Skeletal System Quiz 5 (60 MCQs)

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1. Composed of 12 pairs of bones and the sternum or breastbone, protects the heart and lungs
2. Hard bone is called ..... bone
3. Your bones will stop growing by the time you are how old?
4. Your bones are made of?
5. What is the word for the definition Curved?
6. Where on your body would you find the Patella bone?
7. Osteocytes occupy small chamber called
8. Identify the structure.
9. In a(n) ..... fracture, the bone has splintered or been crushed.
10. Which is an example of a hinge joint?
11. These create support and some produce blood cells and others store minerals?
12. Your dorsal cavity houses your
13. Which of the following refers to the muscle cell?
14. An immovable joint found between skull bones is called a:
15. Red blood cells are created in the .....
16. There are more than 200 bones in your body.
17. The end of the long bone
18. The appendicular skeleton ..... the skeleton of the upper and lower limbs.
19. What is your jaw called?
20. What is the name of the genetic disorder that affects collagen production and makes bones brittle?
21. What is a skeleton?
22. What is the condition called where the cartilage in between bones breaks down?
23. ALSO KNOWN AS SUBCUTANEOUS LAYER
24. ..... is the anterior side, whereas ..... is the posterior side.
25. The disorder is usually suffered by the elderly, especially women and caused by calciumdeficiency. The disorder is called .....
26. The skeletal system protects the external organs of our body
27. What type of bone is the frontal bone (found in the forehead)
28. Which system does the heart take place in?
29. Which joint is situated in our neck?
30. The skeletal system gives the body .....
31. How many pairs of false ribs do you have?
32. Which division of the skeleton forms the main core of the body and protects internal organs?
33. The bone that is known as the accessory bone or kneecap is called:
34. Prefix meaning "to, toward, near"
35. Vitamin ..... is needed for bones to metabolize calcium.
36. Which food contains Calcium that helps our bones?
37. The bones ..... our organs.
38. Which of the following functions of the bone helps us sit up, stand, and raise our arms over our heads to ask questions?
39. Food is pushed down the esophagus by muscles that line the alimentary canal. What type of muscle are these?
40. What is located at number 10?
41. Connective tissue that sacs lined with synovial membranes that act as cushions in places where friction develops are called
42. In bones, ..... will be released by the thyroid to remove calcium from the blood, while ..... will be released by the parathyroid to break down bone tissue.
43. The flattened fibrous sac associated with synovial joints is called a what?
44. Example of a long bone
45. How many bones does the human body have on average?
46. How many ribs are in the human body?
47. Yellow bone marrow, composition
48. What is the main function of Cartilage?
49. The bones in the cranium are made up of immovable joints called
50. The term for spinal cord, bone marrow is
51. Bone marrow that stores fats
52. Specialized bone cells that carry out the work of building new bone tissue:
53. These type of bones have roughly equal widths and lengths; cube shaped.
54. These joints all have a fibrous capsule lined with synovial membrane surrounding a joint cavity
55. Which types of muscles are involuntary?
56. Muscular dystrophy
57. What kind of joint is the thumb?
58. Muscle that protects your large and small intestines
59. The scientific name for "rib" is
60. The skull is located in your