Skeletal System Quiz 84 (60 MCQs)

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1. What is a cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane?
2. Which joint exists between the metacarpals and the phalanges?
3. Has a fulcrum point
4. The leg is a .....
5. ..... is the number of bones in the human body
6. There are two types of bones in our body. Axial bones are one type. In general, what is their most important function?
7. Many cells form ..... that perform the same function.
8. Name the joint that is found in wrists and ankles.
9. Shock absorbing gel between joints
10. What is a place where to bones meet?
11. What is the role of the osteoclasts?
12. This type of marrow stores fat for energy.
13. What do you call strong bands of connective tissue that connect bones to other bones?
14. What can you do to take care of your muscular system?
15. Which of the following is an organ in the skeletal system?
16. In comparitive anatomy, which part in the chicken wing matches closest to the humerus?
17. I am a hard covering that holds a broken bone in place while it heals. What am I?
18. What are the bottom two pairs of ribs called?
19. What direction does ossification occur in?
20. Not under control
21. The tissue that attaches bone to bone is .....
22. Bones are made of the following, EXCEPT:
23. Where are red blood cells formed?
24. Bones are made of calcium
25. The three major groups of joints include all of the following, except:
26. Which type of joint are the knees, elbows and ankles?
27. Soft connective tissue that produces blood cells, found inside the pores of spongy bone.
28. Hair grows from ..... located in the skin
29. What is the word for the definition Foot?
30. What do tendons do?
31. In synovial joints the articular surfaces of the bones are covered with:
32. What does your bone marrow make?
33. Bones that consist of a shaft plus two ends.
34. Which bone is the longest and strongest in the human skeleton?
35. Drinking milk, eating cheese and yoghurt is good for our bones because
36. ..... allows movement in many directions
37. Which is true bone development
38. These tissues hold bones together at movable joints.
39. Is this movement voluntary or involuntary? Pumping blood through your body
40. It occurs when severe pressure is put on the joints, forcing the bones to move out of alignment that is always accompanied by ligament damage and sometimes, bone fracture. Symptoms include pain, rapid swelling, and discoloration in the affected area.
41. Fractured bones are different than broken bones
42. Tadpoles breathe through their
43. What part of a long bone makes up the shaft?
44. A person is warming up for exercise by swinging their arms in wide circles. This type of movement is classified as
45. Which term means the surgical suturing of a muscle?
46. What does the Skeletal System provide us?
47. How many bones can you NOT see on a skeleton?
48. The axial skeleton consists of bones in the ....., ....., and .....
49. I am waterproof and have fibrous husk. What is my dispersal method?
50. Which forearm bone allows movement?
51. What is an organ system?
52. What is the function of the rib cage in the skeletal system?
53. Moving in a circular shape. Allows for 360 degrees of movement
54. Where are your saddle joints located?
55. Exoskeletons are soft.
56. Small bones that develop in tendons where they reduce friction in places where tendons pass over bony prominences are called .....
57. The wrist bone is called the .....
58. Storage of lipids occurs in the
59. Tissues combine to form .....
60. The upper bone in your leg.