Skeletal System Quiz 21 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the axial skeleton made of?

Correct Answer: D) Head to torso.

2. What bone forms the forehead?

Correct Answer: A) Frontal.

3. We inhale ..... gas through nose.

Correct Answer: A) Oxygen.

4. Where is red bone marrow located?

Correct Answer: B) Epiphyses.

5. Which joint type allows no movement?

Correct Answer: C) Assembly.

6. Which cells dissolve and reabsorb calcium salts?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast.

7. What is the word for the definition Breakdown?

Correct Answer: A) -lysis.

8. In endochondral ossification, what happens to the chondrocytes? (cartilage cells)

Correct Answer: A) They develop into osteocytes (bone cells).

9. FRACTURE

Correct Answer: C) Fx.

10. Humans have this type of skeleton.

Correct Answer: B) Endoskeleton.

11. What is the scientific name of the 'jaw bone'?

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

12. What does the term 'oma' mean?

Correct Answer: B) Tumor, mass.

13. Collar bone

Correct Answer: D) Clavicle.

14. Which terms means "an incision into the skull" ?

Correct Answer: C) Craniotomy.

15. Allow little or NO movement (Ex. Skull)

Correct Answer: A) Immovable joints.

16. How many bones are babies born with?

Correct Answer: D) 300.

17. Red and white blood cells are manufactured in the bones.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

18. Which of the following is NOT a type of joint?

Correct Answer: B) Swing.

19. What part of the bone makes red and white blood cells?

Correct Answer: A) Red Bone Marrow.

20. Which nutrient is essential in keeping strong bones?

Correct Answer: B) Calcium.