Skeletal System Quiz 149 (20 MCQs)

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1. All the places where bones come together

Correct Answer: A) Joints.

2. What is the name of the shin bone?

Correct Answer: A) Tibia.

3. The bones in our body come in many different shapes and sizes. What is the most likely reason for this?

Correct Answer: B) Each bone is designed to do a unique job in your body.

4. The type of joint that allows us to move our head side ways

Correct Answer: B) Pivot.

5. What is the best treatment for sprains and strains?

Correct Answer: A) R.I.C.E.

6. The shaft, long part of a long bone is called the

Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis.

7. The "new bone" material laid down by osteoblast is called the:

Correct Answer: B) Bone matrix.

8. Movement that brings the limb or hand toward or across the midline of the body, or brings the fingers or toes together.

Correct Answer: A) Adduction.

9. Which component of blood is responsible for transporting oxygen to bones?

Correct Answer: B) Red blood cells.

10. How many ribs are present in a normal adult human skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) 24.

11. This is the smaller bone in the lower leg positioned behind the Tibia?

Correct Answer: C) Fibula.

12. In the following analogy, what is a tissue most similar to?

Correct Answer: B) Class.

13. What body parts make up the upper division in the appendicular skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) Shoulder, arms, wrist, hands, fingers.

14. What is the structural unit of a compact bone called?

Correct Answer: A) Haversian system or osteon.

15. The human skeleton has ..... bones of various sizes and shapes.

Correct Answer: B) 206.

16. Hip bones, vertebrae

Correct Answer: D) Irregular bones.

17. What structure consists of groups of tissues working together to perform a function?

Correct Answer: B) Organ.

18. The process of bone formation from cartilage is called

Correct Answer: B) Ossification.

19. Bone that is cylindrical in shape, being longer than it is wide.

Correct Answer: A) Long bone.

20. The place where two or more bones connect is called a

Correct Answer: C) Joint.