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Joints and Broken Bones Test

Total questions: 96

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The majority of the joints of the body are:

a)
Synovial Joints
b)
Fibrous Joints
c)
Cartilagenous Joints
d)
Synarthroses
2.

Which type of joints are the suture joints in the skull?

a)

Cartilaginous

b)

Synovial

c)

Fibrous

d)

Cranial

3.

The majority of the joints of the body are:

a)
Synovial Joints
b)
Fibrous Joints
c)
Cartilagenous Joints
d)
Synarthroses
4.

Which type of joints are the suture joints in the skull?

a)

Cartilaginous

b)

Synovial

c)

Fibrous

d)

Cranial

5.
Along with the synovial fluid, this structure permits friction-free movement in the synovial joints
a)
Joint Capsule
b)
Ligaments
c)
Synovial Membrane
d)
Articular Cartilage
6.
The joint offering the widest range of motion is the
a)
Hinge Joint
b)
Gliding Joint
c)
Condyloid Joint
d)
Ball-and-Socket Joint
7.
An extreme extension of a joint beyond its normally straight position is called:
a)
Abduction
b)
Adduction
c)
Hyperextension
d)
Inversion
8.

Why is the shoulder the joint which is most likely to be dislocated?

a)

Because it is more mobile than it is stable

b)

Because it does not contain bursae

c)

Because the humeral head is often the site of fractures

d)

Because it experience the most trauma of all of the synovial joints

9.
Which joint has a medial and lateral meniscus
a)
Hip
b)
Elbow
c)
Knee
d)
Shoulder
10.
The rotator cuff is found in which joint?
a)
Knee
b)
Shoulder
c)
Hip
d)
Elbow
11.
The elbow is an example of a:
a)
Ball and socket joint
b)
Fibrous Joint
c)
Gliding Joint
d)
Hinge Joint
12.
What type of joint is located in your elbow?
a)
Hinge
b)
Gliding
c)
Ball and Socket
13.
What type of joint is located in your vertebrae?
a)
Gliding
b)
Hinge
c)
Ball and Socket
14.
What type of joint is located in your elbow?
a)
Hinge
b)
Gliding
c)
Ball and Socket
15.
What type of joint is located in your vertebrae?
a)
Gliding
b)
Hinge
c)
Ball and Socket
16.
What type of joint is located in your shoulder?
a)
Hinge
b)
Gliding
c)
Ball and Socket
17.
What special joint is located in your thumb?
a)
Horse
b)
Cattle
c)
Saddle
d)
Gallop
18.
This means that you can bend at joints:
a)
Joints
b)
Cartilage
c)
Articulated
d)
Flexible
19.
This is connected by a ball and socket joint
a)
Elbow
b)
Ankle
c)
Thumb
d)
Hip/Pelvis
20.
This is connected by a hinge joint
a)
Knee
b)
Vertebrae
c)

Skull

d)
Kneecap
21.
Your patella or kneecap is located on top of a _____________ joint.
a)
Ball and Socket
b)
Hinge
c)
Gliding
d)

Swing

22.
This is connected by a gliding joint
a)
ankle
b)
pelvis
c)
jaw
d)
swing
23.
Within joints you can find this:
a)
Cartilage
b)
Bone
c)
Hair
d)
Paper
24.

Where is the pivot joint located ?

a)

Neck

b)

Knee

c)

Thumb

25.

Where is the hinge joint located

a)

neck

b)

elbow

c)

knee

26.

Where is the plane joint located?

a)

Elbow

b)

Between tarsal bones

c)

Between c1 and c2 vertebrae

27.

What type of joint is displayed in the picture?

a)

Ellipsoid joint

b)

Pivot joint

c)

Synovial joint

28.

What type of joint is displayed in the picture?

a)

Pivot joint

b)

Ellipsoid joint

c)

Hinge joint

29.

What type of joint is displayed in the picture?

a)

Saddle joint

b)

Ellipsoid joint

c)

Pivot joint

30.

What joint is displayed in picture

a)

Hinge Joint

b)

Saddle joint

c)

Ball and socket joint

31.

What joint is displayed in picture?

a)

hinge joint

b)

plane joint

c)

pivot joint

32.

Which is an example of a hinge joint

a)

knee and elbow

b)

shoulder and hip

c)

neck

d)

ankle and wrist

33.
Name this joint
a)
pivot
b)
saddle
c)
gliding
d)
hinge
34.

The skull is an example of what type of joint?

a)

Cartilaginous (amphiarthrosis)

b)

Synovial (diarthrosis)

c)

Fibrous (synarthrosis)

35.
Name this joint
a)
gliding
b)
saddle
c)
condyloid
d)
pivot
36.
The knee joint is
a)
Hinge
b)
Gliding
c)
Ball and socket
d)
Pivot
37.

