Skeletal System Quiz 40 (60 MCQs)

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1. The breastbone or bone that the first 10 pairs of ribs connect to on the anterior surface of the body.
2. What is the scientific name for your skull (head)?
3. How many vertebrae make up the human spine?
4. Metacarpals form
5. Three main layers of a bone?
6. What are the two main types of bones in the skeletal system?
7. The platelets help the blood to clot after an injury.
8. What is an abnormal left or right curvature of the spine?
9. What is found in the center of the bone?
10. How are a seashell and a bone alike?
11. Which label is the patella?
12. Which of the following is the cause of tendinitis?
13. Where is your fixed joint located?
14. Which organ is protected by the skull?
15. Osteocytes are located within tiny little chambers called ..... which are linked by .....
16. The heel bone is part of the ..... bones. (page 136)
17. Superficial skin layer composed of stratified squamous epithelium.
18. It is found inside the spongy bone where the red and white blood cells are produced.
19. These are hard, dense bones that provide strength, structure, and mobility. The thigh bone (femur).
20. Where is fat stored in your bones?
21. Wrists and ankles are this type of joint
22. Disease occurs in children, it weakens and softens the bones due to vitamin D deficiency and lack of exposure to sunlight.
23. Combining form that means joint.
24. The wrist bones are an example of this joint
25. True or False:The lower part of the leg is made up of two bones.
26. ..... bones have long axes.
27. How many bones do we have when we become adults?
28. What is the long bone in the arm called?
29. Arjun, Grace, and Nora are playing a trivia game. They come across a question:What does the thoracic cage protect?
30. What is located at number 2?
31. Any place where two or more bones come together
32. Which of the following is not a long bone?
33. What is the main function of short bones?
34. Hydrostatic skeletons occur in.....
35. Skin protects the body by keeping harmful substances outside the body and keeping important substances inside the body.
36. Grace, James, and Abigail are playing a game to identify different types of joints in the human body. They come across a tricky question:Which of the following is NOT an example of a hinge joint?
37. These cells are responsible for removing minerals and collagen from bones.
38. Name the type of joint that have little or no movement.
39. Large cell that are present in almost all cavities of bone and they function to causeresorption?
40. What are the slightly movable joints?
41. A group of cells that have similar functions?
42. Where in the skeletal system can this tissue be found?
43. Which body is used for drawing or writing
44. Which of the following is filled with yellow marrrow?
45. Which gender is more at risk for osteoporisis?
46. A facture in which the bone splinters, but the break is incomplete
47. What is the correct order of organization from smallest to largest in living things?
48. What girdle is much sturdier and provides far less mobility than the other?
49. When kicking a football, ..... joint is one of the main movements required.
50. Area where two or more bones join together
51. A tough membrane that surrounds the bone
52. Protects the heart and lungs
53. What is the softer connective tissue that fills the interior of the ends of most long bones called?
54. The human body consists of over:
55. All bones contain..... bone tissue
56. Which of the following bone protects the brain?
57. The shaft of a long bone which is made of compact bone containing a central cavity
58. Phalanges are an example of
59. What food are good for developing strong, healthy bones?
60. What mineral is essential for bone strength?