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Skeletal System Review

Total questions: 61

Worksheet time: 39mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the functions of the skeleton/bones?

a)

Protection

b)

Support

c)

Blood cell formation, and mineral storage

d)

All options provided

e)

Movement

2.

Irregular bones are found...

a)

Spine

b)

legs

c)

neck

d)

neither

3.

Flat bones are found..

a)

Skull

b)

Sternum

c)

Ribs

d)

All options provided

4.

Which of the following are considered "short bones"?

a)

carpals and tarsals

b)

arms

c)

knees

d)

spine

5.

Long Bones are found where?

a)

legs and arms

b)

toes

c)

nose

d)

skull

6.

What is the correct word surgery breakdown of the following word?

intercostal

a)

inter/costal

b)

inter/cost/al

c)

inter/o/cost/o/al

d)

inter/cost/o/al

7.
Name this bone.
a)
femur
b)
humerus
c)
tibia
d)

ulna

8.
a)
pelvis
b)
tibia
c)
sternum
d)
sacrum
9.
Name this bone.
a)
tibia
b)
fibula
c)
femur
d)

ulna

10.
Name this bone.
a)
fibula
b)
tibia
c)
femur
11.

Which bones are highlighted

a)

metacarpals

b)

metatarsals

c)

carpals

d)

tarsals

12.
Name this bone aka "skull"
a)
coccyx
b)
cranium
c)
clavicle
13.

Which long bone do you see in the figure?

a)

humerus

b)

femur

c)

collarbone

d)

rib

14.
The pink areas are the 
a)
appendicular skeleton
b)
axial skeleton
c)
blushing skeleton
15.

What bone is shown in red?

a)

patella

b)

pelvis

c)

clavicle

d)

scapula

16.
Name this bone.
a)
scapula
b)
clavicle
c)
sternum
17.
The knee joint is
a)
Hinge
b)
Gliding
c)
Ball and socket
d)
Pivot
18.

What type of joint is this?

a)

Hinge

b)

Pivot

c)

Ball and Socket

d)

Fixed

19.

Hinge joints are found in your _____ and _____.

a)

skull, jaw

b)

hips, shoulders

c)

hands, feet

d)

elbows, knees

20.

What is the correct word surgery breakdown of the following word?

tendonitis

a)

tendon/o/itis

b)

tendon/i/tis

c)

tendon/itis

d)

tend/o/nitis

21.

What is the correct word surgery breakdown of the following word?

craniotomy

a)

crani/otomy

b)

cranio/tomy

c)

cran/i/otomy

d)

crani/o/tomy

22.

Which word below matches the definition?

pain in the joints

a)

arthralgia

b)

orthalgia

c)

kyphosis

d)

intercostal

23.

Which bone is part of the axial skeleton?

a)

Vertebra

b)

Humerus

c)

Clavicle

d)

Femur

24.
Name this bone.
a)
xyphoid process
b)
coccyx
c)
sternum
25.

Which bone is shown here?

a)

Ulna

b)

Radius

c)

Humerus

d)

Phalanges

26.

Which bones are highlighted

a)

metacarpals

b)

metatarsals

c)

carpals

d)

tarsals

27.
The appendages of the body, which are the shoulders, arms, hips, and legs.
a)
Axial
b)
Appendicular
c)
Plane
d)
Frontal
28.

Which bone is the longest and strongest bone in the human body?

a)

tibia

b)

humerus

c)

femur

d)

radius

29.

What type of bone is the patella?

a)

Long bone

b)

Short bone

c)

Sesamoid bone

d)

Flat bone

30.

What is the correct word surgery breakdown of the following word?

osteoporosis

a)

oste/opor/osis

b)

ost/eopor/osis

c)

oste/o/porosis

d)

osteo/porosis

31.

What is the correct word surgery breakdown of the following word?

arthritis

a)

arthr/itis

b)

arth/ritis

c)

ar/thritis

d)

arthri/tis

32.

Which type of joint allows for rotation, such as turning your head side to side?

a)

Ball and socket

b)

Hinge

c)

Pivot

d)

Gliding

33.

The joint that moves in one direction, like a door

a)

ball and socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

gliding joint

34.

What type of fracture is it when the bone has splintered or been crushed?

a)

Colles

b)

Compound

c)

Comminuted

d)

Greenstick

35.

Which type of fracture is incomplete, bent, or partially broken, and primarily occurs in children?

a)

Greenstick

b)

Colles

c)

Oblique

d)

Compound

36.

Which type of fracture occurs when there is a broken skin as well as an open wound leading to the site of the fracture?

a)

Simple

b)

Comminuted

c)

Greenstick

d)

Compound

37.

Which bone forms the lower jaw in humans?

a)

Scapula

b)

Mandible

c)

Maxilla

d)

Clavicle

38.

What is the correct word surgery breakdown of the following word?

osteomyelitis

a)

oste/o/myel/itis

b)

oste/omyel/itis

c)

oste/o/myel/o/itis

d)

ost/eomyel/itis

39.

Which of the following is a flat bone?

a)

Scapula

b)

Femur

c)

Patella

d)

Vertebra

40.

Which word matches the following definition?

pertaining to below the ribs

a)

hypochondriac

b)

hypocostic

c)

subcostic

d)

subcostal

41.

Which word matches the following definition?

inflammation of the tendon

a)

ten/otis

b)

tendon/itis

c)

ten/itis

d)

tendon/o/itis

42.
How many bones are in an adult human body?
a)
196
b)
206
c)
226
d)
246
43.

Which of the following attach muscle to bone?

a)

Ligament

b)

Tendon

44.

Which of the following attach bone to bone?

a)

Ligament

b)

Tendon

45.

Which of the following means "between"?

a)

-een

b)

inter-

c)

betw-

d)

intra-

46.

Prefix that means "below/under"...?

(a)  

47.

Root word that means "rib"...?

a)

tars/o

b)

oste/o

c)

rib/o

d)

cost/o

48.

Root word that means "bone marrow; spinal cord"...?

(a)  

49.

Suffix that means "like; resembling"...?

(a)  

50.

Suffix that means "inflammation"...?

a)

-iris

b)

-oitis

c)

-itis

d)

Itis-

51.

Root word that means "fever"...?

(a)  

52.

Suffix that means "deficiency"...?

(a)  

53.

Prefix that means "within; into"...?

(a)  

54.

The name of the long bones of the foot translate to "pertaining to beyond the ankle"...

Which word surgery below represents this definition?

a)

meta/tars/al

b)

meta/carp/al

c)

tars/al

d)

meta/carp/ic

55.

Prefix that means "change; beyond"...?

(a)  

56.

Prefix that means "against"...?

(a)  

57.

TRUE or FALSE?

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome affects the hand/wrist.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

58.

TRUE or FALSE?

If something pertains to below the ribs, it is subcostal.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

59.

TRUE or FALSE?

The meaning of arthrodesis is "deficiency in a joint".

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

60.

TRUE or FALSE?

A sarcoma is "a tumor/mass in the flesh/connective tissue".

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

61.

TRUE or FALSE?

Someone with an "abnormal condition of humpback" has a diagnosis of scoliosis.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

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