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Bones,Muscles and Digestive Systems 2022

Total questions: 170

Worksheet time: 2hrs 37mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Red bone marrow functions to

a)

produce fat

b)

produce blood cells

c)

store cells

d)

produce new bone cells

2.

Yellow marrow functions to ______.

a)

produce new bone cells

b)

store calcium

c)

store fat

d)

produce calcium

3.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Mandible

c)

Clavicle

d)

Scapula

4.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

5.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Vertebrae

b)

Radius

c)

Pelvis

d)

Ribs

6.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

7.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Radius

b)

Ulna

c)

Humerus

d)

Carpals

8.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Fibula

d)

Humerus

9.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Patella

b)

Pelvis

c)

Clavicle

d)

Femur

10.

What bone is highlighted? (hint: inside of your leg)

a)

Tibia

b)

Fibula

c)

Femur

d)

Humerus

11.

What bone is highlighted? (hint: bone on the outside of leg)

a)

Tibia

b)

Fibula

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

12.
How many bones are there in the human body?
a)
208
b)
126
c)
206
d)
80
13.

The __________ system protects the body and gives it structure.

a)

muscular

b)

digestive

c)

skeletal

d)

circulatory

14.

Which tissue cushions the end of bones?

a)

tendons

b)

ligaments

c)

cartilage

d)

joints

15.

What do we call the place where two bones meet?

a)

skeleton

b)

joint

c)

muscle

d)

rib

16.

Which is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

a)

production of red blood cells

b)

store calcium

c)

digest food

d)

movement, protection, and support

17.

Which type of tissue connects bone to bone?

a)

tendons

b)

ligaments

c)

skeletal mucscles

d)

smooth muscles

18.

What kind of joint is found at your elbow?

a)

pivot

b)

hinge

c)

gliding

d)

ball and socket

19.

What is the name of the outer membrane that surrounds bones?

a)

compact bone

b)

periosteum

c)

spongy bone

d)

bone marrow

20.

What do we call a broken bone?

a)

osteoporosis

b)

fracture

c)

arthritis

d)

bone disease

21.

Which bone disease causes bones to become weak and brittle?

a)

artereosclerosis

b)

arthritis

c)

fracture

d)

osteoporosis

22.

Which type of joint is found at your shoulder and hip and allows for the greatest range of motion?

a)

ball and socket

b)

gliding

c)

hinge

d)

pivot

23.

Where are red blood cells produced?

a)

compact bone

b)

red bone marrow

c)

spongy bone

d)

yellow bone marrow

24.

Which part of the bone stores fat?

a)

yellow bone marrow

b)

red bone marrow

c)

spongy bone

d)

compact bone

25.

Which bone protects the brain?

a)

number 1

b)

number 2

c)

number 3

d)

number 4

26.

Which bones protect the heart and lungs?

a)

number 7

b)

number 8

c)

number 9

d)

number 10

27.

What is the name of bone number 6?

a)

humerus

b)

femur

c)

patella

d)

mandible

28.

What is the name of bone number 3?

a)

tibia

b)

fibula

c)

humerus

d)

pelvis

29.

___________ are attached to our skeleton and this allow us to move.

a)

skin

b)

muscles

c)

hair

d)

blood vessels

30.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Mandible)

b)

Clavicle

c)

Mandible

d)

Scapula

31.

From wrist to fingertip, what is the order of bones?

a)

Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges

b)

Phalanges, metacarpals, carpals

c)

Carpals, phalanges, metacarpals

d)

Metacarpals, carpals, phalanges

32.
What is the place where two bones meet?
a)
hinge
b)
bone
c)
spot
d)
joint
33.

Which of the following is not a function of bones?

a)

Protection

b)

Blood cell formation

c)

Storage

d)

Absorption

34.
The _________________ gives the body its shape and supports and protects the internal organs.
a)
urinary system
b)
skeletal system
c)
lympthatic/immune system
d)
endocrine system
35.
Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells
a)
red marrow
b)
yellow marrow
c)
canaliculi
d)
lamellae
36.
The joints in your knees and elbows are most similar to:
a)
a clock
b)
a screw
c)
a wheel
d)
a door hinge
37.
What are the bones that protect your heart and lungs?
a)
rib cage
b)
sternum
c)
clavicle
d)
femur
38.
What is another name for the kneecap?
a)
Patella
b)
Tibia
c)
Fibia
39.
Bones are organs. True or false?
a)
True
b)
False
40.
Which mineral makes up our bones?
a)
Calcium
b)
Vitamin D
c)
Blood Cells
d)
Bone Marrow
41.
Important connective tissue that holds together bone to bone.
a)
Joint 
b)
Ligament
c)
Cartelege
d)
Bone
42.
Bone formed by needlelike pieces of bone and lots of space are called
a)
Spongey bone
b)
Cartilage
c)
Compact bone
43.

