Skeletal System Quiz 22 (25 MCQs)

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1. Which function of the skeletal system would be especially important if you were in a car accident?

2. Most insects have this type skeleton.

3. Where in the body are the metacarpals found?

4. The longest bone in the body is the _____

5. The shaft of the long bone.

6. What makes up the vertebral column?

7. Which mineral makes up our bones?

8. What is found at the end of long bones to reduce friction and absorb shock?

9. Which bone disorder is caused by Vitamin D deficiency in children?

10. Humans have this type skeleton.

11. Which activity DOES NOT help your bones?

12. Two important minerals for bone growth and maintenance are?

13. What are the two main jobs of the skeletal system?

14. What minerals are stored in the skeletal system?

15. All of the following are places in the skeleton that remain as cartilage EXCEPT:

16. The slender smaller bone of the lower leg that attaches to the proximal end of the tibia

17. The set of bones inside your head that protects your brain is called _____

18. What part of the skeletal system cushions other bones and also forms some structures of the body?

19. BONE CELL THAT DESTROYS BONE

20. Some bones make blood cells in the:

21. What is the skeletal system?

22. How many bones in the skeletal system?

23. _____ is the longest bone in our body

24. This bone protects the brain.

25. Dense bone tissue that appears smooth and homogeneous: