Skeletal System Quiz 141 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the term used for decreased bone density and bones become more brittle?

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

2. When a joint becomes dislodged

Correct Answer: A) Dislocation.

3. What are two examples of joints?

Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket, hinge.

4. What is a sprain?

Correct Answer: A) A sprain is when a ligament is over-stretched or torn. Ligaments connect bones together in your joints.

5. An example of a short bone is .....

Correct Answer: C) The carpal.

6. ..... connect muscle to bone

Correct Answer: B) Tendons.

7. The joints in your knees and elbows are most similar to:

Correct Answer: D) A door hinge.

8. A herniated disk is a rupture in this type of cartilage

Correct Answer: B) Fibrous.

9. Why do adults have fewer bones than young children do?

Correct Answer: A) Bones fuse or grow together as people grow up.

10. What are the 4 nitrogen bases?

Correct Answer: B) Adenine, thymine cytosine, and guanine.

11. How many phalanges do you have?

Correct Answer: A) 5.

12. Where is cartilage, a connective tissue, located?

Correct Answer: B) In between bone and joints.

13. Which bone is responsible for protecting the brain?

Correct Answer: A) Skull.

14. The arm and legs are part of the

Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton.

15. All of the following are bones of the axial skeleton EXCEPT

Correct Answer: A) Coxal bone.

16. The largest of paranasal sinuses are found in which of these facial bones?

Correct Answer: A) Cheeks.

17. What is the hard white covering of the bone?

Correct Answer: A) Periosteum.

18. Tendonitis means what?

Correct Answer: C) Inflammation of the tendons.

19. Which body system contains 206 bones, holds the body together and protects internal organs?

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system.

20. Which kind of joint gives the most movement?

Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket.