Skeletal System Quiz 135 (20 MCQs)

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1. Match the example to the job:Your bone marrow produces red blood cells that carry oxygen to the rest of your body.

Correct Answer: C) Forms blood cells.

2. Your ..... protect your heart and lungs.

Correct Answer: C) Ribs.

3. The medical term for the hip bone.

Correct Answer: D) The Coxae.

4. Which words from the text help you understand the meaning of the word fuse?

Correct Answer: B) Join together.

5. You may need to use a splint for which of the following injuries?

Correct Answer: A) Dislocation.

6. Bone on the thumb side of the forearm.

Correct Answer: A) Radius.

7. What does Hematopoiesis mean?

Correct Answer: B) Blood cell Production.

8. Cells that dissolve the bony matrix.

Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts.

9. Q4 There are ..... muscles in our body.

Correct Answer: D) 650.

10. What category does the arm and legs bones fall?

Correct Answer: C) Long.

11. The shapes of bone are

Correct Answer: A) Long, flat, short, irregular, sesamoid, and sutural.

12. Maxilla/o

Correct Answer: A) Upper jaw.

13. An adult human being has.....bones.

Correct Answer: A) 206.

14. What part of the skeletal system is #2?

Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord.

15. This function of bone is when bones act as a reservoir for calcium and phosphate.

Correct Answer: D) Mineral storage.

16. A pulling force that helps hold bones in place

Correct Answer: C) Traction.

17. The place where 2 or more bones come together is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Joint.

18. ..... is the kneecap

Correct Answer: C) Patella.

19. Articular cartilage

Correct Answer: A) Covers epiphysis.

20. What is the name of the outer membrane that surrounds bones?

Correct Answer: B) Periosteum.