Skeletal System Quiz 17 (60 MCQs)

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1. This is included in the axial skeleton
2. What is arthritis?
3. What is an 'Agonist' muscle?
4. The canal that runs through each osteon contains:
5. Through which of the following skull foramen is the facial nerve passes?
6. The knee joint is an example of which joint?
7. Which of the following is the third step in ossification?
8. What are the showder bones called?
9. An important function of the muscular system is to aid in the return of blood from the legs through muscular compression on the leg veins.
10. The number of bones in the body lessens as we grow old.
11. All of the following bones form part of the knee joint except
12. Which if these bones is found in the arm?
13. Another name for your backbone is called .....
14. What suture connects the parietal bones with the occipital bone?
15. Which type of joint is generally immovable?
16. What type of bone are your vertebrae?
17. The ..... protects your heart, lungs, liver.
18. We need cartilage in our rib cage because
19. Blood and yellow bone marrow are examples of what type of tissue
20. A group of organs working together as a team to perform a function
21. A softening of bone tissue in children due to a vitamin D deficiency
22. Which type of bone is found in the wrist?
23. From which system does the body get the message to move?
24. What type of bone is humerus?
25. Muscles that we have control over are ..... muscles.
26. Rheumatoid arthritis is any autoimmune disorder.
27. Select an example of flat bones
28. The hyoid bone, found in the throat, is the only bone that .....
29. The x-ray shows what type of fracture?
30. What is the main function of the sternum in the skeletal system?
31. What type of tissue in bones is responsible for blood production?
32. The smaller bone in the forearm on the side of the thumb is called:
33. All the bones in your body make up the .....
34. What is a bone that is thin and flattened, usually curved, and is comprised of thin layers of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone classified as?
35. There are 14 cranial bones and 8 facial bones.
36. Which of the vertebrae contain the densest osseous tissue?
37. Which of the following is found in the form of 12 pairs?
38. The three jobs of your skeletal system are:
39. Why do birds have hollow bones?
40. The number of bones in an adult human body is
41. Both the jaw have teeth ..... in them
42. Which of the following isn't technically a bone?
43. Which cranial bone contains the foramen magnum?
44. Which of the following is not one of the four main types of tissues?
45. The blood cell for function of the body
46. Yellow bone marrow stores fat
47. What is osteogenesis?
48. How many bones are in your body?
49. Where do bones meet?
50. A(n) ..... can help determine whether the disorder is muscular or neurologic in nature.
51. How many different types of joints are there?
52. ..... is a strong and smooth connective tissue that covers and protects the end of bones.
53. To articulate is to form a
54. Muscles of the heart
55. These bones have platelike structures with broad surfaces.
56. Air spaces in the bones that aid in the production of sound.
57. It manufactures the blood cells in the body
58. Disorder due to "wear and tear" and is a breakdown of the articular cartilage
59. ..... is the smallest entity of a human body and considered as the building block of life.
60. Fracture repair has four major steps. When mitosis occurs at the break, creating the cartilaginous precursor, what stage of repair is occurring?