Skeletal System

Question 2

Which bone is known as the collarbone?

Answer 2

Clavicle.

Question 3

Which bone is known as the shoulder blade?

Answer 3

Scapula.

Question 4

What is the name of the bone in the upper arm?

Answer 4

Humerus.

Question 5

Which two bones make up the forearm?

Answer 5

Radius and ulna.

Question 6

Which bone is located on the thumb side of the forearm?

Answer 6

Radius.

Question 7

What bone is located on the pinky side of the forearm?

Answer 7

Ulna.

Question 8

What are the bones of the wrist called?

Answer 8

Carpals.

Question 9

What are the bones of the palm called?

Answer 9

Metacarpals.

Question 10

What are the bones of the fingers called?

Answer 10

Phalanges.

Question 11

Which bones make up the ankle?

Answer 11

Tarsals.

Question 12

What is the heel bone called?

Answer 12

Calcaneus.

Question 13

Which three bones form the hip?

Answer 13

Ilium, ischium, and pubis.

Question 14

What is the shin bone called?

Answer 14

Tibia.

Question 15

What is the thinner lower leg bone called?

Answer 15

Fibula.

Question 16

What is the knee cap called?

Answer 16

Patella.

Question 17

Which bone protects the brain?

Answer 17

The skull (cranium).

Question 18

What are the names of the ear ossicles?

Answer 18

Malleus, incus, and stapes.

Question 19

What is the name of the soft tissue found in spongy bone?

Answer 19

Red bone marrow.

Question 20

What is stored in yellow bone marrow?

Answer 20

Fat.

Question 21

Which bones protect the heart and lungs?

Answer 21

The ribs.

Question 22

What are lacunae in bone tissue?

Answer 22

Small spaces that house bone cells (osteocytes).

Question 23

What is the function of canaliculi in bone?

Answer 23

They connect lacunae and allow nutrients and waste to move between bone cells.

Question 24

What is the outer membrane covering a bone called?

Answer 24

Periosteum.

Question 25

What is the membrane lining the medullary cavity called?

Answer 25

Endosteum.

Question 26

Which mineral is mainly stored in bones?

Answer 26

Calcium.

Question 27

Which process in bones produces blood cells?

Answer 27

Hematopoiesis.

Question 28

Which type of ossification forms most of the bones in the body?

Answer 28

Endochondral ossification.

Question 29

Which bones form through intramembranous ossification?

Answer 29

Flat bones like the skull.

Question 30

Which bone forms the forehead?

Answer 30

Frontal bone.

Question 31

Which bone forms the base of the skull?

Answer 31

Occipital bone.

Question 32

Which type of joint is found in the skull?

Answer 32

Fibrous joint.

Question 33

Which type of joint is found between the vertebrae?

Answer 33

Cartilaginous joint.

Question 34

Which type of joint allows the most movement?

Answer 34

Synovial joint.

Question 35

What causes gout?

Answer 35

A buildup of uric acid crystals in the joints.

Question 36

What is lordosis?

Answer 36

An excessive inward curve of the lumbar spine.

Question 37

How does rheumatoid arthritis differ from osteoarthritis?

Answer 37

RA is autoimmune; osteoarthritis is wear and tear.