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Bone Joints and more

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of joint?: elbow

a)

hinge

b)

pivot

c)

ball and socket

d)

condylar

2.

What type of joint?: thumb

a)

hinge

b)

saddle

c)

ball and socket

d)

condylar

3.

What type of joint?: hip

a)

hinge

b)

saddle

c)

ball and socket

d)

condylar

4.

This type of joint is biaxial; meaning back and forth movement as well as side to side.

a)

condylar

b)

gliding

c)

hinge

d)

saddle

5.

Skull sutures are examples of immoveable joints, also known as

a)

synarthrosis

b)

diarthrosis

c)

amphiarthrosis

d)

synovial

6.

Slightly moveable joints, like the pubis symphysis in the pelvis, are also called

a)

amphiarthrosis

b)

synarthrosis

c)

diarthrosis

d)

synovial

7.

Which movement is an example of a pivot joint?

a)

rotating the lower arm/wrist

b)

big arm circles

c)

knee bends

d)

index finger wiggling

8.

When moving the hand around, the carpals in the wrist slide past one another; this is a ________ joint

a)

plane

b)

condylar

c)

saddle

d)

pivot

9.

Connective tissue that holds bone to bone.

a)

ligaments

b)

tendons

c)

hyaline cartilage

d)

fibrocartilage

10.

The largest, strongest bone in the body.

a)

femur

b)

tibia

c)

fibula

d)

humerus

11.

You are out hiking and come across human remains! Ack! You see the pelvis and determine it is a female because

a)

the pubic arch is U shaped

b)

the pelvis is tilted forward

c)

the pelvic opening is narrow

d)

the pelvic bones looked lighter and thinner

12.

There are ____ phalange bones in the body.

a)

56

b)

28

c)

20

d)

14

13.

Cervical vertebra #1 (C1) is also known as the

a)

atlas

b)

axis

c)

globe holder

d)

coccyx

14.

The 'socket' where the femur head fits into the pelvis is called the

a)

acetabulum

b)

iliac crest

c)

ischial tuberosity

d)

pubis symphysis

15.

Which bone is NOT part of the appendicular skeleton?

a)

sacrum

b)

humerus

c)

femur

d)

carpals

16.

Which statement is NOT true about sinuses?

a)

Sinuses are lined with mucus.

b)

Sinuses normally have a minor infection at all times.

c)

There are 6 sinus cavities.

d)

Sinuses help lighten the skull.

17.

The last 2 ribs are called floating ribs because they do not articulate (touch) the vertebral column.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

The hyoid bone in unique because it

a)

has no specific function.

b)

does not articulate with (touch) any other bone.

c)

belongs to both the appendicular and axial skeletons.

d)

largely consists of cartilage.

19.

In anatomical position, the radius lies on the _____ side.

a)

thumb

b)

pinky

20.

The bottom pointy end of the sternum is called the

a)

manubrium

b)

xiphoid process

c)

zygomatic process

d)

acetabulum