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Skeletal System Review

Total questions: 70

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are functions of the skeletal system? (select all that apply)

a)

hematopoiesis

b)

digestion

c)

support

d)

material storage

e)

sending signals

2.

How many bones are in an adult human?

a)

301

b)

215

c)

206

d)

197

3.

Which bones are part of the axial skeleton? (select all that apply)

a)

vertebrae

b)

humerus

c)

pelvis

d)

sternum

e)

skull

4.

Which bones are part of the appendicular skeleton? (select all that apply)

a)

humerus

b)

ribs

c)

tarsals

d)

femur

e)

pelvis

5.

Hematopoiesis is the formation of _____ _____

(a)  

6.

What bones make up the pectoral girdle? (select all that apply)

a)

Sternum

b)

Scapula

c)

femur

d)

clavicle

e)

humerus

7.

What bones make up the pelvic girdle? (select all that apply)

a)

Vertebrae

b)

Sacrum

c)

femur

d)

clavicle

e)

Pelvis

8.

We have talked about Jasmine who has the disorder fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. What happens to people who have this disorder? What part of the skeletal system is not working in people with this disorder?

4 lines
9.

What are the ends of long bones called?

a)

Epiphysis

b)

Diaphysis

c)

Periosteum

d)

Endosteum

e)

Medulla

10.

What is the shaft of a long bone called?

a)

Epiphysis

b)

Diaphysis

c)

Periosteum

d)

Endosteum

e)

Medulla

11.

What is the membrane that covers a long bone called?

a)

Epiphysis

b)

Diaphysis

c)

Periosteum

d)

Endosteum

e)

Medulla

12.

What is the membrane that lines the inside of the long bone and the medulary cavity called?

a)

Epiphysis

b)

Diaphysis

c)

Periosteum

d)

Endosteum

e)

Medulla

13.

What is the inside of the bone that holds bone marrow called?

a)

Epiphysis

b)

Diaphysis

c)

Periosteum

d)

Endosteum

e)

Medulla

14.

The femur is what kind of bone?

a)

Flat

b)

Short

c)

Long

d)

Irregular

e)

Sesamoid

15.

Carpals are what kind of bone?

a)

Flat

b)

Short

c)

Long

d)

Irregular

e)

Sesamoid

16.

The Epiphysial line is also known as what?

a)

Compact Bone

b)

Articular Cartilage

c)

Growth Plate

d)

Canaliculi

17.

What are mature bone cells called?

a)

Osteons

b)

Osteoclasts

c)

Osteoblasts

d)

Osteocytes

18.

What bone cells create more bone tissue?

a)

Osteons

b)

Osteoclasts

c)

Osteoblasts

d)

Osteocytes

19.

What bone cells break bone tissue down?

a)

Osteons

b)

Osteoclasts

c)

Osteoblasts

d)

Osteocytes

20.

What is the process of gradually changing cartilage into bone tissue?

a)

Resorption

b)

Calcification

c)

Ossification

d)

Osteocation

21.

What structure houses osteocytes?

a)

Osteons

b)

Canaliculi

c)

Lamellae

d)

Lacunae

e)

Haversian Canals

22.

What are the rings that make up osteons called?

a)

Osteons

b)

Canaliculi

c)

Lamellae

d)

Lacunae

e)

Haversian Canals

23.

What are the pathways that connect osteocytes called?

a)

Osteons

b)

Canaliculi

c)

Lamellae

d)

Lacunae

e)

Haversian Canals

24.

What structure is at the center of the osteon and houses blood vessels?

a)

Volkman's Canal

b)

Canaliculi

c)

Lamellae

d)

Lacunae

e)

Haversian Canals

25.

What structure connects different osteons to eachother and houses blood vessels?

a)

Volkman's Canal

b)

Canaliculi

c)

Lamellae

d)

Lacunae

e)

Haversian Canals

26.

Skull sutures are an example of what kind of joint?

a)

Amphiarthrotic

b)

Diarthrotic

c)

Synarthrotic

27.

Joints that are able to slightly move are called?

a)

Amphiarthrotic

b)

Diarthrotic

c)

Synarthrotic

28.

Finger joints are an example of what kind of joint?

a)

Amphiarthrotic

b)

Diarthrotic

c)

Synarthrotic

29.

What type of joint is the shoulder?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Hinge

c)

Pivot

d)

Saddle

30.

What kind of joint are the joints in the toes?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Hinge

c)

Pivot

d)

Saddle

31.

What kind of joint is the thumb?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Hinge

c)

Pivot

d)

Saddle

32.

The joint in the neck that allows your head to turn is what type of joint?

a)

Ball and Socket

b)

Hinge

c)

Pivot

d)

Saddle

33.

