Deck 13: Organization of the Skeletal System

Question 1

How many bones make up the adult skeleton?

A) 210
B) 202
C) 206
D) 204

Answer 1

C

Question 2

All of the following are functions of the skeletal system EXCEPT ________.

A) maintaining body temperature
B) manufacturing blood cells
C) supporting the body's soft tissues
D) serving as levers that allow the muscular system to produce movement

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which of the following cells dissolve bone matrix to tear bone down so that is can be replaced with new stronger bone?

A) marrow
B) osteoblasts
C) osteocytes
D) osteoclasts

Answer 3

D

Question 4

What three bones form the coxal bone?

A) ilium, ischium, coccyx
B) ilium, ischium, pubis
C) ilium, ischium, sacrum
D) none of the above

Question 5

The cells responsible for bone growth and repair are called ________.

A) periosteum
B) bone marrow
C) osteocytes
D) osteoblasts

Question 6

Which structure allows the diaphysis of the bone to grow longer until early childhood?

A) lacunae
B) epiphysis
C) osteon
D) epiphyseal plate

Question 7

Unlike compact bone, spongy bone forms a meshwork of bony struts called ________.

A) canaliculi
B) osteons
C) lacunae
D) trabeculae

Question 8

Red bone marrow contains a high amount of ________.

A) elastic tissue
B) blood forming cells
C) fat
D) cartilage

Question 9

All of the following bones are part of the upper limbs EXCEPT ________.

A) humerus
B) ulna
C) metatarsals
D) carpals

Question 10

What are the small spaces in bone matrix, where osteocytes reside?

A) lamellae
B) lacunae
C) osteons
D) central canals

Question 11

The inner layer of bone tissue consists of ________.

A) marrow
B) osteoblasts
C) compact bone
D) chondrocytes

Question 12

The Haversion system refers to ________.

A) lacunae
B) lamellae
C) central canals
D) osteons

Question 13

If a bone fractured in the shaft, what part of the bone would be broken?

A) epiphysis
B) metaphysis
C) diaphysis
D) articular cartilage

Question 14

Which of the following is a bone marking that indicates a rounded passageway for blood vessels or nerves?

A) tubercle
B) trochanter
C) foramen
D) process

Question 15

The term diploë refers to ________.

A) the two types of marrow found in bone
B) the growth plate
C) the layer of connective tissue the covers the bone
D) the spongy bone between the compact bone of flat bones

Question 16

The central canal is the site of ________.

A) cartilage
B) blood vessels and nerves
C) yellow and red marrow
D) osteoclasts and osteoblasts

Question 17

Yellow bone marrow contains a high amount ________.

A) blood-forming cells
B) fat
C) elastic tissue
D) cartilage

Question 18

All of the following are part of the appendicular skeleton EXCEPT ________.

A) clavicle
B) hyoid bone
C) scapula
D) coxal bones

Question 19

All of the following are parts of the axial skeleton EXCEPT ________.

A) hyoid bone
B) vertebrae
C) scapula
D) sternum

Question 20

All of the following are examples of short bones EXCEPT ________.

A) tarsals
B) vertebral bones
C) carpals
D) none of the above

Question 21

What type of bone marking is a shallow depression?

A) fossa
B) foramen
C) fissure
D) sulcus

Question 22

What type of bone marking is a small, flat articular surface?

A) canal
B) ramus
C) facet
D) fossa

Question 23

What type of bone marking is a large, rough projection?

A) line
B) trochanter
C) head
D) tubercle

Question 24

What type of bone marking refers to a pointed process?

A) process
B) spine
C) tubercle
D) trochanter