Skeletal System Quiz 123 (20 MCQs)

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1. What bone helps you stand up tall, bend and twist?

Correct Answer: B) Backbone.

2. What is the purpose of ligaments in the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Connect bones to muscles.

3. Which cell creates the marrow cavity in the center of the long bone?

Correct Answer: B) Osteoclast.

4. C5 What shapes and supports your arms and legs?

Correct Answer: A) Bones.

5. Fluid-filled sacs containing synovial fluid are called

Correct Answer: A) Purses.

6. What part of the bone gives it strength

Correct Answer: B) Compact bone.

7. Suffix that means surgical puncture to remove fluid.

Correct Answer: B) -per cent.

8. In order for tropomyosin to change conformation, calcium has to bind with .....

Correct Answer: C) Troponin Protein.

9. He/she

Correct Answer: C) Hyoid bone (u-shaped bone in neck).

10. In the following analogy, what is an organ most similar to?

Correct Answer: C) Grade level.

11. What type of minerals are stored inside bone?

Correct Answer: C) Calcium and phosphorus.

12. Small cavities that are located between lamellae and contain osteocytes are called

Correct Answer: A) Lacunae.

13. The most common form of arthritis

Correct Answer: D) Osteoarthritis.

14. Compact bone is located in the

Correct Answer: D) Hard, outer surfaces of bone .

15. Which of the following is NOT a function of skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Maintenance of body temperature.

16. What bone is part of the axial skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

17. A decrease in bone mineral density below a normal level but not low enough for a doctor to classify it as osteoporosis

Correct Answer: A) Osteopenia.

18. What is one example of an irrregular bone.

Correct Answer: C) Ribs.

19. These are the master cells that call in other cells to make or break down bone matter.

Correct Answer: A) Osteocyte.

20. What is the scientific name for the thigh bone?

Correct Answer: D) Femur.