Anatomy - Chapter 5: Bones & Skeletal
System Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
What are the four major parts of the skeletal system? - Correct answer-Bones
(skeleton), joints, cartilages, ligaments
What are the two division of the skeletal system? - Correct answer-Axial skeleton
and appendicular skeleton
What bones are included in the axial skeleton division? - Correct answer-Skull,
vertebrae, ribs (axis of body)
What bones are included in the appendicular skeleton division? - Correct answer-
Appendages of the body (legs, arms)
What are the function of bones? - Correct answer-Support, protection of soft
organs, movement due to skeletal muscles, storage of minerals and fats, blood cell
formation
, When the bones store minerals and fats, where do they store them? And what are
they considered when they are stored in the bones? - Correct answer-In the bones.
Calories
How many bones does the adult skeleton have? - Correct answer-206
What are the two basic types of bone tissue? - Correct answer-Compact and
spongy
Homogeneous bone tissue - Correct answer-Compact bone
Small needle-like pieces of bone / Many open spaces - Correct answer-Spongy
bone
Bone tissue that makes the bones lighter - Correct answer-Spongy bone
What are the four classification bone on the basis of SHAPE? - Correct answer-
Long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones
Typically longer than wide / Have a shaft with heads at both ends / Contain mostly
compact bone - Correct answer-Long bones
Generally cube-shape / Contain mostly spongy bone - Correct answer-Short bones
Thin and flattened / Usually curved / Thin layers of compact bone around a layer
of spongy bone - Correct answer-Flat bones
System Exam Questions and Answers
Graded A+
What are the four major parts of the skeletal system? - Correct answer-Bones
(skeleton), joints, cartilages, ligaments
What are the two division of the skeletal system? - Correct answer-Axial skeleton
and appendicular skeleton
What bones are included in the axial skeleton division? - Correct answer-Skull,
vertebrae, ribs (axis of body)
What bones are included in the appendicular skeleton division? - Correct answer-
Appendages of the body (legs, arms)
What are the function of bones? - Correct answer-Support, protection of soft
organs, movement due to skeletal muscles, storage of minerals and fats, blood cell
formation
, When the bones store minerals and fats, where do they store them? And what are
they considered when they are stored in the bones? - Correct answer-In the bones.
Calories
How many bones does the adult skeleton have? - Correct answer-206
What are the two basic types of bone tissue? - Correct answer-Compact and
spongy
Homogeneous bone tissue - Correct answer-Compact bone
Small needle-like pieces of bone / Many open spaces - Correct answer-Spongy
bone
Bone tissue that makes the bones lighter - Correct answer-Spongy bone
What are the four classification bone on the basis of SHAPE? - Correct answer-
Long bones, short bones, flat bones, irregular bones
Typically longer than wide / Have a shaft with heads at both ends / Contain mostly
compact bone - Correct answer-Long bones
Generally cube-shape / Contain mostly spongy bone - Correct answer-Short bones
Thin and flattened / Usually curved / Thin layers of compact bone around a layer
of spongy bone - Correct answer-Flat bones