Bones that have complex shapes are called...

a)

Flat bones

b)

Irregular bones

c)

Sesamoid bones

d)

Long bones

38.
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
39.
Fibrous joints are?
a)
freely moveable
b)
partially moveable
c)
immovable
40.

What is the purpose of synovial fluid in synovial joints?

a)

To hold the joint together

b)

To lubricate the joint

c)

To prevent bone rubbing

d)

To provide flexibility to the joint

41.
a)

ball-and-socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joit

d)

planar joint

42.

a)

ball-and-socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

planar joint

43.

gliding movement ONLY

a)

ball-and-socket joint

b)

hinge joint

c)

pivot joint

d)

planar joint

44.

What connects bone to bone?

a)

Tendons

b)

Ligaments

c)

Joint Capsule

d)

Bursae

45.

A clear and slippery liquid that lubricates the joint and stops the bones rubbing together, is ...

a)

Bursae

b)

Cartilage

c)

Synovial Fluid

d)

Joint Capsule

46.
Name this joint
a)
gliding
b)
saddle
c)
condyloid
d)
pivot
47.
Carpals and tarsals (flat bones) are examples of this type of joint
a)
condyloid
b)
gliding
c)
hinge
d)
saddle
48.
Hip and shoulder have examples of this type of joint
a)
ball and socket
b)
condyloid
c)
hinge
d)
gliding
49.

S-shaped separation of the bone. Occurs when the foot is firmly planted and body is suddenly rotated.

a)

Greenstick Fracture

b)

Oblique Fracture

c)

Spiral Fracture

d)

Transverse Fracture

50.

Occurs in a straight line at right angle to the shaft of the bone. Usually caused by a direct blow.

a)

Greenstick Fracture

b)

Oblique Fracture

c)

Spiral Fracture

d)

Transverse Fracture

51.
Bone breaks into many fragments.
a)
Shattered Fracture
b)
Traction Fracture 
c)
Comminuted Fracture
d)
The Magic School Bus
52.
Tissue that connects bone to bone
a)
Ligament
b)
Tendon
c)
Cartilage
d)
Muscle
53.

The xray shows a fracture that has bones broken into more than two pieces. What type of fracture is this?

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Impacted

d)

Comminuted

54.

This is the first stage of bone healing.

a)

  • Osteoclasts appear and take care of bone fragments.

b)

  • Bleeding and then a blood clot is formed and it swells.

c)

  • Phagocytes come and clean up the area by removing dead cells and any germs.

d)

  • Chondroblast hold the broken ends together with a fibrocartilaginous tissue. It’s called a soft callus.

55.

During this phase of bone healing the blood vessels in and around the bone are torn and bleeding occurs

a)

Hematoma formation

b)

Fibrocartilaginous callus formation

c)

Bony callus formation

d)

Remodeling

56.

This is the stage in which collagen fibers start to span the break and connect the broken bones.

a)

Hematoma formation

b)

Fibrocartilaginous callus formation

c)

Bony callus formation

d)

Remodeling

57.

At the end of this stage of bone healing the final structure resembles the original unbroken bone

a)

Hematoma formation

b)

Fibrocartilaginous callus formation

c)

Bony callus formation

d)

Remodeling

58.

This acts as the body’s natural splint

a)

Hematoma formation

b)

Fibrocartilaginous callus formation

c)

Bony callus formation

d)

Remodeling

59.

The initial even following a bone fracture is:

a)

Hemorrhage and hematoma formation

b)

Endochondral ossification

c)

Remodeling

d)

Ossification of internal callus

e)

Formation of granulation tissue

60.

Healing of a fracture, even after severe damage, depends on the survival of:

a)

The circulatory supply and the cellular components of the Endosteum and Periosteum

b)

The bone’s mineral strength and its resistance to stress

c)

Osteoblasts within the spongy and compact bone

d)

External callus which protects the fractured area

61.

This cell lays down new bone and helps repair damage.

a)

Osteoblast

b)

Osteoclast

c)

Osteocyte

d)

Osteobuddies

62.

The xray shows a fracture that has bones broken into more than two pieces. What type of fracture is this?

a)

Simple

b)

Compound

c)

Impacted

d)

Comminuted

63.

What is happening in this stage of bone healing?

a)

Bone is fractured

b)

Hard callus forms, osteoblast cells create new bone

c)

Remodeling, osteoclasts remove extra bone until its completely healed

d)

Soft callus forms, chondroblast and fibroblasts produce the firbocartilaginous calus.

64.

What is happening in this stage of bone healing?

a)

Bone is fractured

b)

Hard callus forms, osteoblast cells create new bone

c)

Remodeling, osteoclasts remove extra bone until its completely healed

d)

Soft callus forms, chondroblast and fibroblasts produce the fibrocartilaginous calus

65.