What bone makes the forehead?

a)

Parietal

b)

Frontal

c)

Coronal

d)

Maxilla

34.

What bone makes up the very back of the skull?

a)

Parietal

b)

Dorsal

c)

Occipital

d)

Temporal

35.

What suture connects frontal bone to the parietal bones?

a)

Coronal

b)

Lambdoidal

c)

Sagittal

d)

Squamosal

36.

What suture connects the occipital and parietal bones?

a)

Coronal

b)

Lambdoidal

c)

Sagittal

d)

Squamosal

37.

What suture connects the temporal and parietal bones?

a)

Coronal

b)

Lambdoidal

c)

Sagittal

d)

Squamosal

38.

What suture connects the parietal bones?

a)

Coronal

b)

Lambdoidal

c)

Sagittal

d)

Squamosal

39.

What is an opening in a skull that allows nerves and blood vessels to come through?

a)

Suture

b)

Process

c)

Foramen

d)

Fontanel

40.

What is the top section of vertebrae called?

a)

Cervical

b)

Thoracic

c)

Cervix

d)

Lumbar

e)

Coccyx

41.

What are the middle 12 vertebrae called?

a)

Cervical

b)

Thoracic

c)

Cervix

d)

Lumbar

e)

Coccyx

42.

What is the section of vertebrae in the lower back called?

a)

Cervical

b)

Thoracic

c)

Sacrum

d)

Lumbar

e)

Coccyx

43.

The tailbone consists of what bones?

a)

Illium

b)

Thoracic

c)

Sacrum

d)

Ishium

e)

Coccyx

44.

What kind of ribs do not attach to the sternum?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Detached

d)

Floating

45.

What kind of ribs attach directly to the sternum?

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Detached

d)

Floating

46.

How many false ribs are there?

a)

7

b)

3

c)

12

d)

2

47.

What bone makes up the upper arm?

a)

Ulna

b)

Femur

c)

Radius

d)

Humerus

e)

Tibia

48.

What bone makes up the upper leg?

a)

Ulna

b)

Femur

c)

Radius

d)

Humerus

e)

Tibia

49.

What are the bones of the wrist called?

a)

Metacarpals

b)

Tarsals

c)

Metatarsals

d)

Carpals

50.

What are the bones of the ankle called?

a)

Metacarpals

b)

Tarsals

c)

Metatarsals

d)

Carpals

51.

What are the bones of the hand called?

a)

Metacarpals

b)

Tarsals

c)

Metatarsals

d)

Carpals

52.

What are the bones of the foot called?

a)

Metacarpals

b)

Tarsals

c)

Metatarsals

d)

Carpals

53.

What are phalanges?

a)

A kind of joint

b)

Finger and toe bones

c)

Skull bones

d)

Bones of the ankle

54.

What are coxal bones?

a)

Knee bones

b)

Bones in skull

c)

Bone attached to ribs

d)

Parts of the pelvis

55.

What is the patella?

a)

Knee bone

b)

Bones in skull

c)

Bone attached to ribs

d)

Parts of the pelvis

56.

What is #2?

a)

Humerus

b)

Tibia

c)

Clavicle

d)

Patella

57.

What is #3?

a)

Humerus

b)

Tibia

c)

Clavicle

d)

Patella

58.

What is #4?

a)

Humerus

b)

Tibia

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

e)

Mandible

59.

What is #5?

a)

Humerus

b)

Tibia

c)

Radius

d)

Ulna

e)

Mandible

60.

What is #6?

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Radius

d)

Fibula

e)

Mandible

61.

What is #7?

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Radius

d)

Fibula

e)

Mandible

62.

What is #15?

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Radius

d)

Fibula

e)

Mandible

63.

What is #14?

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Radius

d)

Fibula

e)

Patella

64.

What is #13?

a)

Coccyx

b)

Tibia

c)

Sacrum

d)

Fibula

e)

Patella

65.

What is #12?

a)

Coccyx

b)

Tibia

c)

Sacrum

d)

Fibula

e)

Patella

66.

What is #11?

a)

Coccyx

b)

Pelvis

c)

Sacrum

d)

Fibula

e)

Patella

67.

What is #10?

a)

Vertebrae

b)

Ribs

c)

Scapula

d)

Sternum

e)

Clavicle

68.

What is #9?

a)

Vertebrae

b)

Ribs

c)

Scapula

d)

Sternum

e)

Clavicle

69.

What kind of fracture is this?

a)

Spiral

b)

Closed

c)

Greenstick

d)

Open

70.

Describe one of the disorders of the skeletal system and what causes it.

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