Skeletal System Quiz 3 (25 MCQs)

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1. What type of bone has broad surfaces, protecting organs and allowing for muscle attachment.

2. Which bone disease causes bones to become weak and brittle?

3. Arms, legs, hands and feet are examples of

4. Which of these is a long bone?

5. The main difference in the female skeleton and the male skeleton is found in the-

6. This attaches bone to muscle.

7. The upper arm bone is called the _____

8. We can estimate the age of a person by looking at their:

9. The matrix of the cartilage is formed of.

10. This soft material is found inside bones and is where red blood cells are made.

11. How many bones does an adult human body have?

12. Your hip bone is also known as your _____

13. What does our skeleton help us do?

14. Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells

15. How many bones are there in your skeletal system?

16. Bones are held together at joints with

17. What part of the joint reduces the risk of injury by absorbing shock?

18. Connective tissue bands; help hold long bones together at joints

19. Which of these is a flat bone?

20. What are the finger bones called?

21. What is the hard, outside layer of bone called?

22. Where is the largest bone in the body?

23. What was most of your bone made out of when you were born?

24. The function of the skeletal system where the body is able to draw upon phosphorus or calcium if levels in bloodstream fall below normal.

25. One job of the skeletal system is to