What is happening in this stage of bone healing?

a)

hematoma forms

b)

Hard callus forms, osteoblast cells create new bone

c)

Remodeling, osteoclasts remove extra bone until its completely healed

d)

Soft callus forms, chondroblast and fibroblasts produce the fibrocartilaginous calus

66.

What is happening in this stage of bone healing?

a)

Bone is fractured

b)

Hard callus forms, osteoblast cells create new bone

c)

Remodeling, osteoclasts remove extra bone until its completely healed

d)

Soft callus forms, chondroblast and fibroblasts produce the fibrocartilaginous calus

67.

#2 - the "shaft" of the bone is known as the -

a)

epiphysis

b)

medullary cavity

c)

diaphysis

d)

articulate cartilage

68.

#5 is made up of -

a)

spongy bone

b)

compact bone

c)

disphysis bone

d)

yellow marrow

69.

#6, the outer lining of the bone is called the.

a)

periosteum

b)

spongy bone

c)

epiphysis

d)

compact bone

70.

#7 Is the site of bone growth and is known as the

a)

yellow marrow

b)

periosteum

c)

compact bone

d)

epiphyseal plate

71.

#9 contains

a)

compact bone

b)

spongy bone

c)

yellow marrow

d)

periosteum

72.
The hardest, most dense part of the bone tissue is the
a)
periosteum
b)
spongy bone
c)
osteoblast
d)
compact bone
73.

This type of bone contains the medullary cavity.

a)
Compact Bone
b)
Spongy or Cancellous Bone
74.

Which of the following is filled with yellow marrow? 

a)

medullary cavity

b)
spongy bone
c)
periosteum
d)

cancellous bone

75.
Where are blood cells made? 
a)
Yellow marrow 
b)
Red marrow
c)
Spongy Bone 
d)
Periosteum
76.

The wider ends of the long bone are anatomically referred to as the: 

a)
Epiphyseal plate 
b)
Medulary Cavity 
c)
Periosteum 
d)
Epiphysis 
77.

Identify 4, which covers both ends of the bone.

a)

Cartilage

b)

Proximal Epiphysis

c)

Distal Epiphysis

d)

Epiphyseal Line

78.

Identify the thin plate labeled #6, which is also known commonly as the "growth plate".

a)

Spongy Bone

b)

Compact Bone

c)

Articular Cartilage

d)

Epiphyseal Line

79.
Spongy bone would primarily be found where in a bone?
a)
diaphysis
b)
epiphysis
c)
periosteum
d)
endosteum
80.
What type of bone makes up the diaphysis?
a)
spongy bone
b)
compact bone
c)
rigid bone
d)
soft bone
81.

Yellow marrow is which letter?

a)

E

b)

A

c)

H

d)

J

82.

What does I represent?

a)

medullary canal

b)

red marrow

c)

diaphysis

d)

periosteum

83.

Diaphysis is which letter?

a)

D

b)

F

c)

J

d)

K

84.

What are the 2 types of bone tissue found in a long bone?

a)

spongy and compact

b)
marrow and blood vessels
c)
axial and appendicular
d)

red and yellow

85.

Which bone structure makes new blood cells?

a)

Compact

b)

Spongy

c)

Red Marrow

d)

Yellow Marrow

86.

What is the function of yellow bone marrow?

a)

To store energy as fat

b)

To produce blood cells

c)

To regulate blood calcium levels

d)

To protect against glucose intolerance

87.

Which type of bone are the femur and humerus?

a)

Long bones

b)

Flat bones

c)

Short bones

d)

Irregular bones

88.

What is the function of compact bone?

a)

To provide structural scaffolding for supporting weight.

b)

To store energy as fat

c)

To produce blood cells

d)

To regulate blood calcium levels

89.

What is the main function of bones in the human body?

a)

Sensation, perception, and cognition.

b)

Digestion, absorption, and elimination.

c)

Support, protection, and structure

d)

Movement, flexibility, and coordination.

90.

What is the process called when a broken bone heals and reforms?

a)

bone remodeling

b)

bone regeneration

c)

bone restructuring

d)

bone reconstruction

91.

What is the outer layer of a bone called?

a)

periosteum

b)

epiphysis

c)

medullary cavity

d)

endosteum

92.

What is the function of osteoclasts in bone remodeling?

a)

Bone formation

b)

Bone growth

c)

Bone resorption

d)

Bone repair

93.

What are the two main types of bone tissue?

a)

dense bone and porous bone

b)

hard bone and soft bone

c)

compact bone and spongy bone

d)

solid bone and hollow bone

94.

The weight-bearing bone of the lower leg:

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Fibula

d)

Fibia

95.

This lower leg bone (red) is known as:

a)

Femur

b)

Tibia

c)

Fibula

d)

Tibula

96.

The highlighted bones are called:

a)

Tarsals

b)

Metatarsals

c)

Phalanges

d)

Feets

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