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Skeletal System Part 1

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Select all of the functions of the skeletal system.

a)

Support the body

b)

Protect soft organs

c)

Movement with attachment of muscle

d)

Storage of minerals and fats

e)

Blood cell formation

2.

A process that grows out from a bone in order to allow for attachment is what classification of bone marking?

a)

Depression

b)

Projection

c)

Long Bone

d)

Short Bone

3.

What classification of bone markings are holes or indentations that allow for passage of blood vessels and/or nerves?

a)

Depressions

b)

Projections

c)

Osteon

d)

Lacunae

4.

Select all of the classifications of bone.

a)

Long Bone

b)

Short Bone

c)

Flat Bone

d)

Irregular Bone

e)

Sesamoid

5.

What is a bone that is typically longer than wide, has a shaft with two ends, and is mostly comprised of compact bone classified as?

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

e)

Sesamoid bone

6.

What is a bone that is generally cube-shaped and contains mostly spongy bone classified as?

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

e)

Sesamoid bone

7.

What is a bone that is thin and flattened, usually curved, and is comprised of thin layers of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone classified as?

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

e)

Sesamoid bone

8.

What are bones that are irregular shape and do not fit into other bone classification categories classified as?

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

e)

Sesamoid bone

9.

What are bones that are embedded in muscle or tendon classified as?

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Irregular bone

d)

Sesamoid bone

e)

Flat bone

10.

What is the bone marking that is only found on the femur and no other bone?

a)

Foramen Magnum

b)

Trochanter

c)

Fissure

d)

Head

11.

What is the depression that is located at the base of the skull that allows the spinal cord to connect to the brain called?

a)

Joint

b)

Fissure

c)

Foramen magnum

d)

Fossa

12.

Which type of bone cell(s) is/are involved in the BREAKDOWN of bone during bone remodeling or when the body is in need of calcium to be extracted from the bone?

a)

Osteocyte

b)

Osteoblast

c)

Osteoclast

d)

Osteon

13.

Which type of bone cell(s) is/are involved in BUILDING of bone during bone remodeling, bone modeling, or when there is too much calcium in the blood and therefore needs to be stored in the bone?

a)

Osteocyte

b)

Osteoblast

c)

Osteoclast

d)

Osteon

14.

Which type of bone cell(s) is/are known as the mature bone cells that are part of your bone matrix and are responsible for maintaining the homeostasis of the bone and monitoring your bones for fractures?

a)

Osteocyte

b)

Osteoblast

c)

Osteoclast

d)

Osteon

15.

What is the area towards the end of our long bones that tell us we have STOPPED growing referred to as?

a)

epiphysis

b)

epiphyseal plate

c)

epiphyseal line

d)

diaphysis

16.

What type of bone tissue is porous and contains red bone marrow?

a)

compact

b)

medullary

c)

osteon

d)

spongy

17.

What type of bone tissue is dense and forms concentric layers of solid bone tissue?

a)

osteon

b)

compact

c)

spongy

d)

bone marrow

18.

What is the functional unit of compact bone known as?

a)

osteon

b)

osteocyte

c)

lacunae

d)

canaliculi

19.

As long as the bone building cell in our long bones DO NOT catch up to the production of hyaline cartilage therefore completely ossifying it, what will continue to happen?

a)

you will stop growing

b)

you will sleep all day

c)

you will continue to grow

d)

you will ace this test

20.

What type of fracture is this?

a)

Compound

b)

Simple

c)

Greenstick

21.

What type of fracture is this?

a)

Compound

b)

Simple

c)

Greenstick

22.

What type of fracture is this?

a)

Compound

b)

Simple

c)

Greenstick

23.

What is the function of red bone marrow?

a)

Store fat

b)

Store calcium

c)

Produce fat

d)

Blood cell production

24.

Where is the medullary cavity located and what does it contain?

a)

epiphysis, red marrow

b)

diaphysis, yellow marrow

c)

epiphysis, yellow marrow

d)

diaphysis, red marrow

25.

What is found in the central canal of the osteon?

a)

osteocytes

b)

blood vessels

c)

osteons

d)

yellow marrow

26.

I will prepare and be able to label both a long bone and an osteon for the test. Practice for this is can be found in the assignment from 12/2 - the 3 quizlets.

a)

yes

b)

no