Skeletal System

Question 1

How many bones in the axial skeleton?

Answer 1

80

Question 2

How many bones in the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 2

126

Question 3

Carpal bones

Answer 3

Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum, Pisiform, Hamate, Capitate, Trapezoid, Trapezium

Question 4

Tarsal bones

Answer 4

Calcaneus, Talus, Navicular, Cuboid, and Medial, Intermediate, and Lateral Cuneiforms

Question 5

Cartilage types

Answer 5

Hyaline, Fibrous, and Elastic

Question 6

Roles of the skeletal system

Answer 6

Body support, protection, movement, mineral storage, blood cell production, energy storage

Question 7

Condyle

Answer 7

A rounded knob that articulates with another bone

Question 8

Head

Answer 8

Prominent expanded end of bone

Question 9

Facet

Answer 9

Smooth flat slightly convex or concave surface

Question 10

Epicondyle

Answer 10

Projection superior to condyle

Question 11

Trochanter

Answer 11

Large processes on femur

Question 12

Tubercle

Answer 12

Small rounded process

Question 13

Tuberosity

Answer 13

Rough elevated process

Question 14

Crest

Answer 14

Narrow ridge

Question 15

Meatus

Answer 15

Canal-like passage

Question 16

Fossa

Answer 16

Shallow depression

Question 17

Foramen

Answer 17

Round or oval opening

Question 18

Fissure

Answer 18

Slit-like opening

Question 19

Numbers of vertebrae

Answer 19

7 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, plus sacrum 5 (fused) and coccyx 3-5 (fused)