Skeletal System

Question 1

Appendicular skeleton

Axial skeleton

Answer 1

Shoulder girdle, Arm, Hand, Pelvic girdle, Leg, Foot

Question 2

Axial skeleton

Appendicular

Answer 2

Skull, Hyoid bone, Vertebral column, Rib cage

Question 3

Bone types

Answer 3

Flat, Short, Long, Sesamoid, Irregular

Question 4

Carpal bones

Short

Answer 4

Wrist bones. The eight small bones that make up the wrist

Question 5

Clavicle

Long bone

Answer 5

Collar bone

Question 6

Coccyx

Answer 6

4 fused bones that

terminate the back-bone

Question 7

Cranium

Flat bone

Answer 7

Skull, especially the part enclosing the brain

Question 8

Femur

Long bone

Answer 8

Thigh bone

Question 9

Humerus

Long bone

Answer 9

Long bone in the upper arm.

Question 10

Ilium

Irregular bones

Answer 10

uppermost and largest part of the hip bone

Question 10

Fibula

(Long bone(

Answer 10

Calf bone.

Lower leg bone located on the lateral side of the tibia,

Question 11

Joint types

Answer 11

Fibrous, Cartilaginous & Synovial

Question 13

Ischium

Irregular bones

Answer 13

forms the lower and back part of the hip bone

Question 13

Joint, Cartilaginous

Answer 13

Joints jointed entirely by cartilage and alow limited movement. eg. vertebrae

Question 14

Joint, Fibrous

Answer 14

Joints connected by dense connective tissue.

Question 16

Joint, Synovial

Answer 16

Joints that allow maximum movement. eg.

elbow (between Ulna & Humerous), Shoulder, Hip, Knee, Ankle,

Question 17

Mandible

Answer 17

Jaw bone

Irregular

Question 18

Metacarpals

Long bones

Answer 18

The long bones within the hand that are connected to the carpals

Question 19

Metatarsals

Long bones

Answer 19

A group of five long bones in the foot, located between the tarsal bones of the hind- and mid-foot and the phalanges of the toes.

Question 20

Patella

Sesamoid bone

Answer 20

kneecap

Question 21

Pubis

Irregular bones

Answer 21

The pubis is the lower limit of the suprapubic region.

Question 21

Phalanges

Long bones

Answer 21

The digital bones in the hands and feet of most vertebrates. In primates, the thumbs and big toes have two phalanges - the other digits have three phalanges.

Question 23

Sternum

Flat bone

Answer 23

Breastbone. Part of the Thoracic cage.

Question 23

Radius

Long bones

Answer 23

one of the two large bones of the forearm extending from the lateral side of the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist

Question 24

Ribs

Flat bones

Answer 24

Bones that make up the Thoracic cage.

Question 25

Scapula

Flat bone

Answer 25

Shoulder blade

Question 26

Talus

Answer 26

Ankle bone.

One of the group of foot bones known as the tarsus.

Question 27

Tibia

Long bone

Answer 27

Largest bone in the lower leg and the second largest bone after the femur.

Question 28

Vertebrae, Cervical

Irregular

Answer 28

C1 - C7

Vertebrae of the neck

Question 30

Ulna

Long bone

Answer 30

forearm long bone that stretches from the elbow to the smallest finger

Question 30

Tarsals

Short bones

Answer 30

A set of seven irregularly shaped bones situated proximally in the foot in the ankle area.

Question 32

Vertebrae, Lumbar

Irregular

Answer 32

L1 - L5

Lower back vertebrae

Question 33

Vertebrae, Sacral

Irregular

Answer 33

5 fused bones

situated between the lumbar vertebrae and the coccyx

Question 34

Vertebrae, Thoracic

Irregular

Answer 34

T1 - T12

form the vertebral spine in the upper trunk