Skeletal System Quiz 26 (60 MCQs)

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1. Bones that do not fit into the other descriptive categories
2. The process by which bones harden over time is referred to as:
3. How is a fracture diagnosed?
4. What is located at number 17?
5. Blood is considered a tissue because it is composed of cells such as red and white blood cells working together for a particular function.
6. Where can you find an example of a ball-and-socket joint?
7. This is an example what type of fracture?
8. Cartilage is the tough but flexible tissue that covers the ends of your bones at a joint.
9. Which is your collarbone?
10. Muscles that oppose one another are
11. Which word is a synonym for the word supports?
12. The human body as an adult has
13. What does the prefix 'Osteo-' mean?
14. What system does the skeletal system work with to cause movement?
15. Which type of fracture is the most common?
16. Which is not a division of the skeletal system?
17. Within the skeleton where would you be able to find a Condyloid joint?
18. The skeletal system maintains homeostasis by
19. What synovial joint would you find where the femur and pelvis articulate?
20. Which bone is an example of a hinge joint?
21. I am the long bone found in the thing; the thighbone ..... What am I?
22. Extra calcium is taken out of the ..... and put into the ..... when the body is in need of more calcium.
23. The parietal bone would be an example of this type?
24. The knee is an example of which synovial joint?
25. A patient arrives at the emergency department with the following injury. Based on the examination, the doctor determines that this rupture was caused by an excess of which of the following?
26. Second largest bone in the body(Hint:also a ball and socket)
27. An example of a long bone is the
28. ..... system's main work is to process food.
29. What is the function of synovial fluid?
30. What does osteoarthritis cause
31. Your shin bone is also called a(n)
32. Homeostasis in the body is when .....
33. The most common sign or symptom of muscle disorders is
34. Two minerals stored in your bones are phosphorus and
35. The human adult has ..... bones
36. This is the stage in which collagen fibers start to span the break and connect the broken bones.
37. Which vitamin is needed for collagen synthesis?
38. Surgical puncture to aspirate fluid from a joint.
39. The suffix-itis means what?
40. What stores fats?
41. The bones in your back are made up of
42. Most short bones are shaped like a .....
43. Without the skeletal system we would not be able to stand up.
44. Turning your head to look both ways before crossing the street is what kind of movement?
45. This is an infection in the bone.
46. The part of the skeleton that includes the cranium, vertebrae & ribs. This division of the skeleton provides body's structural core, supporting the appendicular skeleton
47. SKIN is the .....
48. It supports the lower part of the body and aid the movement of the legs.
49. These are special short bones that form in a tendon, such as the patella.
50. What are the ligaments?
51. Spongy bone is found in the ..... of long bones.
52. Which of the following images best shows a hinge joint
53. Red blood cells fight disease and infection.
54. Floating ribs are joined to .....
55. No movement would occur without the skeletal system.
56. Which of these joints has the biggest range of movement?
57. Have large surface area for attaching to muscles
58. The light flexible part inside the compact bone
59. What is the primary function of the axial skeleton?
60. What type of joint is held together by ligaments?