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Skeletal System

Total questions: 62

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The structural framework that supports a body.

(a)  

2.

Which are not a function of skeletal system?

a)

Support and protects soft tissues and vital organs

b)

Help in the circulation of blood

c)

Give attachment to muscles

d)

Storage of mineral salts like calcium and phosphorus

3.

They are found in the limbs that contains shaft and two extremities.

a)

Flat bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Long bone

d)

Irregular bone

4.

They have no shaft but they contain a spongy substance covered by a shell of a compact bone.

a)

Short bone

b)

Sesasmoid bone

c)

Long bone

d)

Irregular bone

5.

Their main function is to provide protection to the bodies vital organs and being base for muscular attachment.

a)

Short bone

b)

Sesasmoid bone

c)

Long bone

d)

Flat bone

6.

Bones in the body which do not fall in any other category, due to their non- uniform shape. They primarily consist of cancellous bone, with a thin outer layer of compact bone.

a)

Short bone

b)

Sesasmoid bone

c)

Irregular bone

d)

Flat bone

7.

Are usually short or irregular bones, embedded in a tendon. The most obvious example is the patella.

a)

Sesasmoid bone

b)

Long bone

c)

Irregular bone

d)

Flat bone

8.

This is a composition of bone that has two matrix, the organic (osteoid tissues/ collagen fibers) and the inorganic (bone mineral/ calcium phosphate).

(a)  

9.

Three cellular component.

a)

Ossification, Osteoclasts, Osteoblasts

b)

Osteoblasts, Osteoclasts, Osteocytes

c)

Osteocytes, Osteoblasts, Osteogenesis

d)

Osteogenesis, Ossification, Osteoclasts

10.

The process of bone formation by osteoblasts.

(a)  

11.

It takes place during the ossification of bones, it can also occur in other tissues.

(a)  

12.

Ossification begins approximately (a)   weeks after fertilization in an embryo.

13.

Bone growth continues until approximately age (a)   .

14.

Bone can grow in thickness throughout life, but after age 25, ossification functions primarily in bone __________ and ______.

a)

formation and remodeling

b)

development and repair

c)

remodeling and repair

d)

remodeling and development

15.

Long bones continue to lengthen (potentially throughout adolescence) through the addition of bone tissue at the __________ _____.

(a)  

16.

Which is not a border that is separated from the surfaces of shaft in long bones?

a)

central medullary cavity

b)

periostium

c)

epiphyses

d)

nutrient foramen

17.

It consist of 8 bones: a. One frontal bone b. Two parietal bone c. Two temporal bone d. One occipital bone e. One sphenoid bone f. One ethmoid bone

(a)  

18.

Which is not a suture of the cranium?

a)

Approximal suture

b)

Saggittal suture

c)

Coronal suture

d)

Lambdoid suture

19.

Number of facial bones.

(a)  

20.

The skeleton of thorax is made up of the following bone except one.

a)

Sternum in the front

b)

Twelve thoracic vertebrae

c)

Scapula

d)

Twelve pairs of ribs

21.

It is also called Breast bone. It is a flat bone which is divided into three parts namely - Manubrium sterni, Body of sternum and Xiphoid bone.

(a)  

22.

They are arranged in 12 pairs, on the back side, all of them are attached to thoracic vertebrae.

(a)  

23.

They are upper five pairs of the ribs, and are attached to sternum directly

(a)  

24.

They are lower five pairs of the ribs, and are attached to the sternum indirectly.(through costal cartilages).

(a)  

25.

Lowest two pairs in the ribs. They are not attached in front.

(a)  

26.

THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN IS MADE UP OF NUMBER OF BONES. THESE BONES ARE CALLED VERTEBRAE. THESE ARE (a)   IN NUMBER.

27.

7 in number in the vertebrae. They form the neck.

a)

Cervical vertebrae

b)

Thoracic vertebrae-

c)

Sacral vertebrae

d)

Coccygeal vertebrae-

28.

12 in number in the vertebrae. They form back of the thorax.

a)

Cervical vertebrae

b)

Thoracic vertebrae

c)

Sacral vertebrae

d)

Coccygeal vertebrae

29.

5 in number in the vertebrae. They form the lumbar region.

a)

Cervical vertebrae

b)

Lumbar vertebrae

c)

Sacral vertebrae

d)

Coccygeal vertebrae

30.

5 in number in the vertebrae. They form sacrum.

a)

Cervical vertebrae

b)

Lumbar vertebrae

c)

Sacral vertebrae

d)

Coccygeal vertebrae

31.

4 in number in the vertebrae. They form coccyx.

a)

Coccygeal vertebrae

b)

Lumbar vertebrae

c)

Sacral vertebrae

d)

Thoracic vertebrae

32.

It is the connection between the trunk and lower extremities. It is formed by 4 bones: two innominate bones, one on each side, sacrum, and coccyx.

(a)  

33.

IT LIE AT THE BACK OF THORAX. IT FORMS THE POSTERIOR PART OF SHOULDER GIRDLE.

a)

Ulna

b)

Clavicle

c)

Radius

d)

Scapula

34.

