Skeletal System Quiz

1. A person strikes the front of the lower leg against a step. Which bone forms the shin and bears most of the lower leg's weight?

2. A vertebra has openings called transverse foramina. From which region of the vertebral column did it most likely come?

3. What is the shaft of a typical long bone called?

4. Which structure is an immovable fibrous joint connecting bones of the adult skull?

5. During adaptation to repeated mechanical loading, which cells build new bone by secreting bone matrix?

6. Which tissue is principally responsible for producing blood cells within the skeletal system?

7. The elbow mainly permits flexion and extension in one plane. Which type of synovial joint best describes it?

8. A fracture occurs along the prominent cheek and lateral rim of the eye socket. Which bone is most directly involved?

9. Which bone cell breaks down bone matrix during normal remodeling?

10. Which structure belongs to the axial skeleton?

11. Which two bones form the pectoral, or shoulder, girdle?

12. In a growing child, which structure allows a long bone to increase in length?

13. With the body in anatomical position and the palms facing forward, which forearm bone lies on the thumb side?

14. At the end of a healthy long bone, which tissue provides a smooth, low-friction surface where the bone meets another bone?

15. A clinician refers to a group of short bones in the ankle. What are these bones called?

16. The patella develops within a tendon and changes the leverage of the knee's extensor muscles. How is it classified by shape?