement away from the mid-line of the body is called?

a)

Rotation

b)

Flexion

c)

Extension

d)

Abduction

21.

The upwards phase of a bicep curl would be which movement?

a)

Extension

b)

Flexion

c)

Circumduction

d)

Rotation

22.

what part of the joint reduces the risk of injury by absorbing shock?

a)

Tendon

b)

Synovial Membrane

c)

Cartilage

d)

Bone

23.

What part of the joint lubricates the joint to allow smooth movement?

a)

Synovial fluid

b)

Bone

c)

Cartilage

d)

Tendon