ICEV ASSESSMENT - skeletal system Exam Questions Answered Correctly Latest 2025
osteoclasts - Answers cells that eat away old bone
osteoblasts - Answers cells that form new bone
osteocytes - Answers mature bone cells
classification of bones - Answers long, short, flat, irregular
joints - Answers fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial
joints - Answers areas where two or more bones join together
bones - Answers - compact: dense / forms exterior layer of all bones
- spongy: inside compact / very porous
tendons - Answers bind muscle to bone
ligaments - Answers bind bone to bone
cartilage - Answers - connective tissue that is more flexible than bone - protects the ends of bones
- keeps them from rubbing together
axial skeleton - Answers - protects organs of the head, neck, and trunk
- skull, vertebral column, rib cage
appendicular skeleton - Answers - bones that anchor arms and legs to skeleton
- shoulder, fore arm, arm, hand, hip, thigh, leg, knee, foot
bones in hand - Answers - wrist: carpal
- palm: metacarpal
- fingers: phalanges
bones in foot - Answers - ankle: tarsal
- instep: metatarsal
- toes: phalanges
bone / joint conditions - Answers - herniated disc
- osteoarthritis
osteoclasts - Answers cells that eat away old bone
osteoblasts - Answers cells that form new bone
osteocytes - Answers mature bone cells
classification of bones - Answers long, short, flat, irregular
joints - Answers fibrous, cartilaginous, synovial
joints - Answers areas where two or more bones join together
bones - Answers - compact: dense / forms exterior layer of all bones
- spongy: inside compact / very porous
tendons - Answers bind muscle to bone
ligaments - Answers bind bone to bone
cartilage - Answers - connective tissue that is more flexible than bone - protects the ends of bones
- keeps them from rubbing together
axial skeleton - Answers - protects organs of the head, neck, and trunk
- skull, vertebral column, rib cage
appendicular skeleton - Answers - bones that anchor arms and legs to skeleton
- shoulder, fore arm, arm, hand, hip, thigh, leg, knee, foot
bones in hand - Answers - wrist: carpal
- palm: metacarpal
- fingers: phalanges
bones in foot - Answers - ankle: tarsal
- instep: metatarsal
- toes: phalanges
bone / joint conditions - Answers - herniated disc
- osteoarthritis
