Skeletal System Quiz 170 (20 MCQs)

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1. Cells responsible for taking calcium and phosphorus

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts.

2. A place where two bones meet is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Joint.

3. How many bones in an adult?

Correct Answer: D) 206.

4. What does our skeletal system help us do?

Correct Answer: C) Move.

5. The muscle which relaxes during movement is the .....

Correct Answer: A) Antagonist.

6. Partly movable joints are places where bones can move a little.

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. Intervertebral discs are what kind of joint?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous.

8. What has many visible open spaces and gives the bone it's strength and support?

Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone.

9. Hinge joints.....

Correct Answer: C) Allow movement in one axis.

10. What is the term for the small bones in the fingers and toes?

Correct Answer: A) Phalanges.

11. Which area of the body contains the most bones?

Correct Answer: A) Hand.

12. Which is the part of the bone where red blood cells are made?

Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow.

13. What connective tissue connects bones to bones?

Correct Answer: B) Ligament.

14. How does muscular system and skeletal system work together for movement

Correct Answer: A) They work together by using their interconnectment of tendons that connect bone to muscle which allows movement.

15. The tiniest bones in our body are located where?

Correct Answer: C) Ear.

16. Red bone marrow functions to ....., whereas yellow bone marrow functions to .....

Correct Answer: B) Produce blood cells; store fat tissue.

17. Found inside bones and is lighter and less dense than compact bone because it is porous.

Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone.

18. A bone-forming cell

Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts.

19. Chronic Injuries

Correct Answer: B) Occur due to weakness or insufficient rehabilitation.

20. Which two bones are found in the lower arm?

Correct Answer: C) Radius and ulna.