Skeletal System Quiz 121 (20 MCQs)

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1. Synovial joints are functionally classified as .....

Correct Answer: C) Diarthroses.

2. Which bones are most commonly broken in adults?

Correct Answer: B) Arm.

3. The lower jaw can move from side to side and up and down.

Correct Answer: A) True.

4. What sort of joint is the hip joint?

Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket.

5. The epiphyseal plate is also called the growth plate. What happens here?

Correct Answer: A) Bone length is increasing.

6. Long bones store ..... that can be used for energy

Correct Answer: B) Fat.

7. Where are your 4 ball and socket joints located?

Correct Answer: C) My shoulders and hips.

8. Name one common skeletal system disorder.

Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis.

9. What does the C in R.I.C.E stand for?

Correct Answer: D) Compression.

10. Which bone can easily be fractured when we fall or direct hit?

Correct Answer: C) Collarbone.

11. Which of the following is the name of the base which a bone is formed on?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

12. Ricket's is a disease that causes defective .....

Correct Answer: A) Bone growth.

13. Seven bones that make up the posterior part of the foot.

Correct Answer: B) Tarsals.

14. The bottom portion of the sternum that may come off during cpr

Correct Answer: A) Xiphoid.

15. What are the three types of joints?

Correct Answer: C) Amphiarthrosis, Synarthrosis, and Diarthrosis.

16. Which type of joint connects our vertebrae (backbones)? (page 139)

Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthroses.

17. Our skeleton has.....-parts

Correct Answer: D) 5.

18. This structure attaches muscle to bone

Correct Answer: A) Tendon.

19. Abnormal condition of porous bones.

Correct Answer: A) Osteopetrosis.

20. What organs are protected by your ribs?

Correct Answer: D) Heart and lungs.