Skeletal System Quiz 66 (60 MCQs)

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1. Is NOT highly mobile
2. What are the 5 main functions of the skeleton?
3. Which organs help with the absorption of nutrients?
4. Small holes in bone matrix that contain osteocytes
5. Muscle fibres that radiate out towards tendons
6. True/False:Skeletal muscles usually work in pair.
7. ..... is the scientific name for the kneecap.
8. Which type of muscle is the strongest?
9. Bones serve as attachment points for ..... to result in movement.
10. What must invade the bone in order for endochondral ossification to occurt?
11. What feature of the skull allows babies to be born easier and allows for rapid brain growth?
12. Which double set of two bones is situated on the left and right sides of the body and makes up the Pectoral Girdle?
13. These interacts with the skeletal system by attaching bone to bone.
14. A ..... fracture is most often seen in small children.
15. It is made up of series of irregularly-shaped bones called vertebrae.
16. How many bones are in the Appendicular Skeleton?
17. What is the word for the definition Spinal cord?
18. FEMUR IS FOUND IN OUR
19. Which bone protects our brain
20. What type of Joint? SHOULDERS AND HIPS
21. I am called the shoulder blade. I provide a foundation for joint function
22. There are ..... Pair of limbs
23. We can bend our joints.
24. The longest bone in the body is .....
25. What vitamin is needed by bone for calcium storage
26. The gliding joint moves .....
27. I am the bone cell that 'breaks down bone' by releasing dissolving chemicals.
28. A cavity within a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities.
29. Alas, poor Yorick, I used to know the name for the eight collective bones that house the human brain. What is it?
30. Limit movement to only one direction .....
31. A women may suffer from osteoporosis as she ages due to insufficient of certain hormones and nutrients. What are these hormones and nutrients?
32. Parathyroid hormone and calcitriol are secreted in response to what?
33. Disorder that causes softening of the bones due to Vitamin D deficiency .....
34. The ..... is an arrangement of bones present within the chest region
35. Which bone cell is able to create new bone tissue?
36. How many pairs of ribs does the average human adult have?
37. Which of the following is an irregular bone?
38. What combines the skeletal system with the muscular system?
39. Compact bone, function
40. Smooth muscles can be found in the legs, and arms
41. The clavicle is the scientific name for which bone?
42. What mineral are bones made of up
43. Of the following, which is NOT a function of the skeletal system?
44. A patient slightly damaged vertebrae C2 and C3 in a bicycling accident. Which of the following tasks is most likely to cause pain?
45. What are minerals in relation to bones?
46. Bone tissue that is thick and dense
47. Which are functions of the skeleton?
48. The imaginary plane that splits yoru body into left and right halves is called the ..... plane
49. There are two types of arthritis. Which of the following describes osteoarthritis?
50. The proximal and distal ends of a bone.
51. As we begin to age what happens to the marrow in our body.
52. Which bone is located in the lower leg?
53. The thoracic cage does NOT protect this organ.
54. What can be found in the central canal of osteons?
55. Q2 to which body system do the bones belong to?
56. Is cartilage another name for bone?
57. What type of cartilage would you find surrounding the ends of long bones?
58. What is the movement called when the joint moves away from the midline of the body?
59. The small bones that make up the backbone .....
60. Spinal cord, bone marrow