Skeletal System Quiz 50 (60 MCQs)

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1. This disease is caused by calcium deficiency in elderly women and makes the bones less its density.The name of the disease is .....
2. Which of the following is an example of a flat bone?
3. Which of the following movements is an example of a pivot joint?
4. Name the type of fracture based on the description:Several breaks result in many small pieces between two large segments
5. What is the medical term for crooked?
6. Which of the following is NOT a bone area associated with the axial skeleton?
7. How many vertebrae does the lumbar have?
8. The patella is what type of bone
9. Bones also help your body maintain homeostasis by storing
10. Fracturing a bone is never good, which one is more serious for the health of the patient?
11. The inner layer of the skin
12. True or False:Bones and muscles work together to help you move.
13. What muscle attaches to the bone and produces movement?
14. The thin layer that sends signals to the brain is called .....
15. Tissues that can carry messages.
16. It can be made from boards, sticks, cartons or magazines. It may be fastened to the injured part with strips of cloth or belts.
17. What is the hollow area at the center of long bones called?
18. Bones are living things.
19. What is the word for the definition Abnormal narrowing?
20. The part of the skeleton along the axis of the body is the .....
21. Which bone protects the heart and lungs?
22. Which of the following is not a classification of bone?
23. What bones does the axial skeleton consist of?
24. Bones are not vascular (do not contain blood vessels)
25. Bone Destroying cells are called?
26. What is the Medical Abbreviation for the definition Rheumatoid arthritis?
27. Tissue that covers your bones and reduces friction of bones
28. The extracellular matrix between bone cells is made up of what organic molecules?
29. Carpals and tarsals
30. A vertebrae is an example of a(n) ..... bone.
31. Which of the following structural joints is indicated by the arrow in the image?
32. What type of joints allow for circular motion?
33. Bones can help produce what kind of cells?
34. The ..... is very dense and rigid.
35. The function(s) of the skeletal system is/are
36. ..... ossification is where cartilage in the shaft becomes bone
37. Which part of the skeleton system has 80 bones
38. The upper portion of the jaw is
39. The ends of long bones are known as .....
40. Which mineral makes up our bones?
41. A thin layer of tissue that provides a smooth, low friction surface at the end of a long bone:
42. The ..... is used to diagnose broken bones (mostly hard tissue).
43. Which of the following tissue types makes blood?
44. Which type of bone has an irregular collagen organization?
45. What connect muscles to bones?
46. What serves as the anchoring point for the tongue?
47. The physicist name was Wilhelm Roentgen?
48. What is the top bone in your leg called?
49. Treats conditons that result in weak and fragile bones like osteoporosis
50. What is produced in bone marrow?
51. The femur would be an example of this type
52. What is the name of the horseshoe-shaped bone that holds open the neck? This is also where the muscles of the tongue and the floor of the mouth attach.
53. How many bones are in your arm?
54. Which best describes the function of your RIBCAGE?
55. How many ribs are found in the typical human?
56. What is the name of the longest bone in your body?
57. Ligaments hold bone to bone.
58. The forearm has two bones.
59. Skeletal muscles are:
60. What is the most important mineralsstored inside bones?