Chapter 6: Skeletal Structure

Question 1

Most dense type of connective tissue

Answer 1

Bone

Question 2

Which is not a function of bones

Answer 2

Store sodium (protect, framework, blood cells)

Question 3

The number of bones in the average adult body

Answer 3

206

Question 4

Which is not a type of bone

Answer 4

Round (flat, long, short)

Question 5

Bones of the fingers and toes

Answer 5

Phalanges

Question 6

Which is not a flat bone

Answer 6

Fibula (skull, rib, sternum)

Question 7

Carpals and tarsals are which type of bones

Answer 7

Short (long, round, flat)

Question 8

Which is not a bone cell

Answer 8

Osteoporosis

Question 9

The type of bone cells that build bones

Answer 9

Osteoblast

Question 10

Two main groups of bones are axial and ___

Answer 10

Appendicular

Question 11

Which is not a part of the axial skeleton

Answer 11

Shoulder girdle (skull, vertebrae, rib cage)

Question 12

The lower jaw or jawbone

Answer 12

Mandible

Question 13

Another name for C1 vertebra

Answer 13

Atlas

Question 14

Total number of vertebrae in an adult human

Answer 14

26

Question 15

The 12 pairs of ribs attach to which vertebrae

Answer 15

Thoracic

Question 16

The small portion of bone at the inferior end of the vertebral column

Answer 16

Coccyx

Question 17

Ribs 1-7 attach anteriorly to the ____

Answer 17

Sternum

Question 18

The shoulder blade

Answer 18

Scapula

Question 19

The upper arm bone

Answer 19

Humerus

Question 20

Lateral bone (thumb side) in the forearm

Answer 20

Radius

Question 21

The eight bones in the wrist

Answer 21

Carpals

Question 22

How many phalanges are on one hand

Answer 22

14

Question 23

The upper leg bone

Answer 23

Femur

Question 24

The kneecap

Answer 24

Patella

Question 25

The 7 ankle bones

Answer 25

Tarsals

Question 26

The shin bone

Answer 26

Tibia

Question 27

The heel bone

Answer 27

Calcaneus

Question 28

The 5 bones that form the palm of the hand

Answer 28

Metacarpals

Question 29

Another name for bony joints

Answer 29

Articulation

Question 30

Which is not a type of bony joint

Answer 30

thrombosis(correct), synarthorsis, amphisrthrosis, Diathrosis

Question 31

Ribs 11 and 12 are called floating ribs (t/f)

Answer 31

True

Question 32

The hip bone

Answer 32

Os coxae

Question 33

Bones store calcium (t/f)

Answer 33

True

Question 34

Bone marrow is found in the medullary cavity of bones (t/f)

Answer 34

True

Question 35

A present epiphyseal plate means no more growth potential (t/f)

Answer 35

False