Skeletal System Quiz 203 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is a type of fracture.

Correct Answer: A) Complete fracture.

2. What type of joint would you find in the cranium?

Correct Answer: A) Fixed.

3. Skull is made up of ..... bones.

Correct Answer: A) 22.

4. The skull is a .....

Correct Answer: D) Flat bone.

5. What type of joint is knee?

Correct Answer: B) Hinge.

6. Bones help your body to

Correct Answer: B) Maintain homeostasis.

7. Red Bone Marrow is eventually replaced by what as we get older?

Correct Answer: D) Yellow bone marrow.

8. Which one of the following is the primary function of long bones?

Correct Answer: C) Act as levers for muscles and to provide support.

9. Inflammation of bone or bone marrow due to infection

Correct Answer: B) Osteomyelitis.

10. The smallest muscle in your body is found in your .....

Correct Answer: A) Ear.

11. Which system is responsible for supporting the body?

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal.

12. Choose the correct answer:Large lower leg bone

Correct Answer: A) Tibia.

13. An adult has ..... bones in their body

Correct Answer: C) 206.

14. The spine is a .....

Correct Answer: C) Irregular.

15. Which is NOT a functional classification for joints?

Correct Answer: C) Cartilaginous.

16. Which of the following roots does not refer to a lower extremity?

Correct Answer: B) Clavic/o.

17. Inflammation of a joint caused by build up of uric acid crystals in the joint-usually happen in big toe

Correct Answer: D) Gout.

18. Where are the blood cells of the body formed?

Correct Answer: D) Bone Marrow.

19. The organic part of bone makes it ..... This allows the bone to be .....

Correct Answer: B) Flexible; bend & not break.

20. Childhood bone condition similar to osteomalacia, but it occurs due to imperfect mineralization of the growth plate

Correct Answer: A) Ricketts.