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- 1. Multiple Choice
Where can you find the periosteum?
On the outermost portion of your bones
In the innermost portion of your bones
Between the layers of spongy bone
In the hollows of your bones
- 2. Multiple Choice
2. Which term best describes compact bone?
Spongy
Flexible
Rigid
Liquid
- 3. Multiple Choice
3. What fills the hollow of most bones?
Bone blood
Bone marrow
Spongy Bone
Compact Bone
- 4. Multiple Choice
What advantage do we gain from the fact that bones are hollow?
We can move around easily
Our bones don't fracture easily
Our bones can make marrow easily
Our internal organs receive more support
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the main function of bone marrow?
Supporting internal organs
Keeping the spine straight
Storing minerals
Producing blood cells
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does the cartilage between bones do?
Allows the nerves in adjacent bones to communicate with one another
Provides padding and protection against wear and tear
Prevents bones from overheating
Prevents bones from becoming too rigid
- 7. Multiple Choice
What can you infer from the fact that babies have more bones than adults?
Most adults suffer from bone loss
Teenagers also have more bones than adults
Babies shed some of their bones as they grow
Some of babies' bones fuse together as they grow
- 8. Multiple Choice
What do tendons do?
Attach skin to bones
Attach muscles to bones
Provide support for internal organs
Attach bones to other bones
- 9. Multiple Choice
The spine is made up of little ring-shaped bones called:
Vertebrates
Verdigris
Vertigo
Vertebrae
- 10. Multiple Choice
What might happen if your spine were perfectly straight?
Walking would be extremely uncomfortable
Sitting would be extremely uncomfortable
Lying down would be extremely uncomfortable
Standing upright would be extremely uncomfortable
- 11. Multiple ChoiceIf your body were a tall building, your skeleton would be:beams and joints that hold it upplumbing and electrical systemsfoundation that anchors it to groundapartments and offices inside it
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich term best describes the joints at the top of your skull?motionlessflexiblerubberyelastic
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich type of joint give you the largest range of motion?pivotball-and-sockethingegliding
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe joints in your knees and elbows are most similar to:a clocka screwa wheela door hinge
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhich pair of joints has the most in common?ankles and shouldersspine and hipselbows and kneeswrists and shoulders
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhat might happen if you snapped or tore one of your ligaments?joints would not movebones might breakjoints might slide out of placeyou would become double-jointed
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe joint that allows you to chew food is most similar to:ball-and-socket jointhinge jointpivot jointimmovable joint
- 18. Multiple ChoiceA disease called osteoarthritis occurs when the cartilage between joints wears away. What can you infer about osteoarthritis?it prevents joints from moving smoothlyit causes joints to dislocate easilyit causes bones to become more brittleit reduces joints' range of motion
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIf you have a "slipped disc", you have a :head injuryshoulder injuryknee injuryback injury
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe main purpose of synovial fluid is:keeping bones moistlubricationstrengthening tendons & cartilageprotecting the spinal cord
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