Skeletal System Quiz 192 (60 MCQs)

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1. What additional benefit does the structure of the vertebral column provide to the body trunk?
2. The knob shaped portion of an arm bone that articulates with a notch on the radius and wrist bone
3. Cartilage is flexible connective tissue found on the ends of bones to help reduce
4. What type of socket is the knee?
5. These cells are capable of developing into osteoblast and finally osteocyte
6. ..... are a connective tissu which connect two bones to each other
7. The tough, fibrous membrane around the surface of a bone is called .....
8. Skeleton system gives ..... to the body.
9. What attaches our bones to muscles and joints?
10. A ..... and ..... joint can be found in the shoulder and the hip.
11. Which two systems work together to help a person stand up straight?
12. The vertebra is a gliding joint.
13. Q5 the backbone is made up of ..... bones.
14. The connective tissue that covers the diaphysis of a long bone is called
15. Movement of limb away from the body
16. Can broken bones heal fast
17. The formation of blood cells takes place in:
18. Which system helps your body move, helps the heart beat, and pushes food through the digestive system?
19. Broad, flat bones of the skull
20. What is the name of the group of bones that make up the fingers of the hand?
21. A cell that erodes or cuts the bone
22. Which of the following is NOT one of the systems involved in producing movement?
23. What bone categories are colored brown, protect the delicate organs in the body?
24. What do you call the process of manufacturing blood cells?
25. This type of bone tissue is porous and makes the bone lightweight
26. The tarsals are more commonly known as the wrist bones.
27. Which is not a bone?
28. Which two bones in the skull move?
29. Cartilage bones are .....
30. ..... pairs of bones make up the ribcage.
31. Which two minerals are important for a healthy bones
32. An invasive test that involves aspirating a sample of the bone marrow fluid from within the bone
33. Which label is the sacrum?
34. Bones can make blood cells. True or False?
35. What are the four functions of the skeleton system?
36. A joint that allows for full rotation found in hip and shoulder
37. Bones that have more than one shape (vertebrae) are called:
38. Birth defect where a baby's spinal cord fails to close in the womb
39. What bone marrow is found in the middle of bone and stores fat?
40. Which of the following are bone builder cells?
41. These bones make up the cranium
42. Which system is made up of bones?
43. The arm is formed by a single bone, the ....., which is a typical long bone.
44. A child has more bones than an adult human being
45. Why do babies have more bones than adults?
46. Which type of muscle is striped and is found in the heart?
47. Femur, tibia, fibula, shoulder, radius, ulna, clavicle
48. Which term refers to the formation of blood cells?
49. Which of the following is not a facial bone?
50. A form of dwarfism in which you have short limbs
51. What do nutrients travel through to get from blood vessels to bones?
52. Bones in the vertebrae get larger because
53. Your spine is made up of 33 small bones called the .....
54. These are the immovable joints that join together the bones of the cranium
55. Which of the following substances make up the major portion of bone?
56. Of the following main parts of the human skeletal system, which protects the brain? Which of the following main parts of the human skeletal system protects the brain?
57. The ribs are .....
58. Skull protects the?
59. Where do you have more bones?
60. A saddle joint is found in the-