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Human A&P Skeletal System

Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 1hrs 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Connects bones together and stabilizes joints (articulations)

a)

Ligaments

b)

Tendons

c)

Cartilage

2.

Articulations

a)

Ligaments

b)

Tendons

c)

Cartilage

d)

Joints

3.

Connective tissue that serves as a cushions between bones in articulations

a)

Ligaments

b)

Tendons

c)

Cartilage

4.

Trabecular/spongy bone

a)

Canellous bone

b)

Compact Bone

5.

Found on the innner part of bones

a)

Canellous bone

b)

Compact Bone

6.

Dense bone tissue

a)

Canellous bone

b)

Compact Bone

7.

Always found on the outside of bone

a)

Canellous bone

b)

Compact Bone

8.

Known as cortical bone

a)

Canellous bone

b)

Compact Bone

9.

Shape classification: Significantly longer in one direction than the other.

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

10.

Shape classification: Humerus bone

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

11.

Shape classification: Similar length in all directions

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

12.

Shape classification: Most Carpal bones

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

13.

Shape classification: Flat and plate-like

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

14.

Shape classification: Skull bones

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

15.

Shape classification: Irregular shape

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

16.

Shape classification: Vertebrae

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

17.

Shape classification: Hip bones

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Flat bone

d)

Irregular bone

18.

Axial Skeleton

a)

Head to trunk of body

b)

Limbs/appendages and girdles (shoulder and peliv)

19.

Appendicular Skeleton

a)

Head to trunk of body

b)

Limbs/appendages and girdles (shoulder and peliv)

20.

What bone is A?

a)

Cranium

b)

Ilium

c)

Scapula

d)

Clavicle

21.

What bone is B?

a)

Cranium

b)

Mandible

c)

Sacrum

d)

Clavicle

22.

What bone is C?

a)

Ribs

b)

Scapula

c)

Sternum

d)

Clavicle

23.

What bone is D?

a)

Ribs

b)

Scapula

c)

Sternum

d)

Clavicle

24.

What bone is H?

a)

Carpals

b)

Metacarpals

c)

Phalanges

d)

Ulna

25.

What bone is E?

a)

Ischium

b)

Pubis

c)

Ilium

d)

Sacrum

26.

What bone is F?

a)

Ischium

b)

Pubis

c)

Ilium

d)

Sacrum

27.

What bone is G?

a)

Ischium

b)

Pubis

c)

Ilium

d)

Sacrum

28.

What bone is K?

a)

Ischium

b)

Pubis

c)

Ilium

d)

Sacrum

29.

What bone is I?

a)

Carpals

b)

Metacarpals

c)

Phalanges

d)

Ulna

30.

What bone is J?

a)

Carpals

b)

Metacarpals

c)

Phalanges

d)

Ulna

31.

What bone is S?

a)

Carpals

b)

Humerus

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

32.

What bone is L?

a)

Tarsals

b)

MetaTarsals

c)

Phalanges

d)

Patella

33.

What bone is T?

a)

Carpals

b)

Humerus

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

34.

What bone is N?

a)

Tarsals

b)

MetaTarsals

c)

Phalanges

d)

Patella

35.

What bone is M?

a)

Tarsals

b)

MetaTarsals

c)

Phalanges

d)

Patella

36.

What bone is O?

a)

Fibula

b)

Tibia

c)

Femur

d)

Patella

37.

What bone is P?

a)

Fibula

b)

Tibia

c)

Femur

d)

Patella

38.

What bone is Q?

a)

Fibula

b)

Tibia

c)

Femur

d)

Patella

39.

What bone is R?

a)

Fibula

b)

Tibia

c)

Femur

d)

Patella

40.

What bone is U?

a)

Carpals

b)

Humerus

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

41.

What bone is V?

a)

Clavicle

b)

Scapula

c)

RadiusSternum

d)

Ribs

42.

What bone is W?

a)

Clavicle

b)

Scapula

c)

RadiusSternum

d)

Ribs

43.

Which of the following is part of the appendicular skeleton?

a)

Thoracic cage

b)

Skull

c)

Pelvis (hip)

d)

Vertebra

44.

Which best describes two types of bone tissue?

a)

Compact and cancellous

b)

Cartilage and ligaments

c)

Long bones and short

d)

Axial and appendicular

45.

Which of the following is NOT a way that the skeletal system contributes to “locomotion”?

a)

Provides attachment points for muscles

b)

Provides resistance for muscle contraction

c)

Acts as levers for muscles to pull on

d)

Transfers force to the muscle for contraction

e)

Form articulations where one bone can move relative to another

46.

Which structure in the skeletal system is responsible for linking bones to other bones to stabilize the articulation?

a)

Tendons

b)

Ligaments

c)

Bones

d)

Cartilage

47.

Which structure in the skeletal system is responsible for lubrication and shock absorption?

a)

Cartilage

b)

Bones

c)

Ligaments

d)

Tendons

48.

Which structure in the skeletal system is responsible for connecting bones to muscles?

a)

Cartilage

b)

Bones

c)

Ligaments

d)

Tendons

49.

In order for the skeletal system to aid in movement, which skeletal system components are required?

a)

Only bones

b)

Bones and ligaments

c)

Bones, ligaments, and tendons

d)

Bones and tendons

50.

