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Bone Shapes & Long Bone Anatomy Quiz


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What bone shape are the metatarsals?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape are the carpals?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape is the frontal bone of the skull?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What is the function of the periosteum?

A. Support and resist stress

B. Reduce the weight of the skeleton

C. Resist stress from multiple directions

D. Helps with repair & maintenance of bone


Where is yellow bone barrow found?

A. Spongy Bone

B. Medullary Cavity

C. Epiphyses

D. Compact Bone


What bone shape are the ribs?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape are the vertebrae?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape is the femur?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What type of cartilage is found at the ends of long bones, between joints?

A. Fibrocartilage

B. Elastic cartilage

C. Hyaline cartilage

D. Periosteum


What are the expanded ends of a long bone called?

A. Diaphysis

B. Epiphyses

C. Spongy Bone

D. Compact Bone


What is the long shaft of a bone called?

A. Epiphysis

B. Medullary Cavity

C. Periosteum

D. Diaphysis


What bone shape are the pelvic bones?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape is the sternum?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape is the fibula?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape is the radius?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


What is the function of red bone marrow?

A. Produce red blood cells

B. Store energy

C. Resist compression

D. Provide strength


What bone shape are the facial bones?

A. Flat

B. Sesamoid

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape is the scapula?

A. Flat

B. Sesamoid

C. Short

D. Irregular


What bone shape is the sacrum?

A. Flat

B. Long

C. Short

D. Irregular


Which type of bone is hard, dense and composed of osteons?

A. Spongy Bone

B. Compact Bone

C. Yellow Bone Marrow

D. Periosteum




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