Skeletal System Quiz 177 (20 MCQs)

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1. A joint is

Correct Answer: B) Where two or more bones meet.

2. The sensory and ..... are the two types of nerves that make up the peripheral nervous system.

Correct Answer: A) Motor.

3. What is the name of the joint that allows rotating or rolling motion?

Correct Answer: B) Pivot.

4. Select one answer for the 4 type of Joints

Correct Answer: A) Gliding, Ball and Socket, Pivot, Hinge.

5. The lungs and heart are protected by the rib cage.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. What are nerves made up of?

Correct Answer: A) Neurons.

7. What works with the bones of your skeleton to make your body move?

Correct Answer: B) Muscles.

8. The following are some ways of keeping our bones healthy and strong except.

Correct Answer: B) Have too much exposure to sunlight.

9. Up to how much percent of your bones is made of minerals, including calcium.

Correct Answer: B) 70%.

10. What is the condition that causes a lateral (sideways) curvature of the spine?

Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis.

11. Attach bones to bones

Correct Answer: B) Ligaments.

12. I am the five bones of the metacarpus, located between the wrist and the fingers.

Correct Answer: B) Metacarpals.

13. Why is it important that tissues are composed of specialized cells?

Correct Answer: D) Tissues perform specialized functions, depending on their location in the body.

14. Endo

Correct Answer: A) Within/inside.

15. The spine is made up of ring-shaped bones called .....

Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae.

16. What are the bones in the ankle called?

Correct Answer: C) Tarsals.

17. Where can you find an example of a gliding joint?

Correct Answer: A) Between the short bones of the ankles.

18. What are muscles that work together in pairs called?

Correct Answer: D) Antagonist Pairs.

19. Any other angled break (other than a right angle) that is NOT across the bones axis

Correct Answer: A) Oblique.

20. Bones in the center of the body, such as the vertebrae, skull, and sternum are part of which skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) Axial.