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Skeletal System Quiz 113 (60 MCQs)

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1. The 76 year old female was transported to the hospital following a fall. Upon examination, it was determined that she sustained a fracture to the head of her femur. This injury was likely related to:
2. The ..... includes skull, vertebral column, ribs, and sternum.
3. What is the main protein found in bones?
4. Who is more likely to develop Osteoporosis?
5. ..... are hard organs that consist of minerals, connective tissue and two types of marrow.
6. What type of joint does the thumb have
7. What is the basic structural and functional unit of the human body?
8. The outside covering of bones is called the .....
9. Which of the following is NOT a feature of a synovial joint?
10. The elbow is this type of joint
11. The sternum .....
12. Bones are held together by connective tissue called .....
13. The "sternum" is a very important bone that protects the following EXCEPT
14. What is the basic unit of structure in the skeletal system?
15. What is the name for the bones in your fingers and toes?
16. ..... is made up of tough, flexible tissue. Your nose and ears have this.
17. Produces synovial fluid
18. True or false:When a bone breaks, it will stay broken forever.
19. How is a gas defined?
20. What term means bone disease?
21. Cancellous bone within epiphysis
22. All babies are born with spaces between the skull bones. As they grow, the spaces ..... between the bones.
23. The classification of joints is based on what two things?
24. What is the name of the bone that forms the lower jaw?
25. .... attach muscles to bones or other parts of the body.
26. Osteocytes synthesize bones.
27. Bones of the spine could be classified as
28. When arteries begin to harden
29. Which type of bone cell(s) is/are involved in BUILDING of bone during bone remodeling, bone modeling, or when there is too much calcium in the blood and therefore needs to be stored in the bone?
30. Each end of the shaft is called the .....
31. Cells undergoing mitosis in the cartilaginous cells of the epiphyseal disk are found in the .....
32. Your bones have the ability to repair themselves.
33. How many bones in a baby's body?
34. Bone matrix destroying cells:
35. Relatively thin, flattened bones
36. Part of your blood that causes clotting
37. How many bones are there in the backbone
38. Region deep in the periosteal collar, whee bone development starts during endochondral ossification
39. Cartilage is a type of connective tissue that is more flexible than bone.
40. There are 216 bones in the body
41. Soft tissue inside the bone that produces red blood cells.
42. The mandible attaches to the cranium with a ..... joint
43. Which cell can be found on the periosteum and epiphyseal plates?
44. Iron-containing protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen and provides pigment
45. How do bones heal and grow?
46. What are the joints in your head called?
47. The hollow space in the middle of long bones is called
48. This type of bone has strut like bars or bridges
49. Match the following with the best location lumbar vertebrae
50. What part of the skeletal system is #6?
51. What type of cells maintain bones?
52. A layer of spongy bones sandwiched between 2 layers of compact bone is:
53. Another name for an open fracture is
54. An Exoskeleton is
55. The primary function of the skeletal system is to form a solid framework of bones and connective tissues to support the body.
56. The Maxilla is the
57. Why do adult bones reduce to 206?
58. Which of the following organs pumps blood to all parts of the body?
59. Most people have this many pair of ribs:
60. What does the mandible bone make up in an adult human skull?
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