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Skeletal System. Pre Test

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 43mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
This is a picture of what? (choose the answer that is most complete)
a)
robot
b)
skeleton
c)
ulna
d)
vertebrate
2.
What is the place where two bones meet?
a)
hinge
b)
bone
c)
spot
d)
joint
3.
What is the name for the connector that attaches muscle to bone?
a)
ligament
b)
tendon
c)
patella
d)
string
4.
What is the name for the connector that attaches bone to bone?
a)
ligament
b)
tendon
c)
patella
d)
string
5.
What do the bones create?
a)
white blood cells
b)
platlets
c)
red blood cells
d)
flying turkeys
6.
If your body were a tall building, your skeleton would be:
a)
beams and joints that hold it up
b)
plumbing and electrical systems
c)
foundation that anchors it to ground
d)
apartments and offices inside it
7.
Your skeletal system is in charge of making your blood and giving you shape.
a)
True
b)
False
8.
What are the functions of the skeleton?
a)
A) protection
b)
b) Body shape 
c)
C) movement
d)
D) A,b and c
9.
The ribs protect your...
a)
heart
b)
lungs
c)
liver
d)
all of the above
10.

Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

a)

Helps your body move

b)

Send oxygen to the body

c)

Protect your organs

d)

Give your body shape and structure

11.

True or False:

Babies have more bones than adults.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The skeletal system works with the ______________ to help your body move.

a)

digestive system

b)

circulatory system

c)

respiratory system

d)

muscular system

13.

What does bone marrow make?

a)

blood cells

b)

cancer

c)

bone cells

d)

oxygen

14.

The place where two bones meet is called a ___________. They work with your muscles to help you move.

a)

tendon

b)

joint

c)

blood vessel

d)

ligament

15.

The skull protects which organ?

a)

heart

b)

lungs

c)

brain

d)

stomach

16.

How many bones are in an adult?

a)

200

b)

203

c)

206

d)

209

17.

Which system is responsible for creating red blood cells?

a)

skeletal

b)

muscular

c)

respiratory

d)

nervous

18.

Which system of the human body provides protection to most of the major organs?

a)

skeletal system

b)

circulatory system

c)

respiratory system

d)

muscular system

19.

Which of the following best describes the job of the skeletal system?

a)

Gives shape and support to the body.

b)

Sends messages from the stomach to the brain.

c)

Brings in and breaks down all nutrients for the body

20.

The joint with a rounded end of bone fitting snug within another bone.

a)

ball and socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

gliding joint

21.

The joint that moves in one direction, like a door

a)

ball and socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

gliding joint

22.

The joint that consists of a bone resting atop another bone, permitting free movement.

a)

ball and socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

gliding joint

23.

The joint that consists of a bone resting atop another bone, permitting free movement.

a)

ball and socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

gliding joint

24.

The joint in which bones slip over other bones, allowing free movement.

a)

ball and socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

gliding joint

25.

This is at the end of a bone, cushions/tough

a)

cartilage

b)

tendon

c)

ligament

26.
The human skeleton can be subdivided into two parts, what part is made up of the skull, sternum, vertebral column and rib cage?
a)
appendicular
b)
axial
27.
Which one of the following is an irregular bone?
a)
humerus
b)
tibia
c)
temporal
d)
vertebrae
28.
Name the bone located at number  8.
a)
Humerus
b)
Radius
c)
Fibula
d)
Tibia
29.
Name the bone located at number 12.
a)
Patella
b)
Clavicle
c)
Sternum
d)
Scapula
30.
Name the bone located at number 14.
a)
Femur
b)
Fibula
c)
Tibia
d)
Radius
31.

Which set of bones is in your back and holds up your body?

a)

skull

b)

spine

c)

joint

d)

arm

32.

Your skeleton

a)

supports & shapes the body

b)

works with muscles to help you move

c)

helps protect important organs

d)

makes blood

e)

all of the above

33.

Bones are alive and can heal.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

The set of bones inside your head that protects your brain is called ____________.

a)

femur

b)

backbone

c)

skull

35.