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

a)

Tarsals

b)

The phalanges

44.

The scientific name for the skull is the _____________.

a)

Cranium

b)

Zygomatic process

45.

The scientific name of the collar bone is the ____________.

a)

Scapula

b)

Clavicle

46.

The vertebra is a gliding joint.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

The shoulder and hip are ball and socket joints.

a)

True

b)

False

48.

The forearm bone closest to the thumb is the __________.

a)

Ulna

b)

Radius

49.

Examples of a hinge joint are the elbow and knee.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

Babies have more bones than adults.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

The carpals are your ankle bones.

a)

True

b)

False

52.

The tibia is the bigger bone of the lower leg.

a)

True

b)

False

53.

The scapula is commonly known as your shoulder blade.

a)

True

b)

False

54.

An example of a saddle joint can be found in the thumb.

a)

True

b)

False

55.

A function of the skeletal system is to protect vital organs.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

What bone is highlighted?

a)

Skull (Cranium)

b)

Scapula

c)

Clavicle

d)

Mandible

57.

From ankle to toe, what is the order of bones?

a)

Tarsals, metatarsals, phalanges

b)

Phalanges, metatarsals, tarsals

c)

Metatarsals, phalanges, tarsals

d)

Tarsals, phalanges, metatarsals

58.

The functions are the skeletal system are

a)

To support the body, protect the organs, store calcium, and produce blood cells

b)

to regulate the composition of body fluids by removing metabolic wastes and retain the balance of water, salt, and other nutrients

c)

to regulate and maintain bodily functions by producing hormones and releasing them into the blood stream

d)

to enable the diffusion of oxygen into the bloodstream and the removal of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream

59.

The functions are the skeletal system are

a)

To support the body, protect the organs, store calcium, and produce blood cells

b)

to regulate the composition of body fluids by removing metabolic wastes and retain the balance of water, salt, and other nutrients

c)

to regulate and maintain bodily functions by producing hormones and releasing them into the blood stream

d)

to enable the diffusion of oxygen into the bloodstream and the removal of carbon dioxide from the bloodstream

60.

Where is new blood cells created?

a)

In the scapula

b)

In bone marrow, located inside the bone

c)

In the patella

d)

In bone marrow, located inside the muscle tissue

61.

What is cartilage?

a)

joints that connect bone to tissue

b)

Connective tissue that acts as balance for the body

c)

Connective tissue near joints that act as a shock absorber

d)

a piece of tissue that is attached to the scapula

62.

Where is cartilage, a connective tissue, located?

a)

Outside of the bone

b)

Around the muscle fibers

c)

In between bone and joints

d)

In between muscle and bone

63.

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

64.

What bone makes up your fingers and your toes?

a)

phalanges

b)

tibia

c)

femur

d)

scapula

65.

Examples of a Ball & Socket Joint are found in the

a)

Shoulder

b)

Knee

c)

Hip

d)

Ankle

66.

A hinge joint allows

a)

A wide range of movements

b)

Circumduction

c)

Rotation

d)

Movement in only one direction (ie. backwards & forwards)

67.

An example of a Saddle joint is in the

a)

Knee

b)

Hip

c)

Thumb

d)

Vertebral column

68.

When kicking a football the knee

a)

Flexes

b)

Extends

c)

Abducts

d)

Adducts

69.
This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no
a)
condyloid
b)
gliding
c)
pivot
d)
saddle
70.
The knee joint is
a)
Hinge
b)
Gliding
c)
Ball and socket
d)
Pivot
71.
What are joints
a)
A place where one bone meets 
b)
A place where  two  bones meet 
c)
Bones don't meet 
d)
A place where three bones meet 
72.

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

73.

