Biology 110 Student Self Assessment Chapter 5
1. Which of the following is NOT a function of the skeletal system?
a. support
b. storage of minerals
c. production of blood cells (hematopoiesis)
d. movement
e. protection
2. Vertebrae are considered ________ bones, whereas ankle bones are considered ______ bones.
a. short, irregular
b. flat, short
c. short, flat
d. irregular, short
e. compact, spongy
3. Which of the following groups of bones in the human body, categorized according to shape, is
correct?
a. wrist and ankle bones—long bones
b. arm and leg bones—short bones
c. facial bones—flat bones
d. coxal bones—irregular bones
e. cranium—round bones
4. The periosteum is secured to the underlying bone by dense connective tissue called ____.
a. Volkmann’s canals
b. a bony matrix with hyaline cartilage
c. Sharpey’s fibers
d. endochondral bone
e. articular cartilage
5. Red bone marrow functions to _________, whereas yellow bone marrow functions to _____.
a. produce adipose tissue, produce cells
b. produce cells, store fat tissue
c. provide osteocytes, produce blood cells d. provide osteocytes, produce osteoblasts
e. provide osteoclasts, produce osteocytes
6. The presence of an epiphyseal plate indicates that _____.
a. bone is dead
b. bone length is no longer increasing
c. bone diameter is increasing
d. bone diameter is decreasing
e. bone length is increasing
7. Compact bone is characterized by ______, whereas spongy bone is characterized by _____.
a. small needlelike pieces of bone and lots of open space; dense tissue that looks smooth
and homogenous
b. dense tissue that looks smooth and homogenous; small needlelike pieces of bone and
lots of open space
c. having epiphyses; having diaphyses
d. having red bone marrow; having osteons
e. its internal location in bones; its external location in bones
8. The canal that runs through the core of each osteon contains _______.
a. cartilage and lamellae
b. osteoclasts and osteoblasts
c. yellow marrow and Sharpey’s fibers
d. blood vessels and nerve fibers
e. red marrow
9. The small cavities in bone tissue where osteocytes are found are called ______.
a. lucunae
b. Volkmann’s canals
c. Haversian canals
d. trabeculae
10. What kind of tissue is the forerunner of long bones in the embryo?
a. elastic connective tissue
b. dense fibrous connective tissue
c. fibrocartilage
d. hyaline cartilage
e. loose fibrous connective tissue
11. The process of long bone growth is controlled by ________, whereas bone remodeling is
controlled by ___________.
a. osteoblasts, osteoclasts
b. vitamins, minerals
c. minerals, vitamins
d. growth hormone and sex hormones, osteoblasts and osteoclasts
e. osteoblasts and osteoclasts, growth hormone and sex hormones
12. There are four stages in the healing of a bone fracture. Which of the following BEST
illustrates the sequence of these stages?
1. bony callus formation
3. fibrocartilage callus formation
a. 4, 3, 2, 1
c. 1, 2, 3, 4
e. 1, 3, 2, 4
2. bone remodeling
4. hematoma formation
b. 4, 3, 1, 2
d. 1, 3, 4, 2
13. An excess of parathyroid hormone can ________ bone breakdown by causing ______.
a. increase, increased reproduction of cartilage in the epiphyseal disk
b. halt, premature ossification of the epiphyseal disks
c. increase, increased formation of osteoblasts
d. halt, thickening of the periosteum
e. increase, increased activity of osteoclasts
14. The axial skeleton contains _______.
a. the skull, vertebral column, and pelvis
b. arms, legs, hands, and feet
c. the skull, vertebral column, and rib cage d. the shoulder and pelvic girdles
e. only flat bones
15. All of the following facial bones are paired except one. Which of the following is the
UNPAIRED facial bone?
a. palatine
b. lacrimal
c. vomer
d. maxillae
e. zygomatic
16. The five regions of the vertebral column, from superior to inferior, are ______.
a. cervical, lumbar, thoracic, sacral, coccygeal
b. cervical, sacral, thoracic, coccygeal, lumbar
c. cervical, lumbar, sacral, thoracic, coccygeal
d. cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
e. cervical, thoracic, sacral, lumbar, coccygeal
17. There are ______ lumbar vertebra; whereas there are ______ thoracic vertebra.
a. 12; 5
b. 12; 7
c. 7; 5
d. 5; 7
e. 5; 12
18. Which is the correct order of ribs, from superior to inferior?
a. floating ribs, true ribs, false ribs
b. floating ribs, false ribs, true ribs
c. true ribs, false ribs, floating ribs
d. true ribs, floating ribs, false ribs
e. false ribs, floating ribs, true ribs
19. There are ______ pair of true ribs; whereas there are _______ pair of floating ribs.
a. 5; 7
b. 5; 2
c. 7; 5
c. 7; 2
e. 2; 5
20. Articulations permitting only slight degrees of movement are called _________; whereas
articulations permitting no movement are called ______________.
a. amphiarthroses; synarthroses
b. synarthroses; amphiarthroses
c. diarthroses; amphiarthroses
d. amphiarthroses; diarthroses
e. diarthroses; synarthroses
21. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a synovial joint?
a. articular (hyaline) cartilage
b. joint cavity
c. fibrocartilage
d. reinforcing ligaments
e. fibrous articular capsule