Skeletal System Quiz 203 (60 MCQs)

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1. Which bone forms the upper jaw?
2. Which disorder is defined as an inflammation of the joints?
3. When the body is in the anatomical position, the thumb is ..... and ..... to the fingers.
4. Muscles move bones by
5. Your Radius, Ulna, Femure, Tibia, Fibula and Humerus are all what type of bone?
6. Which muscle type is found in the internal, hollow organs of our body?
7. Cells that break down the bony matrix.
8. How does the integumentary system lower your body temperature?
9. When muscles get weak because of microgravity or aging it is called .....
10. Joints are hard.
11. The two types of joints in the body are the immovable joints and the movable joints.
12. How many muscles fo you have?
13. What type of bone makes up our vertebral column?
14. How to prevent polio virus?
15. Your collar bone is also called (a) .
16. The use of a needle to puncture a joint space and remove accumulated fluid is called .....
17. Protects the heart
18. This type of joint has a back and forth motion.
19. What does tendons hold together?
20. In bone the hollow central tube of an osteon that contains nerves and blood vessels.
21. Which is NOT a long bone?
22. The levels of organization of the human body is:atoms > molecules > organs > tissues > organisms > organ systems
23. Bone fractures due to low calcium affects
24. What kind of skeleton does a snail have?
25. What forms in the bone marrow?
26. Poor diet makes the
27. Joints that allow for free movement of the joint (such as synovial joints)
28. The femur location is in .....
29. Cardiac muscle lets the heart pump blood
30. Which term means "hump" ?
31. What is osteology?
32. Ribcage is part of which skeleton
33. A bone that is longe than it is wide
34. Glucose supplies your muscles with:
35. What is the word for the definition rib?
36. These joints allow very little movement
37. What do the valves in the body do?
38. Which main joint is classified as freely moveable?
39. A fragment of the bone breaks off with this fracture
40. What is moving a limb away from the midline of the body along the frontal plane called?
41. This hormone stimulates osteoclasts
42. A disease that results in soft bones that bend and caused by a lack of vitamin D
43. Characterized by decreased bone mass and density
44. You move your palms to face anteriorly
45. Which of the following bones function for SUPPORT but NOT protection?
46. The Radius is the bone that follows the thumb in the arm.
47. Bones store what mineral
48. Which is not a movable joint?
49. The mastoid process is a landmark on the:
50. What type of bones mainly make up the facial bones?
51. What bones are in your arm?
52. Stimulation of the ..... receptor would result in osteoclast activation
53. Animals found in polar regions have white fur that helps them to merge with the snow.
54. Cause:Genetic, Mutation of FGFR3 Gene regulating bone growth.
55. Which of the following is a good source of calcium?
56. Athralgia means what
57. Where is the spongy bone located?
58. A Podiatrist would see you as a patient if you had an injured .....
59. Heartbeat, breathing, swallowing and sneezing is controlled by .....
60. Inflammation of the joints is called .....