What muscle is highlighted in the picture?

a)

Triceps

b)

Biceps

c)

Quads

d)

Deltoids

74.
What are the 3 types of muscle tissue?
a)
Thigh, Calf, & Shoulder
b)
Traps, Forearm, & Abs
c)
Hamstring, Biceps, & Triceps
d)
Smooth Muscle, Cardiac Muscle, & Skeletal Muscle
75.

What type of muscle tissue is found in the heart?

a)

skeletal

b)

smooth

c)

cardiac

d)

voluntary

76.

Muscles move bones by

a)

pushing

b)

pulling

c)

both pushing and pulling

77.

The elbow bends when

a)

the biceps muscle contracts

b)

the triceps muscles contracts

c)

the biceps muscle relaxes

d)

the triceps muscle relaxes

78.
Involuntary
a)
skeletal
b)
cardiac
c)
smooth
d)
smooth and cardiac
79.
attached to bones
a)
cardiac
b)
smooth
c)
skeletal
80.
How many types of Muscles are there in the body?
a)
2
b)
4
c)
3
d)
1
81.
Which type of Muscles are under are conscious control?  This means we instruct them to perform
a)
Skeletal/Voluntary Muscle
b)
Smooth/Involentary
c)
Cardiac Muscle
d)
Rough Muscle 
82.
These muscles work automatically without us doing any work.  
a)
Skeletal/ Voluntary
b)
Smooth/Involuntary
c)
Cardiac 
d)
Rough 
83.
Cardiac muscle is only found where? 
a)
Lungs
b)
Heart
c)
Kidney's 
d)
Liver
84.
How are muscles attached to bone?
a)
Ligaments
b)
Cartlidge
c)
skin
d)
Tendons
85.
This muscle is an involuntary muscle and moves on it's own. 
a)
Heart
b)
Bicep
c)
Hamstring
d)
Lats 
86.
Cardiac muscle is only found where? 
a)
Lungs
b)
Heart
c)
Kidney's 
d)
Liver
87.
Movements that you choose to control
a)
Cramp
b)
Voluntary
c)
Strain
d)
Involuntary
88.
Movements that you cannot control
a)
Strain
b)
Sprain
c)
Voluntary
d)
Involuntary
89.
The most important muscle in the body is the
a)
Bicep
b)
Heart
c)
Tricep
d)
Hamstring
90.
These muscles are attached to your bones
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Rough
d)
Cardiac
91.
The main purpose of the muscular system is to....
a)
Keep the heart beating
b)
Move the body
c)
Hit the dab
d)
Transfer oxygen
92.
Which muscle type is found in your stomach, bladder, and intestines?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Straight
93.
Which type of muscle is found in your heart?
a)
Skeletal
b)
Smooth
c)
Cardiac
d)
Straight
94.
Which muscles are involuntary?
a)
skeletal
b)
cardiac
c)
smooth
d)
smooth and cardiac
95.
When a muscle contracts, it _______
a)
gets longer
b)
gets shorter
c)
gets thinner
d)
grows hair
96.
Skeletal muscles are attached to the _________.
a)
Stomach
b)
Lungs
c)
Bones
d)
Involuntary Muscles
97.
Cardiac muscles are ONLY located in the heart
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
98.
Muscles always work in _____
a)
pairs
b)
groups of 3
c)
bones
d)
joints
99.
Voluntary muscle is
a)
muscle that has to be told when to move
b)
muscle that moves automatically
c)
muscle that needs to be stretched regularly
d)
muscle that makes up the heart and stomach
100.
These muscles work automatically without us doing any work.  
a)
Skeletal/ Voluntary
b)
Smooth/Involuntary
c)
Cardiac 
d)
Rough 
101.
Tendons connect __________ to bone.
a)
Cartilage
b)
Bone
c)
Muscle
d)
Ligaments
102.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
103.
Nutrients from digested food are absorbed in which digestive organ?
a)
Small Intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Gallbladder
104.
Number 3 is pointing to the...
a)
Small intestine
b)
Rectum
c)
Large intestine
d)
Stomach
105.
Number 2 is pointing to the...
a)
Esophagus
b)
Stomach
c)
Small intestine
d)
Anus
106.
Which organ pushes food down to the stomach?
a)
Mouth
b)
Esophagus
c)
Rectum
d)
Large intestine
107.
Which body system gets ride of solid waste?
a)
Excretory (Urinary)
b)
Digestive
c)
Circulatory
d)
Respiratory
108.
As waste moves through the digestive system, the ______ absorbs water before storing waste in the rectum.
a)
Small intestine
b)
Stomach
c)
Esophagus
d)
Large intestine
109.
Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
110.
Enzymes (chemicals) in your saliva help break down food while chewing.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
111.
Number 8 is pointing to the...
a)
small intestine
b)
stomach
c)
anus
d)
rectum
112.
Number 7 is pointing to...
a)
Mouth
b)
Esophagus
c)
Small intestine
d)
rectum
113.
WHAT IS AFTER THE SMALL INTESTINE?
a)
Large intestine
b)
nothing
c)
liver
d)
pancreas
114.
Number 7 in the diagram represents the:
a)
Small intestine
b)
Liver
c)
Large intestine
d)
Gall Bladder
115.
Type of digestion in the stomach:
a)
Mechanical
b)
Chemical
c)
Both
116.

