Skeletal System Quiz 48 (60 MCQs)

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1. Spongy bone is more commonly called ..... ?
2. The ..... is an organ system that includes the bones and the connective tissues that hold the bones together.
3. What type of joint is found in your neck and wrists?
4. Which shows the correct levels of organization?
5. The skeletal system works with the ..... system to allow for movement.
6. Your ankle bone is known as the
7. Areas where the cranial bones have joined together
8. The root word for "crooked, bent or stiff" is:
9. The following parts can be called an immovable joint is .....
10. Small, knoblike process where connective tissues attach
11. The "sternum" is a very important bone that protects the?
12. What part of the Integumentary System helps to keep our bodies from overheating?
13. What is the bone that protects the heart and lungs?
14. Your ulna is ..... to your radius.
15. Which part of your skeleton includes the skull, rib cage and vertebrae?
16. Bending parts at a joint so that the angle between them decreases and the parts come closer together.
17. The sternum is the .....
18. How many bones are the adult human body?
19. Hematopoiesis is the production of new
20. What is inside bones?
21. The bowl shaped collection of bones that protect your internal organs such as your digestive system is called the .....
22. Builds the matrix ("osteoid") of the bone
23. This joint allow side to side, rotating, straightening and bending movements. They are located in the shoulders and hips.
24. These bones are located in your hand
25. What should you do if you break a bone?
26. True ribs have-pairs?
27. The thoracic cage does NOT protect these organs.
28. A tough, elastic tissue present on the surface of bones, at the joints is called .....
29. Where is the diaphysis area of the bone?
30. Light bone that makes up part of the nasal and orbital cavities and is anterior to the sphenoid bone
31. Is caused by a lack of vitamin D in children making bones soft and weak
32. The rib cage protects the
33. Bones are considered alive.
34. I am known as the collarbone. I allow your arms to hang freely.
35. Which type of bone cell(s) is/are involved in the BREAKDOWN of bone during bone remodeling or when the body is in need of calcium to be extracted from the bone?
36. If you cut a bar magnet in half, it forms 4 poles
37. Covers the external surface of the epiphysis-Made of hyaline cartilage-Decreases friction at joint surfaces
38. What are the two main parts of the human body called according to anatomists?
39. What bones is the largest bone in your body?
40. Tough, flexable connective tissue
41. The part of the skeleton that includes the upper and lower limbs and the pelvic girdle.
42. Most of the bones have a holow and the center containing ..... ?
43. The foot, composed of the ....., metatarsals, and phalanges
44. Why are the bones of the lower limbs stronger and thicker?
45. I am the seven bones of the ankle joint.
46. Bones of the skull and hip are .....
47. Which key words represent the function of skeletal system?
48. What are the two bones in lower arm called
49. Definition:Top of head
50. It is the total number of bones in an infant.
51. Vitamin D affects bone development and repair by .....
52. The biggest bone in the body is the
53. The type of joint which can move to one direction is called the .....
54. The lower portion of the face/jaw is called the?
55. Whats your biggest bone?
56. Rib cage protects which parts of the body?
57. The epiphyseal plate never closes or fuses
58. In humans, red bone marrow provides
59. What is the purpose of bone remodeling?
60. What is the definition of compact bone?