Appendicular Skeleton Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Each adult hip bone is formed by the fusion of which three bones?
Sacrum, coccyx, and ilium
Ilium, sacrum, and pubis
Ilium, ischium, and pubis
Ischium, pubis, and femur
2. A patient fractures the olecranon, the bony point felt at the back of the elbow. Which bone is injured?
Humerus
Ulna
Radius
Scapula
3. Which appendicular bone connects the upper limb to the axial skeleton through the sternoclavicular joint?
Scapula
Clavicle
First rib
Humerus
4. How is the patella classified by shape and development?
A short bone
A flat bone
A sesamoid bone
An irregular bone
5. A report describes a fracture of the shoulder blade. Which appendicular bone does this mean?
Scapula
Clavicle
Sternum
Humerus
6. Which bone occupies the region between the hip and the knee?
Ilium
Tibia
Fibula
Femur
7. How many carpal bones are normally present in one wrist?
Five
Eight
Seven
Fourteen
8. The rounded head of the femur fits into which feature of the hip bone?
Obturator foramen
Greater sciatic notch
Iliac crest
Acetabulum
9. Which set of structures makes up the appendicular skeleton?
The skull and thoracic cage together with the pectoral girdle
The skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum
The vertebral column together with the upper and lower limbs
The pectoral and pelvic girdles together with the bones of the upper and lower limbs
10. Moving from the wrist toward a fingertip, which type of bone lies directly between the carpals and the proximal phalanx?
A distal phalanx
A carpal
A metacarpal
A tarsal
11. An ankle image shows the tarsal bone that articulates directly with the tibia and fibula. Which bone is it?
Talus
Navicular
Cuboid
Calcaneus
12. A person is standing in anatomical position with the palms facing forward. Which forearm bone is on the thumb side?
Ulna
Radius
Humerus
Scaphoid
13. Which bone extends from the shoulder to the elbow?
Humerus
Ulna
Clavicle
Radius
14. A stress fracture is located in a long bone of the foot between the tarsals and the toe phalanges. What type of bone is fractured?
Carpal
Metacarpal
Metatarsal
Tarsal
15. An injury affects the slender bone on the lateral side of the lower leg. Which bone is involved?
Tibia
Talus
Femur
Fibula
16. Which two bones form one side of the pectoral girdle?
Clavicle and scapula
Humerus and scapula
Clavicle and sternum
Scapula and rib