Chapter 08: Skeletal System
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The humerus
a. is located in the arm.
b. is distal to the radius and ulna.
c. articulates with the clavicle at the acromioclavicular joint.
d. is a bone of the axial skeleton.
ANS: A
2. Which bone is found in the skull but not in the cranium?
a. Occipital
b. Parietal
c. Sphenoid
d. Mandible
ANS: D
3. Which bone is found in the skull but is not a facial bone?
a. Mandible
b. Maxilla
c. Occipital
d. Zygomatic
ANS: C
4. The humerus
a. contains the olecranon process.
b. articulates distally with the ulna.
c. forms a ball-and-socket joint where the olecranon process articulates with the
olecranon fossa.
d. articulates with the scapula at the sternomanubrial joint.
ANS: B
5. The maxilla
a. is the cheekbone.
b. is a cranial bone.
c. contains the upper teeth.
d. articulates with the tempoNraUl R
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MCJ.
ANS: C
6. The zygomatic bone
a. is a cranial bone.
b. articulates with the mandible.
c. holds the upper teeth.
d. is called the cheekbone.
, ANS: D
7. Which of the following is most descriptive of the atlas and the axis?
a. Carpal
b. Vertebral
c. Coxal
d. Cranial
ANS: B
8. The occipital bone
a. is a facial bone.
b. contains the foramen magnum.
c. is the cheekbone.
d. articulates with the frontal bone at the coronal suture.
ANS: B
9. Which of the following word(s) is (are) related to the ribs?
a. Acetabulum
b. True, false, and floating
c. Supination and pronation
d. Fontanels
ANS: B
10. Fontanels
a. are present in fetal and inN ntRsS
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s.
b. allow expANSion of the infant skull during growth.
c. eventually fuse or seal.
d. involve all of the above.
ANS: D
11. Which bone is described by the following: leg, shin, and medial malleolus?
a. Fibula
b. Tibia
c. Talus
d. Femur
ANS: B
12. Which bone is distal to the acetabulum and proximal to the patella?
a. Femur
b. Tibia
c. Fibula
d. Calcaneus
ANS: A
13. Which bone is distal to the femur and proximal to the tibia?
a. Fibula
, b. Patella
c. Talus
d. Coxal bone
ANS: B
14. Which bone is formed by the ischium, ilium, and pubis?
a. Sacrum
b. Cranium
c. Coxal bone
d. Breastbone
ANS: C
15. Which of the following is not a bone of the vertebral column?
a. Atlas
b. Sacrum
c. Coccyx
d. Coxal bone
ANS: D
16. Which bones form the palm of the hand?
a. Tarsals
b. Phalanges
c. Metacarpals
d. Metatarsals
ANS: C
17. Which bones are distal to the radius and ulna and proximal to the metacarpals?
a. Pollux
b. Carpals
c. Tarsals
d. Hallux
ANS: B
18. The humerus is a
a. bone of the axial skeleton.
b. short bone.
c. bone of the upper limbs.
d. bone found only in the fetal skeleton.
ANS: C
19. Which of the following is located at the ends of a long bone?
a. Diaphysis
b. Periosteum
c. Epiphysis
d. Medullary cavity
ANS: C
Herlihy: The Human Body in Health and Illness, 6th Edition
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. The humerus
a. is located in the arm.
b. is distal to the radius and ulna.
c. articulates with the clavicle at the acromioclavicular joint.
d. is a bone of the axial skeleton.
ANS: A
2. Which bone is found in the skull but not in the cranium?
a. Occipital
b. Parietal
c. Sphenoid
d. Mandible
ANS: D
3. Which bone is found in the skull but is not a facial bone?
a. Mandible
b. Maxilla
c. Occipital
d. Zygomatic
ANS: C
4. The humerus
a. contains the olecranon process.
b. articulates distally with the ulna.
c. forms a ball-and-socket joint where the olecranon process articulates with the
olecranon fossa.
d. articulates with the scapula at the sternomanubrial joint.
ANS: B
5. The maxilla
a. is the cheekbone.
b. is a cranial bone.
c. contains the upper teeth.
d. articulates with the tempoNraUl R
boSnI
eNatGthTeBT.
MCJ.
ANS: C
6. The zygomatic bone
a. is a cranial bone.
b. articulates with the mandible.
c. holds the upper teeth.
d. is called the cheekbone.
, ANS: D
7. Which of the following is most descriptive of the atlas and the axis?
a. Carpal
b. Vertebral
c. Coxal
d. Cranial
ANS: B
8. The occipital bone
a. is a facial bone.
b. contains the foramen magnum.
c. is the cheekbone.
d. articulates with the frontal bone at the coronal suture.
ANS: B
9. Which of the following word(s) is (are) related to the ribs?
a. Acetabulum
b. True, false, and floating
c. Supination and pronation
d. Fontanels
ANS: B
10. Fontanels
a. are present in fetal and inN ntRsS
faU kuIllN
s.
b. allow expANSion of the infant skull during growth.
c. eventually fuse or seal.
d. involve all of the above.
ANS: D
11. Which bone is described by the following: leg, shin, and medial malleolus?
a. Fibula
b. Tibia
c. Talus
d. Femur
ANS: B
12. Which bone is distal to the acetabulum and proximal to the patella?
a. Femur
b. Tibia
c. Fibula
d. Calcaneus
ANS: A
13. Which bone is distal to the femur and proximal to the tibia?
a. Fibula
, b. Patella
c. Talus
d. Coxal bone
ANS: B
14. Which bone is formed by the ischium, ilium, and pubis?
a. Sacrum
b. Cranium
c. Coxal bone
d. Breastbone
ANS: C
15. Which of the following is not a bone of the vertebral column?
a. Atlas
b. Sacrum
c. Coccyx
d. Coxal bone
ANS: D
16. Which bones form the palm of the hand?
a. Tarsals
b. Phalanges
c. Metacarpals
d. Metatarsals
ANS: C
17. Which bones are distal to the radius and ulna and proximal to the metacarpals?
a. Pollux
b. Carpals
c. Tarsals
d. Hallux
ANS: B
18. The humerus is a
a. bone of the axial skeleton.
b. short bone.
c. bone of the upper limbs.
d. bone found only in the fetal skeleton.
ANS: C
19. Which of the following is located at the ends of a long bone?
a. Diaphysis
b. Periosteum
c. Epiphysis
d. Medullary cavity
ANS: C
