Skeletal System Quiz 95 (60 MCQs)

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1. The membranous areas between the cranial bones and fetal skull are called:
2. What is the main function of the bones?
3. Amphiarthrotic joints are:
4. Which one is NOT a joint?
5. The shoulder is ..... to the elbow.
6. Another name for the backbone
7. Which type of bone canal is an opening at the center of osteons?
8. Strongest and longest bone in the body.
9. Where are your skeletal muscles?
10. What type of cells are responsible for bone formation?
11. Which describes a hematoma?
12. What is the blood clot that first form around a fracture?
13. You will need to know the five functions of the skeletal system.
14. What bone is known as the kneecap?
15. What is almost like a rubber band that holds a bone to a bone?
16. Secures the periosteum to the underlying bone.
17. Red Bone Marrow is located in the
18. Muscles make up around ..... of your weight
19. What group of bones make-up the area of your hips and where your femurs are attached?
20. Voluntary muscles are also called striped muscles
21. The public found what they believe is a child's body. How can the body's approximate age at time of death be determined?
22. Types of Fractures:The Fracture is completely across the bone.
23. The longest bone in our body is stapes
24. What classification of bone does the pelvis belong to?
25. A pigment that colors the skin
26. ..... are cavities containing osteocytes that are arranged in concentric rings.
27. A tough band of tissue that holds bone together at the joints are called?
28. Long, short, irregular are all?
29. Which of the following is NOT included in the Skeletal System?
30. Hormone produced in the bone
31. What are immobile joints called?
32. In long bones, spongy bone is located
33. Long bones start out as ..... ?
34. A very strong connective tissue that attaches skeletal muscle to bone.
35. This part of the skeletal system has over half of the body's bones.
36. Another name for the hand bones
37. Forms part of the wrist join in the upper limb.
38. The ..... is called the cradle of RBC's and WBC's.
39. Which of the following is not an example of a long bone (i.e., :mostly made of compact bone w/ the bone typically being longer than it is wider)
40. Cells that build or form bone are called
41. A condition that usually affect the elderly where bone creation can't keep up with destruction and bones become brittle
42. The forearm bone closest to the thumb is the .....
43. Supports, protects, and gives structure to other tissues and organs in the body.
44. During an examination, a physician grasps the patient's left hand and rotates the patient's forearm so that the dorsum of her hand is facing anteriorly. Which of the following terms best describes the motion that was induced in this patient's forearm?
45. The functions of the skeletal system are to provide structure, create blood cells, and what else?
46. The skull of an adult human being generally contains ..... bones
47. How does the skeletal system support the body, Prisha, Naira, and Arnav?
48. What is the main topic of the presentation?
49. This system helps rids the body of wastes.
50. 72 year old Betty was told by her doctor that she has low bone mass and structural deterioration of bone tissue. Her bones look like they have a bunch of space or pores in them. The doctor explained that the patient has ..... and is more likely to fracture than someone else her age without this disease.
51. What does the nail plate rest on?
52. If a joint allows for movement, which of the following directly allows for said movement?
53. The head is ..... to the shoulders.
54. The bone cell that creates/builds up a bone matrix.
55. The Ulna and Radius are fused in horses, but not in Humans.
56. I am the opening present at the center of the iris, light enters through me, who am i?
57. What is step 6 of bone repair?
58. Most insects have this type of skeleton.
59. ..... are places where 2 bones connect.
60. Sutures are joints that connect