Skeletal System Quiz 197 (20 MCQs)

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1. These send messages to the brain.

Correct Answer: B) Nerves.

2. What are the four main food groups of elves?

Correct Answer: B) Candy, candy corn, candy canes, and syrup.

3. The two divisions of the skeletal system are the .....

Correct Answer: D) Appendicular and Axial Skeleton.

4. Red marrow can primarily be found in which of the following

Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae.

5. The shaft of a long bone is the:

Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis.

6. What is the outer covering of the bones called?

Correct Answer: D) Periosteum.

7. True or False:The skeletal system includes all the bones in the body.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. Defective mineralization of the bones in children is known as .....

Correct Answer: A) Rickets.

9. Red bone marrow can turn to yellow and back

Correct Answer: A) True.

10. What is the real name for your fingers?

Correct Answer: A) Phalanges.

11. Bones of the arms, legs. shoulder and pelvic girdle make up the:

Correct Answer: D) Appendicular skeleton.

12. The hinge joint moves .....

Correct Answer: D) In one direction.

13. Which pair could be connected by a tendon?

Correct Answer: D) Biceps & scapula.

14. Cartilage helps protect the bones from becoming damaged

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. What is the function of a tendon?

Correct Answer: B) To link muscles to bones.

16. Most of the skeleton starts out as ....., which is later replaced by bone.

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

17. Healthy ..... are usually pink in color. You have two of these.

Correct Answer: C) Lungs.

18. Including the sacrum and the coccyx, how many bones make up the vertebral column?

Correct Answer: C) 26.

19. Muscle contractions turn ..... energy into ..... energy.

Correct Answer: A) Chemical; thermal.

20. The bones of the forearm include the:

Correct Answer: B) Radius.