Skeletal System Quiz 181 (60 MCQs)

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1. Mostly located in the limbs
2. A movable joint that allows movement in one direction only
3. Turning the palm of the hand upward
4. What are two other words for your ankles AND wrists?
5. Gomphoses are joints that connect
6. Blood vessels and nerves supplying a bone are typically found where?
7. The vertebral column belongs to
8. Covers the surfaces of bones where they come together to form joints. This tissue helps prevent bones rubbing against bones.
9. What connects two bones at a joint?
10. The place where two bones meet is a/an .....
11. It is the thick flat and strong bone that protects your head.
12. Hematopeiosis is the process of
13. When you turn your head from side to side, you are using this type of joint:
14. What type of muscle is only found in your heart?
15. What type of bone is the Pelvis?
16. Wrists, ankles and between the vertebrae ..... joint is found.
17. What are the principal bone cells that maintain daily cellular activities?
18. ..... are specialized bone cells that build new bone tissue.
19. I am the skull. I enclose/protect the brain.
20. Which one of these is NOT a function of the skeletal system.
21. ..... prevents friction between two bone
22. Backbone is made up of irregular bones called .....
23. Enables the wrist to rotate with radius
24. Which bone connects the humerus (upper arm) with the clavicle (collar bone)?
25. This system allows things to move within the body.
26. What connects each of our bones and gives us mobility?
27. Facial caivities that can get infected
28. Which term means weakness or slight paralysis of a muscle?
29. ..... is the study of bones.
30. Which one is a muscle?
31. What is the human skeleton make out of?
32. Vertebrae, vertebral column
33. A human adult has this many bones
34. What is the only part of our skeleton that we can see without an x-ray?
35. What is the number of bones that compose the adult skeleton?
36. The musse tissue that is founded in the heart is called
37. The bone that protect the brain is known as the .....
38. Type of synovial joint that allows back/forth and side/side motion.
39. THE HOLLOW OF OUR LONG BONES IS FILLED WITH
40. Cartilage from models during bone growth is ossified in all places except the articular cartilage ends and ..... ?
41. Which body system provides support, protection, and movement for the body?
42. Synonym for supports?
43. The skeletal system has two divisions:Apical and Appendicular
44. Ribs 8, 9, 10 are connected to rib 7 with costal cartilage. These are called:
45. All descriptions of the body start with the assumption that the body is in the ..... position.
46. The humerus is also known as the chest bone.
47. Attach Bone to Bone
48. Joints allows rotation only
49. 2 hip bones joint anteriorly through ..... and posteriorly at sacrum through .....
50. True or false:The bones at all types of joints are able to move.
51. Osteoblasts are responsible for bone growth.
52. The extracellular matrix of bone is rich in
53. What bone makes up the very back of the skull?
54. The U-shaped bone in the neck that supports the tongue also called the Adams apple is the:
55. Imagine Benjamin, Ava, and Anika are on a quest to discover the secrets of the human body. They come across a riddle:'What part of long bones makes up most of their length and is composed of compact bone?' Can you help them solve it?
56. What is the biggest muscle in your body?
57. Which term means breaking down of muscle tissue?
58. The hindmost bone of the skull is the ..... bone.
59. What is the medical term for the kneecap?
60. Another name for the lower arm