Skeletal System Quiz 210 (20 MCQs)

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1. Overstretching ligaments and tendons of a joint.

Correct Answer: A) Sprain.

2. Disorder caused by accumulation of uric acid in the joints .....

Correct Answer: A) Gout.

3. During development, an embryo's skeleton undergoes ossification. This involves:

Correct Answer: C) Incorporating calcium & minerals into cartilage to become bone.

4. What connects the ribs to the sternum?

Correct Answer: A) Ligaments.

5. These type of bones are typically longer than they are wide.

Correct Answer: D) Long.

6. Yellow bone marrow functions as:

Correct Answer: A) Fat storage.

7. What type of joint is found in your cranium (skull)?

Correct Answer: A) Fixed.

8. Which bone of the skull is movable

Correct Answer: A) Mandible.

9. What kind of synovial joint does the radius and ulna form?

Correct Answer: A) Pivot.

10. Movement of a limb laterally, away from the midline of the body.

Correct Answer: B) Abduction.

11. What will Sidney do to care for her teeth and bones?

Correct Answer: C) She will eat broccoli and drink milk and brush her teeth twice each day.

12. Which of the following is NOT a main purpose of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: A) To provide your body with new Calcium.

13. What is an MRI?

Correct Answer: B) Magnetic resonance imaging.

14. Firm, flexible tissue that is not as hard as bone.

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage.

15. My appendicular skeleton does NOT contain which of these

Correct Answer: C) Pelvis.

16. Taking rest is a method of taking good care of our joints, muscles and bones.

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. A bunion on your big toe, caused by a bony bump that forms at the joint

Correct Answer: C) Hallux valgus.

18. Opposite of contract is:

Correct Answer: A) Relax.

19. What does Osteoporosis mean?

Correct Answer: D) You didn't get enough calcium.

20. Pointing your toe

Correct Answer: B) Plantar flexion.