Skeletal System Quiz 201 (20 MCQs)

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1. Another name for the knee cap?

Correct Answer: A) Patella.

2. Which of the following is NOT a job of the skeleton?

Correct Answer: D) Creates heat.

3. Groups of tissues form .....

Correct Answer: C) Organs.

4. Which activity DOES NOT help your bones?

Correct Answer: D) Eating junk food and staying inside.

5. What connects bones to our muscles?

Correct Answer: B) Tendon.

6. The term meaning to bind or tie together is

Correct Answer: B) -hiss.

7. Which body organ is responsible in pumping blood for our body?

Correct Answer: A) Heart.

8. Which of these is a hinge joint?

Correct Answer: C) Knee.

9. What are compact bones?

Correct Answer: A) Compact bones are dense and strong, providing strength and protection.

10. During childhood, the vertebrae in backbone is compose of 33. How many vertebrae does an average adult have?

Correct Answer: D) 26.

11. Which body system is pictured?

Correct Answer: B) Skeletal.

12. What are false ribs?

Correct Answer: C) The last five pairs of ribs in the ribcage that do not directly attach to the sternum.

13. Breastbone

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

14. Of the weight of bone is due minerals salts (Ca, P, & calcium carbonate). What part of the bone makeup would this be?

Correct Answer: B) Inorganic.

15. Chondrocytes are mature cartilage cells found within in the ..... and they are derived from .....

Correct Answer: D) Lacunae, chondroblasts.

16. What is a firm, elastic, flexible connective tissue found in the body?

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage.

17. The cheekbones are also called the .....

Correct Answer: D) Zygomatic bones.

18. My phalanges are my .....

Correct Answer: A) Finger and toes.

19. It protects some of the organs and gives the body support and shape.

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system.

20. Define Spongy Bone

Correct Answer: C) The tissue inside of a bone that looks like a sponge. Found at the end of long bones.