Skeletal System Quiz 136 (20 MCQs)

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1. Joints are connected to our bones and help us bend.

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. Which of the following can bones store for later use by the body?

Correct Answer: D) Minerals.

3. These type of bones have roughly equal widths and lengths.

Correct Answer: B) Short.

4. What do tendons attach?

Correct Answer: C) Muscle to Bone.

5. The ribs protect organs such as the ....., ....., and .....

Correct Answer: B) Heart, lungs, liver.

6. What type of joint is involved in wringing your hands?

Correct Answer: D) Gliding.

7. Type of muscle found in the heart

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac Muscle.

8. ..... are where two bones meet

Correct Answer: D) Joints.

9. The framework that includes all the bones, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage in the human body

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system.

10. Answer for #18:

Correct Answer: A) Tarsus.

11. Choose the object that can be attracted to magnets.

Correct Answer: A) Nail.

12. Periosteum is composed of this type of tissue .....

Correct Answer: B) Dense irregular connective tissue.

13. All of the following are functions of the skeletal system EXCEPT

Correct Answer: D) Flexibility.

14. The elbow and knee are ..... joints.

Correct Answer: A) Hinge.

15. Skeletal muscle is.....

Correct Answer: A) Voluntary and striated in appearance.

16. What is the tissue shaped like a disc or partial disc that provides cushioning at a joint?

Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage.

17. This type of joint allows for the largest range of motion

Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket.

18. The larger of the two lower leg bones is the

Correct Answer: C) Tibia.

19. The cell responsible for forming new bone.

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblast.

20. True or False Hydroelectricity is renewable

Correct Answer: A) True.