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Module 1

Instructions: For each question, click on the radio button beside your answer. When you have completed the entire quiz, click the Submit my answers button at the bottom of the page to receive your results.

Question 1:


a) narrower shape
b) broader, U-shape
c) sacral arch
d) additional lumbar vertebrae

Question 2:


a) generally less pronounced in males than females
b) absent in males
c) generally more pronounced in males than females
d) NOT present in children

Question 3:


a) bones that have been under greater stress or have had to carry greater loads will be larger and denser than bones under less stress or subject to less of a load
b) bones under less stress or which carry small loads will be larger and denser than bones under more stress and subject to a greater load
c) bone density is not related to carrying loads
d) bones that have been under greater stress or have had to carry greater loads will be larger and denser during adolescence only

Question 4:


a) a child’s bones stopped growing as a result of fever, malnutrition or stress
b) a child had rickets
c) the individual contracted syphilis
d) a child had an omnivorous diet

Question 5:


a) between 10 and 15 years of age
b) between 15 and 20 years of age
c) after the age of 20
d) between 12 and 17 years of age