Skeletal System Lab Quiz

Question 1

What does the axial skeleton consist of?

Answer 1

• Midline of the body

- Skull, vertebra, ribs, sternum

Question 2

What does the appendicular skeleton consist of?

Answer 2

• Arms & legs
• Pectoral girdle
• Pelvic girdle

Question 3

What are the 4 types of bones?

Answer 3

Long bone
Short bone
Irregular bone
Flat bone

Question 4

What is the fibrous outer layer of a long bone?

Answer 4

Periosteum

Question 5

What is in the inner later of a long bone?

Answer 5

Osteocytes

- osteoblasts & osteoclasts

Question 6

What happens in bone marrow?

Answer 6

Site of cell production

Question 7

What does red bone marrow do?

Answer 7

• Produce RBC, WBS, and platlets

Question 8

Where is red bone marrow found?

Answer 8

Found in flat bones and ends of long bones

Question 9

What color is stromal bone barrow?

Answer 9

Yellow

Question 10

What does yellow bone marrow do?

Answer 10

• Produce fat, cartilage, and bone

Question 11

Where is yellow bone marrow found?

Answer 11

Irregular and short bones and center of long bones

Question 12

What is the vertebral column?

Answer 12

Series of vertebrae

Question 13

What does the cervical vertebral column consist of?

Answer 13

Neck

- Atlas and axis –> supports neck

Question 14

Where is the thoracic region?

Answer 14

Chest

Question 15

Where is the lumbar region?

Answer 15

Loin

Question 16

What is unique with the sacral section of the vertebral column?

Answer 16

usually, fused into one solid bone –> sacrum

Question 17

Where does the sacral section sit?

Answer 17

Within the pelvic girdle

Question 18

What is the coccygeal region?

Answer 18

Tail

- Coccyx

Question 19

What does the cranium do?

Answer 19

• Encloses brain
• Encloses middle and inner ears
• Protects nose and eyes
• Frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital bones

Question 20

What does the maxilla do?

Answer 20

Forms facial bones

Question 21

What is the zygomatic arch?

Answer 21

Cheeck bone

Question 22

What does the palate do?

Answer 22

Separates nasal cavity from mouth

Question 23

Where are the sinuses?

Answer 23

Behind the nasal cavity and connect to palate

Question 24

Where is the foramen magnum?

Answer 24

Base of the cranium where spinal cord attaches

Question 25

What is the mandible?

Answer 25

Lower jaw

Question 26

What does the mandible do?

Answer 26

Forms a joint with the skull to move

Question 27

What are true ribs?

Answer 27

Attached to the sternum

Question 28

What are false ribs?

Answer 28

Attached to rib in front by cartilage

Question 29

What are floating ribs?

Answer 29

Not attached in the front at all

Question 30

What does the pelvic girdle attach to

Answer 30

Attaches to hind limbs

Question 31

What does the pelvic girdle support?

Answer 31

Intestines, bladder, and internal sex organs

Question 32

What does the pectoral girdle attach to?

Answer 32

Attaches to forelimbs

Question 33

What are joints?

Answer 33

Connection of bones

Question 34

What type of joints allow for full movement?

Answer 34

Synovial joints

Question 35

What type of joints allow no movement?

Answer 35

Fibrous joints

Question 36

What type of joints allow some movement?

Answer 36

Cartilaginous

Question 37

What are some types of synovial joints?

Answer 37

• Hinge
• Pivot
• Ball and socket
• Saddle
• Ellipsoid
• Gliding

Question 38

mal-

Answer 38

ill, bad, abnormal

Question 39

oste-

Answer 39

bone

Question 40

vertebr/spondyl

Answer 40

referring to the structure or condition of the vertebra

Question 41

cost-

Answer 41

ribs

Question 42

arthr/articul-

Answer 42

joint

Question 43

chondr-

Answer 43

cartilage

Question 44

-oma

Answer 44

tumor

Question 45

-metry

Answer 45

process of measuring