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Skeletal Vocab

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Append-

a)

Decrease in density

b)

To hang something

c)

Back of the head

d)

In the blood

2.

Ortho-

a)

Blood

b)

Inflammation

c)

Straight

d)

Porous

3.

Arthr/o-

a)

Bone

b)

Shin

c)

Joint

d)

Ankle

4.

What bone term is the yellowish areas on these skulls?

a)

foramen

b)

Fossas

c)

Fontanels

d)

Meatus's

5.

The rounded areas on the end of this bone are called

a)

fossas

b)

condyles

c)

spines

d)

trochanters

6.

What connects bone to bone?

a)

Tendons

b)

Cartilage

c)

Ligaments

d)

sesamoids

7.

Your patella is a sesamoid bone.

a)

true

b)

false

8.

What is a natural indentation in a bone called?

a)

foramen

b)

fossa

c)

fontanel

d)

fracture

9.

A trochanter is larger than tubercle.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

The scapula has a spine.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

The hole on the mandible labeled with the arrow is too small to be a foramen.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

The largest hole seen on this inferior skull is a or an

a)

fossa

b)

fontanel

c)

foramen

d)

anchor

13.

The _______ is located on the medial side of the forearm.

a)

capitulum

b)

radius

c)

ulna

d)

humerus

14.

The roughened section on the humerus where the deltoid muscle attaches is called the deltoid __________.

a)

condyle

b)

tuberosity

c)

fossa

d)

tubercle

15.

The collarbone is also known as the:

a)

ulna

b)

radius

c)

humerus

d)

clavicle

16.

The shinbone is also known as the:

a)

femur

b)

tibia

c)

fibula

d)

talus

17.

Parts of the appendicular skeleton consist of:

a)

skull and vertebral column

b)

sternum and rib cage

c)

arms, legs, hands, feet

d)

pectoral and pelvic girdles

18.

Prominent projection on a bone

a)

fossa

b)

process

c)

suture

d)

foramen

19.

Opening in a bone for blood vessels and nerves

a)

fossa

b)

process

c)

suture

d)

foramen

20.

depression in a bone

a)

fossa

b)

process

c)

suture

d)

foramen

21.

Large process, found only on the femur

a)

trochanter

b)

tubercle

c)

tuberosity

d)

talus

22.

Small process, found on the Humerus

a)

trochanter

b)

tubercle

c)

tibia

d)

talus

23.

Rounded, knob-like process

a)

tuberosity

b)

fossa

c)

foramen

d)

condyle