The ________ is a set of bones in your chest that protects your heart & lungs.

a)

skull

b)

ribcage

c)

femur

36.

What protects the spinal cord?

a)

vertebrae

b)

body

c)

ribcage

37.

What mineral helps keep your bones healthy and strong?

a)

iron

b)

zinc

c)

calcium

38.

What happens after you break a bone?

a)

your body connects the bone together and the bone heals

b)

the bone will be broken forever

c)

your body won't need bones anymore

d)

you grow an extra bone

39.

What happens as you grow and change?

a)

your bones stay the same

b)

your bones get smaller

c)

your bones don't need calcium when you're a grown up

d)

your bones grow and change too

40.

The smallest bone in your body is inside your ear. Which is the biggest bone?

a)

a rib in your ribcage

b)

the thighbone in your leg

c)

the jawbone in your skull

d)

a wrist bone in your wrist

41.

Which of the following is NOT a function of bones?

a)

Protection

b)

Support

c)

Movement

d)

Blood movement

42.

Your skeletal system is in charge of making your blood.

a)

True

b)

False

43.
What is our skeleton made up of?
a)
Bones
b)
Intestines
c)
Lungs
d)
Heart
44.
What does our skeleton help us do?
a)
Move
b)
Think
c)
Sleep
d)
None of these
45.

No movement would occur without the skeletal system.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

What's a skeleton?

46.

What food contain Calcium that helps our bones?

a)

Milk

b)

Oranges

c)

Mountain Dew

d)

Celery

47.
Does exercise help our bones grow strong?
a)
Yes
b)
No
48.

Bones are living things.

a)

True

b)

False

49.
The only bone in the human body that can not heal itself?
a)
Clavicle
b)
Sternum
c)
Teeth
d)
Knee Cap
50.

Bones can grow back together if they get broken.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

An example of a long bone is?

a)

Spinal Cord

b)

Wrist Bone

c)

Thigh Bone

d)

Sternum

52.

What type of bone is the patella?

a)

Flat Bone

b)

Long Bone

c)

Irregular Bone

d)

Sesamoid Bone

53.

Bone cells are known as

a)

Lacunae

b)

Osteocytes

c)

Collagen

d)

Osteon

54.

The skull bones, hyoid bone and vertebral column bones are found in which skeleton

a)

Axial Skeleton

b)

Appendicular Skeleton

55.
What are the 2 types of skeletons?
a)
spongy bone and compact bone
b)
marrow and blood vessels
c)
axial and appendicular
56.

The bones at the end of our fingers and toes are known as _______________.

a)

Tarsals

b)

The phalanges

57.

What is the scientific name of the 'jaw bone'?

a)

Maxilla

b)

Mandible

58.

The scientific name for the skull is the _____________.

a)

Cranium

b)

Zygomatic process

59.

The scientific name of the collar bone is the ____________.

a)

Scapula

b)

Clavicle

60.

The shoulder and hip are ball and socket joints.

a)

True

b)

False

61.

The cranium, ribs, scapula & pelvis are all classed as short bones.

a)

True

b)

False

62.

The bone that spans from the shoulder to the elbow is known as the ___________________.

a)

Humerus

b)

Ulna

c)

Femur

d)

Tibia

63.

The vertebra is an irregular bone.

a)

True

b)

False

64.

The patella is commonly known as your knee cap.

a)

True

b)

False

65.

The scapula is commonly known as your shoulder blade.

a)

True

b)

False

66.

Long bones are longer than they are wide.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

identify the skeletal bone in the picture that is highlighted green and blue; also known as the breastbone

a)

clavilce

b)

Sternum

c)

Rib Cage

d)

verterbrae

68.

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted green

a)

fibula

b)

femur

c)

tibia

d)

phalanges

69.

Identify the skeletal bone in the picture highlighted in red

a)

sternum

b)

ribs

c)

femur

d)

vertebrae

70.

The skeletal system works with the ______________ to help your body move.

a)

digestive system

b)

circulatory system

c)

respiratory system

d)

muscular system

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