Digestion starts in the ...

a)

stomach.

b)

esophagus.

c)

epiglottis

d)

mouth.

117.
Which organ system includes the esophagus, pancreas, and large intestine?
a)
digestive
b)
excretory
c)
integumentary
d)
lymphatic
118.
When you eat a cheeseburger, your digestive _______ digests the cheeseburger.
a)
glands
b)
organ
c)
system
d)
tissue
119.
The bacteria species E-coli is actually beneficial to humans.  It plays an important role in which body function?
a)
digestion
b)
excretion
c)
metabolism
d)
reproduction
120.
During the production of yogurt, specific _______ are used to ferment the milk.  In turn the same  ______ are beneficial to our digestive system when we eat the yogurt.
a)
algae
b)
bacteria
c)
fungi
d)
protozoan
121.
Humans cannot digest food without the aid of small single-celled organisms that live in our digestive tract. Which common name is associated with these single-celled organisms that help humans digest food?
a)
algae
b)
bacteria
c)
protozoa
d)
virus
122.
Which organ is part of the digestive system?
a)
blood
b)
brain
c)
pancreas
d)
spleen
123.
Mouth to stomach to intestines.  What system helps the digestive system move food until it becomes waste?
a)
circulatory
b)
immune
c)
muscular
d)
skeletal
124.
What is the organ where water is absorbed from the digested food and returned to the bloodstream?
a)
mouth
b)
small intestine 
c)
esophagus
d)
large intestine
125.
Which organ is a secondary organ that stores bile?
a)
stomach
b)
gallbladder
c)
pancreas
d)
liver
126.
Which organ does most of the chemical digestion of food and allows nutrients to be absorbed into the body?
a)
stomach
b)
esophagus
c)
small intestine
d)
liver
127.
Digestion in animals begins in the ______.
a)
intestines
b)
mouth
c)
stomach
d)
throat
128.
Predict the next digestive system organ in the following sequence: mouth, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, ______
a)
liver
b)
kidneys
c)
small intestines
d)
large intestines
129.
We think of our muscular system as the system that helps us move around.  It also functions on an internal level by helping food movement in the _____ and _____, both parts of the digestive system.
a)
stomach; liver
b)
stomach; pancreas
c)
stomach: gallbladder
d)
stomach; small intestines
130.
Which secondary organ produces insulin and other digestive juices to further break down the food in the small intestines?
a)
liver
b)
gallbladder
c)
mouth
d)
pancreas
131.
Which type of digestion produces physical change to the food by breaking food into smaller pieces?
a)
chemical
b)
peristalsis
c)
mechanical
d)
saliva
132.
The function of the digestive system is
a)
Breakdown foods
b)
Absorb nutrients
c)
Eliminate waste
d)
All of the above
133.
The mouth has 2 different types of digestion.  They are
a)
Physical and Elemental
b)
Mechanical and heat
c)
Mechanical and chemical
d)
Acidic and motion
134.
Digestion starts in the 
a)
Mouth 
b)
Esophagus
c)
Stomach 
d)
Intestine
135.
Most mechanical digestion takes place in the 
a)
Stomach
b)
Mouth
c)
Small intestine
d)
Large intestine
136.
Salvia breaks down food using
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Acidic digestion
c)
Chemical digestion
d)
None of the above
137.
An example of mechanical digestion is 
a)
Digestive acids in the stomach breaking down food
b)
Teeth chomping food up into smaller pieces
c)
Salvia in the mouth making the food taste sweet
d)
The liver as it produces bile and breaks down fat particles
138.
The tube that connects the mouth to the stomach (number 2 in the diagram) is called the
a)
Epiglotis
b)
Esophagus
c)
Entry
d)
Elimination tube
139.
Which organ absorbs most of the nutrients using small fingerlike structures called villi?
a)
Gall Bladder
b)
Pancreas
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Small Intestine
140.
Which organ absorbs water and is the last stage of the digestive process.
a)
Gall Bladder
b)
Pancreas
c)
Large Intestine
d)
Small Intestine
141.
Number 1 is the 
a)
Mouth 
b)
Esophagus
c)
Pancreas
d)
Gall Bladder
142.

