Skeletal System Quiz

Cords of dense connective tissue connecting muscle to bones.

• Ligaments
• Cartilage
• Nerves
• Tendons

Cords of dense connective tissue connecting two bones together.

• muscles
• tendons
• ligaments
• nerves

The solid base of the vertebral column that connects to the ilium.

• Sacrum
• Patella
• Femur
• Coccyx

Forms part of the wrist joint in the upper limb.

• radius
• ulna
• humerus
• femur

Flexible connective tissue found throughout the body, including on the articular ends of bones.

• cartilage
• muscle
• skin
• blood

The virtually useless last four fused vertebrae in the spinal column.

• coccyx
• thoracic
• lumbar
• sacrum

An articulation or junction between two or more bones.

• Joint
• Knee
• Elbow
• Muscle

Attached to the sternum, it is the only long bone in the human body that lies horizontally.

• humerus
• radius
• ulna
• clavicle

The longest bone in the upper limbs.

• humerus
• femur
• ulna
• radius

Forms part of the elbow joint in the upper limb.

• Femur
• Ulna
• Radius
• Humerus