Skeletal System Quiz 98 (60 MCQs)

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1. Is a water-based skeleton which is a fluid-filled body cavity inside an organism.
2. What is something that bones produce?
3. What is the scientific name for your shoulder bone?
4. Is a mature bone cell that is surrounded by bone matrix and can communicate with nearby osteocytes through the bone canaliculi.
5. Smooth, cardiac, and skeletal are three types that belong to which system?
6. What are the bones of the hand called?
7. System or framework that gives body structural support and shape such as the bones, ligaments, tendonds, and joints
8. What is produced inside bones?
9. Softening of the cartilage
10. The smallest bone of our body found in
11. Which professional specializes in treating health problems by spinal manipulation?
12. Which are the smallest bones in your body?
13. Physical Therapy helps with
14. What is the main function of the musculoskeletal system? 1. Support and protect internal organs 2. Send and receive electrical impulses 3. Provide Movement 4 Regulate body temperature.
15. A fracture that is common in children, whose bones have relatively more collagen in their matrix and are more flexible than those of adults, is a(n);
16. Bone growth occurs at the ..... of a bone.
17. What is the longest part of a long bone called?
18. Complete the statement ..... connects muscles to bone and ..... connects bone to bone.
19. Name one connective tissue
20. The type of bone located where stresses are weaker or multi-directional is called
21. Growth in the length of bone occurs
22. Stiffer but deforms more
23. What are the hollow spaces in the skull called?
24. The pelvis of a female is ..... as compared to a male.
25. Ribs that share an attachment to the sternum are called .....
26. Bones, cartilage, and the special structures that connect them make up your
27. What is the function of the ribcage?
28. The long bones in the fingers are
29. Which is not a type of fracture
30. Another name for shoulder blades is
31. Tallest mammals in the world?
32. What is the depression that is located at the base of the skull that allows the spinal cord to connect to the brain called?
33. Nerve endings in the skin are known as
34. All of the following bones are in the appendicular skeleton except
35. Our heart is divided into ..... sections.
36. The wrist is made up of bones called the
37. Jawbone is the only movable part in the Skull
38. Which combining form means movement?
39. ..... is an organism's ability to maintain a stable internal environment.
40. Flexible tissue that makes up ears, nose, and costal part of ribs
41. The top part of the sternum is
42. Muscle cells initiate nerve impulses
43. Which of these connect bone to bone?
44. ..... Long Bones
45. ..... is a fibrous connective tissue found in joints, the larynx, and the outer ear.
46. If you move your arm away from your body, out to your side, what type of motion are you doing?
47. ..... muscles make up your heart.
48. Proximal is defined as
49. The structures that run through bone and consist of blood vessels and nerves are
50. Which 2 systems work together to help a person stand erect?
51. How many bones are in the pelvic girdle?
52. Treatments for myasthenia gravis:
53. B5 The part of the skeleton that protects the spinal cord is the
54. When the bone is forced out of its normal position in the joint cavity
55. Our body moves because of the .....
56. The AXIAL skeleton consists of ..... bones.
57. What is the longitudinal canal that carries blood vessels and nerves in a bone is called the
58. What is the anatomical name for your Shoulder Blade?
59. Bones are held together by elastic bands called
60. This is caused by too much use of certain bones/muscles.