Skeletal System Quiz 208 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is a Skeleton Made of?
2. Muscles are made up of groups of cells working together. What level of biological organization does this represent?
3. What is the order of how are body's are organized?
4. These break down bone
5. Which of the following shows the levels of organization of an organism from LEAST to MOST complex.
6. Where are the tibia and fibula located in the human body?
7. The ..... bone is located in the head and forms the forehead.
8. The ..... is a hard bone that protects your brain.
9. The littlest bone in your body is located in your ..... ?
10. What is the name of the upper leg bone?
11. Cartilaginous joints are:
12. All bones of the body allow for protection
13. Process by which tissue and cartilage become bone
14. Example of gliding joint is the backbone.
15. Bones can be classified by shape. Which of the following represents the 4 bone shapes described by the text?
16. What helps skin feel heat and pressure?
17. What is the purpose of the central canals in bone tissue?
18. Where are secondary ossification centers found?
19. What is the word for the definition ligament?
20. Common bone disease among old people which is resulted from the gradual erosion of the protective layer of cartilage between the bones at the joints which can cause pain, stiffness, and swelling of the joints
21. What are two things in your body that tendons connect?
22. The job of bone marrow is to make red blood cells.
23. What do you call an external skeleton?
24. The skull, mandible, ribs, sternum, sacrum, and the vertebral column make up the .....
25. Sudden, hard hit
26. The smaller bones that make up the backbone are also known as
27. The scientific name for your toes are called?
28. The function of the muscular system is to restrict the body from moving.
29. Bones are very flexible
30. Catherine injured her ankle while ice skating. Her x-ray shows no signs of bone abnormality but her doctor feels she has damage ligaments. Catherine's diagnosis is a:
31. Brain, spinal cord, and nerves make up which system?
32. What is the type of cell that breaks down old or cracked bone?
33. Which is an example of muscles moving a bone?
34. True or False:By the time your a teenager most of your cartilage has been replaced by bone.
35. The paranasal sinuses are.....
36. Chest and shoulder muscles that move the arm at the shoulder joint have insertions on the:
37. Function of Osteoclast
38. Part of medicine that specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of the musculoskeletal systems.
39. Name the pathology that have the sign of cauliflower.
40. What is the most common join in the body
41. An ..... allows little or no movement
42. The muscles in her leg transport nutrients to the bones. The heart is the only muscle made of cardiac muscle.
43. What is the part of the skeleton that is composed of all of the bones of the head?
44. The term ossification refers to ..... ?
45. Endoskeletons are skeletons outside the body.
46. Which fracture is common when a person tries to break their fall with outstretched arms?
47. The sternum is an irregular bone.
48. Which bones protect knee joint from getting hurt?
49. The type of bone located at the ends of long bones is
50. Where in the body do you find cartilage
51. What are the bones that make up the vertebral column?
52. What is the term for the bones in the spine?
53. The organ of the skeletal system are
54. You have a compound fracture in your forearm. Which skeleton is injured?
55. Most joint also have tough, stiff material called ..... that covers the ends of the bones
56. Endochondral ossification replaces ..... during bone development
57. A small-oil producing gland found in the dermis.
58. Which type of muscle tissue has striations, is involuntary, is found only in the heart, and has a slow contraction time but has great endurance.
59. The scapula is part of the
60. What is NOT part of the appendicular skeleton?