WorksheetsSkeletal System
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the appendicular skeleton?
The complete skeleton.
Bones that project from the body in front and hind limbs, and are connected to the body through the bones of the girdles.
Bones on or close to the midline axis of the body.
What is an example of a short bone?
Femur
Skull
Hock
Tibia
What is the function of bones?
All of Choices
Support
Movement
Protection
What type of bone is this
Pneumatic
Sesamoid
Irregular
Which skeletal section is shaded blue?
Axial Skeleton
Appendicular skeleton
What is a Ligament?
Point where two or more bones meet.
Thick band of connective tissue that attaches muscle to bone.
Tough band of connective tissue connecting one bone to another bone.
Bone is what percentage water?
50%
26%
20%
4%
What is a spongy bone?
Layer of protective hard bone tissue surrounding every bone.
Soft bone filled with many holes and spaces surrounded by hard bone.
What is number 4?
Tendon
Ligament
Joint
What is an example of a pneumatic bone?
Patella
Ulna
Hock
Skull
What are long bones?
Located in complex joints, shaped like a cube to absorb concussion and reduce friction.
Serve as support columns, help the animal in body support, locomotion and eating.
Protect vital organs such as the brain, heart and lungs, flat and long, usually thin.
What percentage of bone composition is minerals (mostly calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate)?
50
26
20
4
What is this?
Ligament
Tendon
Joint
What type of bone is this?
Long
Flat
Short
What type of bone is this?
Pneumatic
Irregular
Sesamoid
