Skeletal System Quiz 169 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is the role of synovial fluid?
2. Blood cells are formed in the center of many bones in soft tissue called red marrow. Blood cells form in the center of many bones in soft tissue called red marrow.
3. Which suture joins the parietal and occipital bones together?
4. Scientific name for "joints"
5. How many cranial bones are there in the human body?
6. We could not ..... without the skeletal system
7. The knee bone is called the .....
8. Bone marrow is produced in
9. Describes any grinding, creaking, cracking, grating, crunching, or popping that occurs when moving a joint.
10. These are the finger bones.
11. How many bone does a baby have?
12. Muscles only found in the heart
13. Your thumb is connected to palm, bone moves front-back, left-right
14. The sacrum and vertebrae are examples of this
15. Overuse Injuries
16. Main bones in the ankle
17. The hollow space within the diaphysis is called?
18. Where are the shortest bones in your body?
19. The metatarsals are ..... bones.
20. There are 206 of these in your entire body, what are they?
21. A group of organs that work together to perform a similar function.
22. An injury in which a muscle or tendon is torn or over stretched is called .....
23. The scientific name for your kneecap is this.
24. What are two things you can do to keep your teeth strong and healthy?
25. This is a disease found mostly in the elderly and causes loss of bone that leads to "shrinking"
26. The largest bone in the back leg is called the .....
27. On the basis of functions, joints are classified into?
28. Which of the following statements best describes the form and function relationship in bones
29. Bones that are mostly for organ protection
30. Bone disorder because the bones loses its density is called .....
31. What is a synovial joint?
32. Of the 3 types of muscle, which muscles attach to bone?
33. Articular cartilage found at the ends of the long bones serves to:
34. The bone that forms the upper portion of the sternum is the
35. Type of muscle found in the digestive system (example:stomach)
36. The classification of bone that are filled mostly with spongy bone is
37. What is the name of the pigment that provides UV protection?
38. The spine consists of how many vertebrae?
39. The skeletal system protects ..... organ in our body
40. Which of the following joints allows forward and backward movement?
41. What is the process called when osteoclasts break down old bone tissue?
42. The most common signs and symptoms of bone and joint disease are ..... 1 ..... swelling, decreased ..... 2 ....., and deformity.
43. The forearm bone closest to the pinky finger is the .....
44. Types of bones found in the hands and feet
45. The vertebrae protects a bundle of nerves. The bundle of nerves is called the
46. Mature bone cells that maintain bone matrix:
47. The type of joint found in knees and elbows
48. The appendicular skeleton consists of
49. What chemical compound increases the effect of gout?
50. Which fracture is caused by a twisting motion?
51. Muscle attached to bone:
52. What is another name for the skull?
53. Look at this picture carefully. Name the bone on number 2!
54. How do bones form
55. What is made INSIDE of your bones?
56. Which label is the phalanges?
57. Sense organ which helps to taste is called .....
58. What is the outer most coating of a bone called?
59. A general term for the group of inherited myopathies that are characterized by wasting and weakness of the skeletal muscle.
60. WHICH MUSCLES ARE USED IN BLINKING OF EYES