IT IS ALSO CALLED AS COLLAR BONE. IT IS LONG AND CURVED BONE. IT FORM THE ANTERIOR PART OF SHOULDER GIRDLE.

a)

Ulna

b)

Clavicle

c)

Radius

d)

Humerus

35.

IT IS THE LONGEST BONE OF UPPER LIMB. IT CONTAINS SHAFT AND TWO EXTREMITIES.

a)

Humerus

b)

Clavicle

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

36.

IT IS THE INNER MOST BONE OF FOREARM.IT CONTAINS TWO EXTREMITIES AND A SHAFT

a)

Ulna

b)

Clavicle

c)

Radius

d)

Scapula

37.

IT IS THE LATERAL OR OUTER MOST BONE OF FOREARM. IT CONTAINS TWO EXTREMITIES AND A SHAFT.

a)

Ulna

b)

Clavicle

c)

Radius

d)

Scapula

38.

Bones in the proximal row of the wrist/carple.

a)

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Pisiform bones

b)

Scaphoid, Trapezium, Triquetral, Pisiform bones

c)

Scaphoid, Capitate, Triquetral, Pisiform bones

d)

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Hamate bone

39.

Bones in the distal row of the wrist/carple.

a)

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Hamate bone

b)

Trapezium, Capitate, Triquetral, Pisiform bones

c)

Trapezium, Trapezoid, Capitate, Hamate bone

d)

Trapezoid, Lunate, Triquetral, Hamate bone

40.

They are made of metacarple bones. They are long bones which contain a head, a shaft and a base. The base is articulate with the distal row of carple bone.

a)

Bones of wrist

b)

Bones of finger

c)

Bones of palm

d)

Bones of feet

41.

THEY ARE MADE UP OF PHALANGIAL BONES. THE THUMB HAS TWO PHALANGES. OTHER FINGER HAS THREE PHALANGES. THEY ARE PROXIMAL, MIDDLE, AND DISTAL.

a)

Bones of wrist

b)

Bones of finger

c)

Bones of palm

d)

Bones of feet

42.

IT IS ALSO CALLED AS THIGH BONE. IT IS THE LONGEST AND STRONGEST BONE OF THE SKELETON. IT CONTAINS TWO EXTREMITIES AND A SHAFT.

a)

Patella

b)

Femure

c)

Tibia

d)

Fibula

43.

IT IS SESAMOID BONE. DEVELOPED IN THE TENDONS OF QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE.

a)

Patella

b)

Femure

c)

Tibia

d)

Fibula

44.

IT IS THE INNERMOST BONE OF THE LEG. IT IS LONG BONE CONTAINING TWO EXTREMITIES AND A SHAFT.

a)

Patella

b)

Femure

c)

Tibia

d)

Fibula

45.

It is the lateral and outermost bone of the leg. It also contain two extremities and a shaft.

a)

Patella

b)

Femure

c)

Tibia

d)

Fibula

46.

Number of tarsal bones in the foot.

(a)  

47.

Number of metatarsal bones in the foot.

(a)  

48.

Number of phalangial bones in the foot.

(a)  

49.

It is the abnormal rounding of the spine that occurs in the upper and middle part of the back

(a)  

50.

Causes of Kyphosis except one.

a)

Poor posture

b)

Present at birth

c)

Run in the families or genetics

d)

Lack in vitamin D

51.

The bone-softening disease that causes severe bowing of the legs, poor growth, and sometimes muscle pain and weakness

(a)  

52.

The inflammation, swelling, redness of a joint.

(a)  

53.

A disease where bone tissue becomes brittle, thin, and spongy

(a)  

54.

The abnormal growth of cells within the bone that may be noncancerous or cancerous.

(a)  

55.

Causes of bone tumor except one.

a)

Hereditary

b)

Gender

c)

Radiation

d)

Trauma

56.

It causes the spine to curve to the left or right side.

(a)  

57.

An injury that happens when the ligaments get overly stretched or torn.

(a)  

58.

It commonly occurs when a person has fallen, an object has been dropped on them, or the bone has been twisted

(a)  

59.

A fracture in which broken bone fragments lacerate (rip, cut, tear) soft tissue and protrude through an open wound in the skin

a)

Comminuted fracture

b)

Compound fracture

c)

Simple fracture

d)

Greenstick fracture

60.

A bone that has broken into two pieces, and has not broken through the skin.

a)

Comminuted fracture

b)

Compound fracture

c)

Simple fracture

d)

Greenstick fracture

61.

It is a fracture in a young, soft bone in which the bone bends and partially breaks (cracks). Often occurs during infancy and childhood when the bones are soft.

a)

Comminuted fracture

b)

Compound fracture

c)

Simple fracture

d)

Greenstick fracture

62.

Occurs when there has been some kind of crushing force on the bone and can happen anywhere along the bone  It mostly occurs in elderly people or people who already have a bone weakening condition.

a)

Comminuted fracture

b)

Compound fracture

c)

Simple fracture

d)

Greenstick fracture