Skeletal System QUIZ

Question 1

Small, nearly flat articular surface

Answer 1

Facet

Question 2

Deep depression or shallow basin

Answer 2

Fossa

Question 3

Rounded process

Answer 3

Condyle

Question 4

Opening or hole

Answer 4

Foramen

Question 5

Projection xtension

Answer 5

Ramus

Question 6

Ridgelike projection

Answer 6

Crest

Question 7

Slightly raised ridge

Answer 7

Line

Question 8

Tubelike opening

Answer 8

Meatus

Question 9

Tiny pit or depression

Answer 9

Fovea

Question 10

Small, knoblike projection

Answer 10

Tubercle

Question 11

Thornlike projection

Answer 11

Spine

Question 12

Rounded enlargement at the end of bone

Answer 12

Head

Question 13

Air-filled cavity within bone

Answer 13

Sinus

Question 14

Relatively large process

Answer 14

Trochanter

Question 15

The extra bones that sometimes develop between the flat bones of the skull are called _______.

Answer 15

sutural

Question 16

Small bones occuring in some tendons are called ______ _______.

Answer 16

sesamoid bones

Question 17

The cranium and facial bones compose the _____.

Answer 17

skull

Question 18

The hyoid bone supports the _____.

Answer 18

tongue

Question 19

The _______` at the inferior end of the sacrum is composed of several fused vertebrae.

Answer 19

coccyx

Question 20

Most ribs are attached ______ to the sternum

Answer 20

anteriorly

Question 21

The thoracic cage is composed of twelve pairs of_____

Answer 21

ribs

Question 22

The Scapulae and clavicles together form the _____ _____

Answer 22

pectoral girdle

Question 23

Which of the following bones is not part of the appendicular skeleton: Clavicle, femur, scapula, sternum?

Answer 23

Sternum

Question 24

The wrist is composed of eight bones called _____

Answer 24

carpals

Question 25

The hip bones (Coxal Bones) are attached _____ to the sacrum

Answer 25

posteriorly

Question 26

The patella bone covers the anterior surface of the ___

Answer 26

knee

Question 27

The bones that articulate with the distal ends of the tibia and fibula are called ______.

Answer 27

tarsals

Question 28

All finger and toe bones are called _____

Answer 28

phalanges

Question 29

The _____ column includes vertebra, sacrum, and coccyx

Answer 29

vertebral

Question 30

The ______ bone is part of the pectoral girdle

Answer 30

scapula

Question 31

A ______ is a very large projection on a bone

Answer 31

trochanter

Question 32

A _____ is a shallow basin depression

Answer 32

fossa

Question 33

Bones that might form in the skull, but are not considered in the total number are_____ bones

Answer 33

sutural

Question 34

The ____ is a bone in the upper limb

Answer 34

ulna

Question 35

A ____ is a depression type of bone feature (bone marking)

Answer 35

sulcus

Question 36

The vertebral column encloses and protects the____ ____

Answer 36

spinal cord

Question 37

The vertebral column extends from the skull to the ____

Answer 37

pelvis

Question 38

The seventh cervical vertebra is called the vertebra ______ and has an obvious spinous process surface feature that can be palpated

Answer 38

prominens

Question 39

The bodies of the vertebrae support the ______of the head and trunk

Answer 39

weight

Question 40

The_____ ______ separate adjacent vertebrae and they soften

Answer 40

intervertebral discs

Question 41

The intervertebral foramina provide _________ for spinal nerves

Answer 41

passageways

Question 42

Transverse_________ of cervical vertebrae serve as passageways for blood vessels leading to the brain

Answer 42

foramina

Question 43

The first vertebra also called the _____

Answer 43

atlas

Question 44

When the head is moved from side to side, the vertebra ______ around the dens of the second vertebra

Answer 44

pivots

Question 45

The _____ _____ have the largest and strongest bodies

Answer 45

Lumbar vertebrae

Question 46

The number of vertebrae that fuse in the adult to form the sacrum is ______

Answer 46

five