Skeletal System Quiz 156 (20 MCQs)

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1. The type of joint which can move to one direction is called the .....

Correct Answer: B) Hinge joints.

2. The lower portion of the face/jaw is called the?

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

3. Whats your biggest bone?

Correct Answer: B) Femur.

4. Rib cage protects which parts of the body?

Correct Answer: B) Lungs and Heart.

5. The epiphyseal plate never closes or fuses

Correct Answer: B) False.

6. In humans, red bone marrow provides

Correct Answer: B) A source of new blood cells.

7. What is the purpose of bone remodeling?

Correct Answer: A) To produce new bone.

8. What is the definition of compact bone?

Correct Answer: A) Dense osseous tissue that can withstand compressive forces.

9. In long bones, bone tissue begins to replace hyaline cartilage in the center of the diaphysis or the .....

Correct Answer: B) Primary ossification center.

10. Your shoulder joint is an example of a ball and socket

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. Are the following 5 parts of the axial or appendicular skeleton?Skull, hyoid, vertebral column, thoracic cage, middle ear bones

Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton.

12. Specialized bone cells that that build new bone are .....

Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts.

13. With prolonged lack of use, muscles will ....., which is progressive wasting away of muscle tissue.

Correct Answer: B) Atrophy.

14. Skull sutures are an example of what kind of joint?

Correct Answer: C) Synarthrotic.

15. This classification of rib has a direct connection between the rib and the sternum via cartilage

Correct Answer: A) True Ribs.

16. ..... = excessive bone loss

Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis.

17. Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction and rotation all occur at a ball and socket joint?

Correct Answer: A) True.

18. Which stores fat?

Correct Answer: A) Yellow marrow.

19. Which is the Circulatory System?

Correct Answer: A) .

20. Which of the following is considered as the center of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Vertebral column.