Skeletal System Quiz 143 (20 MCQs)

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1. WHICH BONE PROTECTS THE HEART?

Correct Answer: D) STERNUM.

2. Soft, weak, bendable bones in children due to a lack of vitamin D describe a disease called .....

Correct Answer: D) Rickets.

3. Another term for compact bone is

Correct Answer: A) Cortical.

4. Castrated male bovine

Correct Answer: B) Steer.

5. Where is the main difference found in the female skeleton vs the male skeleton?

Correct Answer: D) Pelvis.

6. Muscles that attached to the bone are called .....

Correct Answer: D) Skeletal muscles.

7. The hollow center of the osteon that contains blood vessels is called?

Correct Answer: D) Central canal.

8. Why bones at joints move smoothly?

Correct Answer: A) Due to lubricant.

9. What is the name of the muscle tissue that we can founf in the wall of the organs, for example the stomach?

Correct Answer: B) Smooth.

10. How many bones are in the adult skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) 206.

11. Yellow bone marrow changes over time

Correct Answer: A) Increases with age, replacing some areas of redmarrow in the long bones.

12. Soft tissue found in bones

Correct Answer: B) Marrow.

13. Name bone # 7:

Correct Answer: C) Sternum.

14. The trapezius has its insertion at the

Correct Answer: A) Clavicle and scapula.

15. THE LAST BONE OF THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN

Correct Answer: C) COCCYX.

16. If you weighed 100 pounds how much of that would be from your skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) 20 pounds or 20%.

17. Below are examples of spongy bone except:

Correct Answer: D) Arms.

18. What is the purpose of yellow bone marrow?

Correct Answer: A) To store energy and act as shock absorbers.

19. ..... are tiny canals that connect lacunae together in order to form a transport system.

Correct Answer: C) Canaliculi.

20. ..... is the only bone that can move in the skull.

Correct Answer: B) Lower jaw bone.