Skeletal System Quiz 112 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) The framework of the body consisting of bones.

2. Which one of these nutrients do bones need to grow

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

3. The knee is a ..... joint.

Correct Answer: A) Hinge.

4. The long flat bone is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Sternum.

5. Without bones, our body would have no

Correct Answer: B) Shape.

6. All bones are lined with .....

Correct Answer: A) Periosteum.

7. The eight bones of the wrist.

Correct Answer: C) Carpals.

8. Raising your neck and trying to look straight up behind you is an example of

Correct Answer: A) Hyperextension.

9. When you break a bone, you need a .....

Correct Answer: C) Cast.

10. Allows rotation and the widest range of motion among all joints

Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket.

11. Where would you find a ball and socket joint?

Correct Answer: D) Shoulder.

12. This bone protects the spinal chord.

Correct Answer: C) Backbone.

13. The bones of the skeletal system can be subdivided into two large groups, the ..... skeleton, and the ..... skeleton.

Correct Answer: B) Axial/ appendicular.

14. What type of bone tissue is always found deep to the other bone tissue?

Correct Answer: B) Cancellous Bone.

15. How many adult bones do we have?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

16. Son/o, sons/o

Correct Answer: A) Synovial membrane or fluid.

17. This girdle consists of the coxal bones (hips bones)

Correct Answer: B) Pelvic.

18. A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends of bones and keeps them from rubbing together.

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

19. What is the function of a ligament?

Correct Answer: D) Connect bones to bones.

20. How many bones does an infant (a young baby) have?

Correct Answer: D) 300.