Skeletal System Quiz 165 (60 MCQs)

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1. What mineral helps keep your bones healthy and gives them their hardness?
2. Which has amphiarthrotic movement?
3. Bones have a blood supply.
4. Age-related muscle atrophy.
5. The functional/physiological classification of joints is based .....
6. Which type of bones are small, needle-like, and has a lot of open space?
7. A bone shaft fracture is a break in the .....
8. ..... is a tissue that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends of bones and keeps them from rubbing together.
9. What is the cranium also called?
10. Bones make our blood
11. Larger, rough bony protrusion where muscles attach
12. This bone is commonly known as the shin.
13. Which muscle in the human body is the busiest?
14. Name the bones that form the ball-and-socket joint in your shoulder.
15. Muscles are only found in the arms and legs
16. In which gender osteoporosis is more common?
17. Common name for the patella is .....
18. Which type of tissue allows you to move?
19. Which disease cause joints to be inflamed
20. Where do osteoclasts originate from?
21. Bones of the lower jaw and spine are
22. AKA a bone spur, when you develop a bony outgrowth at a joint
23. An example of your pivot joint is your .....
24. Chronic inflammation of the synovial joints.
25. Which of the following is responsible for lubricating joints at the ends of long bones?
26. The elbow is an example of this joint
27. Condition of thinning and weakening of the bones due to lack of calcium and phosphorus. Common to older people.
28. Malignant tumor of the synovial membrane.
29. Which system contains 3 types of muscles? (cardiac, smooth, skeletal)
30. Name the type of fracture based on the description:Occurs straight across the long axis of the bone
31. Where are the red blood cells are created
32. Which of the following is a characteristic of red bone marrow:
33. The purpose of flat bones are to .....
34. The delicate internal organ which is not protected by the rib cage is,
35. What kind of joint is the axis on the atlas?
36. What are the bones in the upper jaw?
37. The bones in the appendicular skeleton includes
38. What is the smallest skeletal muscle in your body?
39. Thick filaments are made of
40. The skeletal system gives your body shape.
41. Where are the alveoli located?
42. I in RICE stands for
43. The shoulder and hip are ball and socket joints.
44. What is the term used for inflammation of a joint?
45. The membranous areas (soft spots) of an infant's skull are called .....
46. The bones of the trunk include the vertebral column, the ribs and the sternum.
47. The outside layer of bone is called spongy bone.
48. Which of the following is an example of a slightly moveable joint?
49. Which of the following are cells that are "bone breakers" ?
50. The muscle that pumps blood throughout your body is:
51. Organ systems combine to form
52. Bendable materials found where bones meet each other
53. The back bone protects the delicate .....
54. Sebaceous glands .....
55. Step 3 of bone repair is
56. Joints are points at which bones .....
57. To build strong bones and prevent osteoporosis, a diet should include foods such as dairy products that are high in
58. Which type of bone cell secretes organic material?
59. Type of joint that slightly moveable, vertebrae
60. Your heart and lungs are protectef by