Skeletal System

Question 1

Axial Skeleton

Answer 1

Made up of eighty bones

Question 2

Appendicular skeleton

Answer 2

Comprises the upper and lower extremities

Question 3

Compact bone

Answer 3

Denser bone tissue

Question 4

Spongy bone

Answer 4

Pieces of bone that look like a honeycomb

Question 5

Long bones

Answer 5

Has shaft and two ends

Question 6

Short bones

Answer 6

Shaped roughly like a cube

Question 7

Flat bones

Answer 7

Two thin layers of bone with spongy bone in between

Question 8

Irregular bones

Answer 8

Vary in shape and structure, it’s miscellaneous.

Question 9

Diaphysis

Answer 9

Shaft of a bone

Question 10

Periosteum

Answer 10

Fibrous sheath that covers bones

Question 11

Epiphyseal line

Answer 11

Epiphyseal plate that has become rigid

Question 12

Hematoma

Answer 12

Pool of clotted blood

Question 13

Cranium

Answer 13

Bones that form the head

Question 14

Occipital bone

Answer 14

Most posterior and cranial bone

Question 15

Vertebral column

Answer 15

Spinal column

Question 16

Vertebrae

Answer 16

Back bones

Question 17

Intervertebral discs

Answer 17

Cushion of fibrocartilage

Question 18

Cervical vertebrae

Answer 18

Seven vertebrae

Question 19

Thoracic vertebrae

Answer 19

Twelve vertebrae

Question 20

Lumbar vertebrae

Answer 20

Five movable vertebrae

Question 21

Sacrum

Answer 21

Base of the lumbar vertebrae

Question 22

Coccyx

Answer 22

Triangular bone at the base of the spinal column

Question 23

Sternum

Answer 23

Long bone that forms the center of the chest

Question 24

Ribs

Answer 24

Series of slender curved bones

Question 25

Clavicle

Answer 25

Slightly curved bone that connects arm to the body

Question 26

Scapulae

Answer 26

Shoulder blade

Question 27

Humerus

Answer 27

Upper arm bone

Question 28

Ulna

Answer 28

In conjunction to the radius

Question 29

Radius

Answer 29

One of the long bones that make up the antebrachium

Question 30

Carpal bones

Answer 30

Bones of the wrist

Question 31

Femur

Answer 31

Upper leg bone

Question 32

Pelvic girdle

Answer 32

Ring-like bone that is located in the lower part of the trunk

Question 33

Tibia

Answer 33

Thicker lower leg bone

Question 34

Fibula

Answer 34

Thinner lower leg bone