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Skeletal System

Quiz by Michael Shea

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25 questions
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  • Q1
    Cube-shaped bone linked to smaller movements
    Long Bone
    Irregular Bone
    Short bone
    Flat Bone
    120s
  • Q2
    Bone that is longer than it is wide, has ends that are covered in articular cartilage
    Long Bone
    Irregular Bone
    Short Bone
    Sesamoid Bone
    120s
  • Q3
    Bones that protect internal organs and have large surface area
    Sesamoid Bone
    Short Bone
    Long Bone
    Flat Bone
    120s
  • Q4
    Bones that are not regularly shaped and do not fit into the other categories
    Irregular Bone
    Flat bone
    Long Bone
    Short Bone
    120s
  • Q5
    Small and often oval shaped bone which is embedded in tendons
    Long Bone
    Irregular Bone
    Short Bone
    Sesamoid Bone
    120s
  • Q6
    What are the two sections that the skeleton is sub-divided in to?
    Axial and Appendicular
    Axial and Skeletal
    Appendicular and Thoracic
    Axial and Appendage
    120s
  • Q7
    How many pairs of ribs do we have?
    12
    7
    2
    3
    120s
  • Q8
    How many pairs of true ribs do we have?
    7
    12
    3
    2
    120s
  • Q9
    How many pairs of false ribs do we have?
    7
    3
    2
    12
    120s
  • Q10
    How many pairs of floating ribs do we have?
    7
    3
    12
    2
    120s
  • Q11
    What are the five sections of the vertebral column?
    ventricle, thoracic, femur, sacrum and coccyx
    clavicle, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum and coccyx
    cervical, scapula, lumbar, sacrum and soleus
    cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacrum and coccyx
    120s
  • Q12
    Functions of the skeletal system include protection, muscle attachment for movement, storage of minerals, shape and which other two
    blood production and support
    contractions and moving
    flexion and extension
    Synovial and Calcium Production
    120s
  • Q13
    What are the three classifications of joints?
    fixed, fibrous, immoveable
    fixed, moveable, stuck
    fixed, slightly moveable and freely moveable
    slightly moveable, cartilaginous and fixed
    120s
  • Q14
    What are the classifications of joint also known as?
    slightly moveable, fibrous and fixed
    fibrous, fixed and immoveable
    Hinge, ball and socket and flexion
    Immovable, cartilaginous and synovial
    120s
  • Q15
    Hinge, ball and socket, pivot and gliding are examples of synovial joints, what are the remaining two?
    Saddle and Fibrous
    Fibrous and Articular
    Flexion and Elbow
    Saddle and Condyloid
    120s

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