How is skeletal homeostasis related to blood clotting?

a)

A. Cells associated with blood clotting are produced in bone marrow.

b)

B. Blood clotting requires calcium, which is maintained by bones.

c)

C. Bone cells, called osteocytes, secrete blood clotting proteins.

d)

A and B are correct

e)

A, B, and C are correct

f)

A

51.

How can anthropologists look at a skeleton and judge the age of the individual?

a)

Younger individuals having weak, brittle bones.

b)

Loss of bone in the mandible.

c)

Bone facial features changing during puberty.

d)

Presence of epiphyseal line rather than epiphyseal plate.

52.

The periosteum covers?

a)

Only the ends of a long bone.

b)

All segments of a long bone.

c)

Only the shaft of a long bone.

d)

Only the shaft and ends (and not the transitional area) of a long bone.

53.

Which is formed first during bone formation, the bone or the marrow?

a)

Bones with marrow form in a unique way that does not involve a specific order.

b)

The marrow

c)

They are formed at the same time.

d)

The bone

54.

Which is associated with bone growth in adults?

a)

Appositional growth

b)

Longitudinal growth

c)

Bones do not grow in adults after the age 21

d)

Endochondral growth

55.

In the city expansion project analogy, which cells are the demolition crew?

a)

Osteoblasts

b)

Osteoclasts

c)

Osteocytes

d)

None of the above

56.

In the city expansion project analogy, which cells are the construction crew?

a)

Osteoblasts

b)

Osteoclasts

c)

Osteocytes

d)

None of the above

57.

In the city expansion project analogy, which cells are the city planners?

a)

Osteoblasts

b)

Osteoclasts

c)

Osteocytes

d)

None of the above

58.

Perichondrium produce chondrocytes

a)

True

b)

False

59.

Perichondrium produce osteoblasts

a)

True

b)

False

60.

Perichondrium produce osteoclasts

a)

True

b)

False

61.

Perichondrium produce osteocytes

a)

True

b)

False

62.

What is the correct order for repair of a break?

A. Appositional growth

B. Deposition of cartilage

C. Ossification of the template

a)

C then B then A

b)

B then C then A

c)

B then A then C

d)

A then B then C

63.

During bone formation and growth, what is the order of ossification?

a)

Neither structure is ever ossified.

b)

Ossification occurs at the same time.

c)

The epiphyses then the diaphysis.

d)

The diaphysis then the epiphysis.

64.

When would osteoblasts be activated?

a)

When the bone is exposed to regular stress.

b)

When there is a lack of phosphorus in the body.

c)

When the osteoclasts activate them.

d)

When the bone is immobilized for an extended time.

65.

Is formed from connective tissue

a)

Tendons and ligaments

b)

Cartilage

c)

Tendons

d)

Ligaments

e)

All

66.

Create bone or harden

a)

Ossify

b)

Epiphysis

c)

Diaphysis

d)

Osteo

67.

The end of the long bone

a)

Metaphysis

b)

Epiphysis

c)

Diaphysis

d)

Osteo

68.

Between the epiphysis ends/the shaft

a)

Metaphysis

b)

Epiphysis

c)

Diaphysis

d)

Osteo

69.

Transitional areas between the diaphysis and epiphysis

a)

Metaphysis

b)

Epiphysis

c)

Diaphysis

d)

Osteo

70.

Bone

a)

Metaphysis

b)

Epiphysis

c)

Diaphysis

d)

Osteo

71.

Put the Endochondral ossification process in order:

A. Chondrocytes produce cartilage to grow templates.

B. Marrow cavities begin to form inside - diaphysis will ossify - THEN marrow forms

C. Osteoblasts deposit bone around the hyaline cartilage template

D. Epiphysis will ossify (end of growth/puberty)

E. Hyaline cartilage template is formed by Chondrocytes.

a)

E, A, C, B, D

b)

A, D, B, E, C

c)

D, A, B, E, C

d)

E, C, A, B, D

72.

Endochondral Ossification

a)

Bone builds around cartilage template

b)

Bone grows directly from stem cells

73.

Intramembranous ossification

a)

Bone builds around cartilage template

b)

Bone grows directly from stem cells

74.

Growth in length at the epiphyseal plate

a)

Longitudinal growth

b)

Appositional growth

75.

Growth along the outer surface - Bone gets thicker

a)

Longitudinal growth

b)

Appositional growth

76.

Osteoclasts

a)

Break down bone

b)

Bone sensor

c)

Mature bone cells

77.

Osteocytes

a)

Break down bone

b)

Bone sensor

c)

Mature bone cells

78.

Osteoblasts

a)

Break down bone

b)

Bone sensor

c)

Mature bone cells

79.

Mainly fat in commonly in long bones of adults

a)

Yellow bone marrow

b)

Red bone marrow

80.

Site of Hematopoiesis

a)

Yellow bone marrow

b)

Red bone marrow

81.

Which cells transform within the bone?

a)

Osteoclasts become osteocytes.

b)

Osteocytes become osteoblasts.

c)

Osteoblasts become osteocytes.

d)

Osteocytes become osteoclasts.

82.

What cells are responsible for ossification?

a)

Osteoclasts

b)

Chondrocytes

c)

Osteocytes

d)

Mesenchymal stem cells

83.

Which is NOT a fibrous connective tissue?

a)

Ligaments

b)

Cartilage

c)

Tendons

84.

Which bone is located on the lateral side of the forearm between the elbow and wrist?

a)

Tibia

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Radius

85.

Connective tissue that connects muscle and bone

a)

Ligaments

b)

Tendons

c)

Cartilage

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