Skeletal System 2

Question 1

What are the two parts of the human skeleton?

Answer 1

Axial and Appendicular

Question 2

What forms the skeleton of the head?

Answer 2

Skull with mandible

Question 3

What is the cranium?

Answer 3

Skull without mandible

Question 4

What does the vertebral column consist of?

Answer 4

Series of vertebrae

Question 5

How do the bodies of vertebrae articulate?

Answer 5

Intervertebral discs

Question 6

How many vertebrae are in the cervical region?

Answer 6

7 vertebrae

Question 7

How many vertebrae are in the thoracic region?

Answer 7

12 vertebrae

Question 8

How many vertebrae are in the lumbar region?

Answer 8

5 vertebrae

Question 9

How many vertebrae are in the sacral region?

Answer 9

5 vertebrae

Question 10

How many vertebrae are in the coccygeal region?

Answer 10

4 vertebrae

Question 11

What forms the thoracic cage?

Answer 11

Thoracic vertebrae, ribs, costal cartilages, sternum

Question 12

What is the single triangular bone formed by sacral vertebrae?

Answer 12

Sacrum

Question 13

What bones form the pelvis?

Answer 13

Sacrum + 2 hip bones

Question 14

How many segments are in upper and lower limbs?

Answer 14

Three segments

Question 15

What is the proximal bone of the upper limb?

Answer 15

Humerus

Question 16

What is the proximal bone of the lower limb?

Answer 16

Femur

Question 17

What bones are in the intermediate segment of upper limb?

Answer 17

Radius and ulna

Question 18

What bones are in the intermediate segment of lower limb?

Answer 18

Tibia and fibula

Question 19

What comprises the distal segment of the appendicular skeleton?

Answer 19

Carpals, tarsals, metacarpals, metatarsals

Question 20

How many phalanges are in each finger or toe?

Answer 20

3

Question 21

How many phalanges are in the thumb and big toe?

Answer 21

2

Question 22

What bones form the pectoral girdle?

Answer 22

Scapula and clavicle

Question 23

Where does the pectoral girdle articulate with the axial skeleton?

Answer 23

Sternoclavicular joint

Question 24

What bones form the pelvic girdle?

Answer 24

2 hip bones

Question 25

Where does the pelvic girdle articulate with the axial skeleton?

Answer 25

Sacroiliac joint

Question 26

What is compact bone?

Answer 26

Outer hard layer

Question 27

What is cancellous bone?

Answer 27

Spongy

Question 28

What are the types of bones?

Answer 28

Long, Short, Flat, Irregular, Pneumatic

Question 29

Example of long bones?

Answer 29

Proximal and intermediate limb segments

Question 30

Example of short bones?

Answer 30

Carpal and tarsal bones

Question 31

Example of flat bones?

Answer 31

Scapula and skull bones

Question 32

Example of irregular bones?

Answer 32

Vertebrae and skull base

Question 33

What are pneumatic bones?

Answer 33

Skull bones with sinuses

Question 34

What is an epiphysis?

Answer 34

End of bone

Question 35

What is a diaphysis?

Answer 35

Shaft of bone

Question 36

What is the role of the epiphyseal cartilage plate?

Answer 36

Increase bone length

Question 37

Developed in dense membranes?

Answer 37

Membranous bones

Question 38

Developed in preformed cartilages?

Answer 38

Cartilaginous bones

Question 39

What is the shaft of a long bone composed of?

Answer 39

Compact bone

Question 40

What cavity is contained in the shaft of a long bone?

Answer 40

Medullary cavity

Question 41

What covers the shaft of a long bone?

Answer 41

Periosteum

Question 42

What is the epiphysis composed of?

Answer 42

Cancellous bone

Question 43

What covers the epiphysis?

Answer 43

Hyaline cartilage