Skeletal System Quiz 127 (60 MCQs)

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1. Joint present in toes and ankle respectively.
2. What is responsible for holding bones together?
3. Where do red and white blood cells produced
4. Which vitamin and mineral is necessary for proper absorption?
5. All are diarthrotic
6. The prefix endo means
7. An example of a saddle joint can be found in the thumb.
8. Your carpals are an example of
9. What does calcium attach in a muscle contraction?
10. Which mineral makes up the majority of our bone matrix?
11. Rings in muscles that control opening and closing:
12. What is a common injury that can occur to ligaments?
13. Where can you find the periosteum?
14. Osteoporosis is too ..... bone being made for the body.
15. Don't let the bones move at all, like the joints between your skull bones:
16. What is the epiphyseal plate made of?
17. Fat storage takes place in which part of the bone?
18. What best describes the epiphyseal line?
19. Which system provides shape and support, movement, and protects organs
20. The hard palate is made of which bones?
21. What is the inside of the bone that holds bone marrow called?
22. What kind of tissue is the forerunner of long bones in the embryo?
23. The branching network of bone in spongy bone is called
24. Which system's primary function is movement and flexibility?
25. Animals with a back bone
26. What fraction of the human population has an extra pair of ribs?
27. Which organ system below which are attached to the bones to help them to move?
28. One way to care for you bones is being physically active
29. What type of bones are found where tendons pass over joints?
30. Which type of bone is responsible for hematopoiesis?
31. A part of a bone that sticks out.
32. Spongy bone would primarily be found where in a bone?
33. This connective tissue is on the outer layer of some bones and provides a cushion to keep the bones from grinding together
34. The bones are held together at the joints by strong structure called
35. What are the two largest tarsals in the foot that carry most of the body's weight?
36. The bone to protect brain and support our face is .....
37. Which skeletal system does the skull
38. What is the job of the red marrow
39. Which bone is an example of an Irregular bone?
40. Which part of the body contains 54 bones?
41. Which of the following is an example of a fibrous joint
42. What is the major component of the skeletal system?
43. The outermost and thinnest layer of the skin is the:
44. The joints of the shoulder and pelvis are considered what kind of joint?
45. Compact bone contains circular units called .....
46. These are the bridges or struts in bone that branch and formnetworks of bone that are very strong, but do not add weight to the overall structure.
47. Organ X is a place for exchanging carbon dioxide and oxygen gases. What is organ X? What is organ X?
48. What is the tough connective tissue that is made of tangled fibers of protein called?
49. Which type of joint connects our skull bones? (page 138 & 139)
50. Hey Liam, Aria, and David! Can you guess which one is known as the bone breaker?
51. When you break your bones, they ALWAYS stay broken
52. Which of the following best describes:Hematopoiesis
53. What is the major inorganic constituent of bone?
54. Which joint is found in the skull?
55. ..... is a tough membrane that covers the outside of the bone that contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, and osteoblasts
56. What does red bone marrow produce?
57. How does the number of bones in your body change as you grow older?
58. What might happen if an older person didn't get enough calcium?
59. What is the largest bone in the body?scapulahumerusfemurcarilage
60. The finger bones do not have joints.