ALL QUESTIONS & ANSWERS 2025 UPDATE
What are the two major divisions of the skeletal system? - CORRECT
ANSWER axial
skeleton and appendicular skeleton
The skull, spine, sternum, and ribs are part of what division of the skeletal system?
- CORRECT ANSWER Axial
The girdles, arms, and legs are part of what division of the skeletal system? -
CORRECT ANSWER Appendicular
The tympanic cavity is located in the... - CORRECT ANSWER Ear
What part of the skull contains the ossicles - CORRECT ANSWER Tympanic Cavity
These bones of the skull; frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, and maxillary are called
the... - CORRECT ANSWER Paranasal Sinuses
Another name for the spine is... - CORRECT ANSWER Vertebral Column
The vertebral column consists of how many regions? - CORRECT ANSWER 5
regions
The 5 regions of the spine are... - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Cervical Vertebrae
2. Thoracic Vertebrae, 3. Lumbar Vertebrae, 4. Sacrum, 5. Coccyx
The Cervical Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - CORRECT
ANSWER 7
The Thoracic Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - CORRECT
ANSWER 12
The Lumbar Vertebrae consists of how many bones? - CORRECT
ANSWER 5
The Sacrum consists of how many bones? - CORRECT ANSWER 1 sacrum in
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, the vertebral column ; consists of 5 bones
The Coccyx consists of how many bones? - CORRECT ANSWER 1 coccyx in
the vertebral column ; consists of 4 bones.
The special cartilage discs which helps protect each vertebrae are called... -
CORRECT ANSWER Intervertebral discs
How many pairs of ribs are there - CORRECT ANSWER 12
Ribs are connected to sternum by - CORRECT ANSWER costal cartilage
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, The ribs are connected to what part of the vertebral column? - CORRECT ANSWER
Thoracic
What are the four regions of the sternum? - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Manubrium 2. Body 3. Sternomanubrial joint 4. Xiphoid process
Ribs 1-7 are called - CORRECT ANSWER
true ribs
Ribs 8-10 are called - CORRECT ANSWER
false ribs
Ribs 11 and 12 are called - CORRECT ANSWER floating ribs
What are the two Girdles of the appendicular skeleton that are responsible for
attachment of the arms and legs? - CORRECT ANSWER Pectoral and
Pelvic
Which bones make up the pectoral girdle? - CORRECT ANSWER clavicle and
scapula
Is the sacrum part of the pelvic girdle or the vertebral column? -
CORRECT ANSWER Vertebral column
What bones make up the pelvic girdle? - CORRECT ANSWER ilium, ischium,
pubis
Where do you find long bones? - CORRECT ANSWER In the appendicular
skeleton / arms and legs
Bone is a form of connective tissue, specifically tissue ? -
CORRECT ANSWER Osseous
tissue
The process of bone formations is called - CORRECT ANSWER Ossification
The matrix of osseous tissue is made up of 3 main things: - CORRECT ANSWER 1.
Calcium 2. Phosphate 3. Collagen
Osteo means? - CORRECT ANSWER Bone
What matures bone cells? - CORRECT ANSWER
osteocytes
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, What build up bone? - CORRECT ANSWER
osteoblasts
What breaks down bone? - CORRECT ANSWER
osteoclasts
Where do we find bone marrow - CORRECT ANSWER Inside
the bones Red bone marrow makes - CORRECT ANSWER
red blood cells
Red bone marrow in the part of the bone. -
CORRECT ANSWER Epiphysis
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