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Skeletal system intro quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following are functions of the bones?

a)

Support and Protection

b)

Attachment to the muscles

c)

Stores inorganic salts

d)

All of the above

2.

What is the number of bones that compose the adult skeleton?

a)

205

b)

206

c)

208

d)

200

3.

Bone forming cells:

a)

osteocytes

b)

osteoblasts

c)

osteoclasts

d)

osteomasts

4.

Bone destroying cells:

a)

osteocytes

b)

osteoblasts

c)

osteomasts

d)

osteoclasts

5.

The two parts of our skeleton are

a)

Axial and Proximal

b)

Axial and Appendicular

c)

Appendicular and Proximal

d)

Upper and Lower

6.

B

a)

Bones

b)

Adipose

c)

Spongy Bone

d)

Compact Bone

e)

Articular Cartilage

7.

C

a)

Bones

b)

Adipose

c)

Spongy Bone

d)

Compact Bone

e)

Articular Cartilage

8.

Typically longer than they are wide

a)

Long Bone

b)

Short Bone

c)

Irregular Bone

d)

Flat Bone

9.

All of the bones of the limbs (except wrist, ankle, and kneecap bones) are...

a)

Long Bone

b)

Short Bone

c)

Irregular Bone

d)

Flat Bone

10.

Thin, flattened, and usually curved

a)

Long Bone

b)

Short Bone

c)

Irregular Bone

d)

Flat Bone

11.

Generally cube-shaped

a)

Long Bone

b)

Short Bone

c)

Irregular Bone

d)

Flat Bone

12.

Do not fit into other bone classification categories

a)

Long Bone

b)

Short Bone

c)

Irregular Bone

d)

Flat Bone

13.

The hardening and replacement of cartilage

a)

ossification

b)

ligaments

c)

osteoperosis

14.

Mature bone cells

a)

osteoclasts

b)

osteocytes

c)

osteoblasts

15.

another name for a soft spot is a

a)

fontanel

b)

diarthrosis

c)

baby spot

d)

epiphysis

16.

the hollow cylinder like shaft of the bone is the:

a)

epiphysis

b)

medullary canal

c)

diaphysis

d)

endosteum

17.

tough fibrous tissue that lines the outside of the bone

a)

periosteum

b)

endosteum

c)

exoskeleton

18.

forms red and white blood cells

a)

spongey bone

b)

red bone marrow

c)

bones

d)

periosteum

19.

The bones grow from the diaphysis to the epiphysis

a)

true

b)

false

20.

Which part of the bone helps to absorb shock where two bones meet?

a)

fontanel

b)

periosteum

c)

yellow bone marrow

d)

articular cartilage