Test - Skeletal System

Question 1

16 What type of joint is behind the frontal bone and under the parietal bone?

Answer 1

P. 39 immovable joint

Question 2

19 What bone is above the maxillary on the skull?

Answer 2

P. 39 Zygomatic

Question 3

23 What do ligaments do

Answer 3

P. 42 attach bones to other bones

Question 4

24 Is circulating bones a function of the skeletal system?

Answer 4

P. 42 No

Question 5

28 What is the little black dots in the center of the osteons?

Answer 5

P. 44 Haversian canals

Question 6

29 What is found between periosteum and spongy bone?

Answer 6

P. 42 compact bone

Question 7

36. What letters are on the tip of the vertebrae?

Answer 7

P. 36 - 37 a,b, & c

Question 8

38. L1 L2 L3 L4 L5 is a vertebrae

Answer 8

P. 36 lumbar

Question 9

40 Which term describes cortical bone?

Answer 9

P. 38 rigid

Question 10

43 What is on the heel of your foot?

Answer 10

P. 36-37 tarsal, calcaneus ,bone of gliding joint

Question 11

49 The vertebrae that allows the head to turn or pivot is

Answer 11

P. 35 axis

Question 12

54 What do the cartilage between bones do?

Answer 12

P. 44 Provides padding and protection against wear and tear

Question 13

62 By eating dairy products, you are helping to maintain healthy bones because dairy products

Answer 13

are good sources of calcium

Question 14

63 What is made up of 4 fused vertebrae

Answer 14

coccyx

Question 15

71 What are the ribs attached T11-T12 called

Answer 15

P. 36 Floating

Question 16

74 Which type of joint provides the greatest range of motion?

Answer 16

P. 36 - 42 Ball and Socket, Joint C, Scapula, Clavicle and Humerus

Question 17

#75 What kind of motion does the knee joint allow?
What four bones make up this joint?

Answer 17

P. 36-42 backward and forward, femur, patella, tibia

Question 18

76 Which joint is a pivot joint?

Answer 18

P. 35 B, Axis and Atlas

Question 19

77 The skull’s joint has two bones separated by a line. What does the line represent?

Answer 19

P. 35 - 39 Immovable joint, parietal and frontal

Question 20

78 Which joints are movable?

Answer 20

P. 35 Knee Joint, Vertebrae, Shoulder are movable D is movable q

Question 21

79 Explain why some people say we have 33 vertebrae and some say 26 vertebrae. How can both be right?

Answer 21

When you get older your bones fuse together, babies have more, cartilage turns into bone, breakfast (7 cervical vertebrae ) lunch (12 thoracic vertebrae ) dinner (5)