Test- Skeletal System

Question 1

21. What is the 1st cervical vertebrae of the spine called?

Answer 1

C1, cervical vertebrae and atlas.

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Question 2

36. What is the top, front bone on the foot called?

Answer 2

Tibia bone.

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Question 3

38. What is the heel bone called?

Answer 3

Tarsal, Calcaneus, and gliding joint bone.

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Question 4

44. What would happen if your spine was perfectly straight?

Answer 4

Walking would be extremely uncomfortable.

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Question 5

45. The spine is made up of little ring-shaped bones. What are the numbers of the types of vertebrae of the sections of the spinal column?

Answer 5

Cervical- 7
Thoracic- 12
Lumbar- 5 
Sacrum- 1
Coccyx- 1
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Question 6

50. What advantage do we gain from the fact that bones are hollow?

Answer 6

We can move around easily?

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Question 7

51. What is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

Answer 7

To circulate blood.

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Question 8

55. What vertebrae allows the head to turn or pivot?

Answer 8

Axis.

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Question 9

56. What is most of a baby’s skeleton made of?

Answer 9

Cartilage.

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Question 10

73. What movement does the knee allow and what type of joint is it and what other joints are like it? What four bones make up this joint?

Answer 10

Back and forth. It is a hinge joint and the patella, tibia, fibula, and femur make up this joint.
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Question 11

76. What joint is a pivot joint?

Answer 11

The neck joint.

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Question 12

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

Answer 12

Both are right because bones fuse over time.
Babies have more; but over time cartilage turns to bone.
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