Which organ breaks down food mechanically and chemically and is labeled number 3 in the diagram?

a)

Liver

b)

Pancreas

c)

Gall Bladder

d)

Stomach

143.

What is the function of the digestive system?

a)

Breakdown food

b)

Absorb nutrients

c)

Eliminate waste

d)

All 3

144.

The large intestine is longer than the small intestine and that is how it gets its name.

a)

True

b)

False

145.

Chemical digestion starts in the mouth due to

a)

Chewing

b)

Saliva

c)

Air

d)

Chemical digestion does not happen in the mouth

146.

The tiny little structures that line the small intestine are called

a)

Fingers

b)

bile

c)

Acid

d)

Villi

147.
The process by which the body breaks down food so that it can be used for energy.
a)
composition
b)
digestion
c)
deposition
d)
absorption
148.
A fluid in the mouth that helps digest food.
a)
pepsin
b)
pepsi
c)
saliva
d)
salty
149.
Provides additional enzymes(pancreatic juice) to help nutrients get absorbed by the small intestine.
a)
liver
b)
kidneys
c)
gall bladder
d)
pancreas
150.
a)
esophagus
b)
liver
c)
stomach
d)
pancreas
151.
a)
stomach
b)
pancreas
c)
large intestine
d)
small intestine
152.
The chewing and grinding of food into smaller pieces is an example of...
a)
Mechanical Digestion
b)
Chemical Digestion
153.
Gastric juices in the stomach digest food into a thick liquid.  This is...
a)
Mechanical digestion
b)
Chemical digestion
154.
What stores bile?
a)
Colon
b)
Gall Bladder
c)
Small Intestine
155.
What is the definition for digestion?
a)
Breaking down food into smaller nutrients
b)
Getting rid of waste products
c)
Getting food into our bodies
d)
Getting nutrients into our bloodstream, so that our cells can use them
156.
The muscular tube that moves food from the mouth to the stomach?
a)
esophagus
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
mouth
157.
The organ where food doesn't pass through but it does break down fats and detoxify poisons?
a)
liver
b)
small intestine
c)
stomach
d)
large intestine
158.
Enzymes and acids are examples of 
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
159.
Chewing, grinding, and churning are examples of...
a)
mechanical digestion
b)
chemical digestion
160.
What do the villi do?
a)
Digests food in the mouth.
b)
Digests food in the stomach
c)
Protects the stomach from digesting iteself
d)
Absorbs nutrients from food so the body has energy.
161.
What is not a function of the digestive system?
a)
Create new foods
b)
Absorb water
c)
Process waste
162.
What begins the process of mechanical breakdown?
a)
the mouth
b)
the esophagus
c)
the pancreas
163.
What begins the process of chemical breakdown?
a)
Liver
b)
Salivary glands
c)
Colon
164.
What starts the process of chemical breakdown?
a)
Saliva
b)
Oxygen
c)
Hydrogen
165.
What pushes food from the mouth to the stomach?
a)
Stomach
b)
Gall bladder
c)
Esophagus
166.
What churns food and breaks it down further using strong acids?
a)
Stomach
b)
Salivary glands
c)
Liver
167.
Where does most digestion occur?
a)
Stomach
b)
Salivary gland
c)
Small intestine
168.
What produces chemicals that break down fats, starches and proteins?
a)
Pulmonary artery
b)
Pancreas
c)
Pituitary gland 
169.
What absorbs water and minerals and holds waste?
a)
Large Intestine (Colon)
b)
Small Intestine
c)
Gall Bladder
170.
What produces the bile used to break down fats?
a)
Liver
b)
Large Intestine
c)
Mouth

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