Skeletal System Quiz 213 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the word for the definition Spinal cord?

Correct Answer: D) Myel/o.

2. FEMUR IS FOUND IN OUR

Correct Answer: C) THIGHS.

3. Which bone protects our brain

Correct Answer: B) Cranium.

4. What type of Joint? SHOULDERS AND HIPS

Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket.

5. I am called the shoulder blade. I provide a foundation for joint function

Correct Answer: B) Scapula.

6. There are ..... Pair of limbs

Correct Answer: B) 2.

7. We can bend our joints.

Correct Answer: B) False.

8. The adult human body contains ..... bones

Correct Answer: D) 206.

9. The longest bone in the body is .....

Correct Answer: C) The Femur.

10. What vitamin is needed by bone for calcium storage

Correct Answer: A) D.

11. The gliding joint moves .....

Correct Answer: A) With two bones siding past each other.

12. What is the function of cartilage in the body?

Correct Answer: A) Act as a shock-absorber.

13. I am the bone cell that 'breaks down bone' by releasing dissolving chemicals.

Correct Answer: B) Osteoclast.

14. Which one of these is NOT a function of the skeleton?

Correct Answer: D) Protection from Illness.

15. A cavity within a bone or other tissue, especially one in the bones of the face or skull connecting with the nasal cavities.

Correct Answer: A) Sinus.

16. Alas, poor Yorick, I used to know the name for the eight collective bones that house the human brain. What is it?

Correct Answer: A) Cranium.

17. Upper jaw bone

Correct Answer: B) Maxilla.

18. Limit movement to only one direction .....

Correct Answer: D) Hinge Joint.

19. A women may suffer from osteoporosis as she ages due to insufficient of certain hormones and nutrients. What are these hormones and nutrients?

Correct Answer: B) Progesterone and calcium.

20. Parathyroid hormone and calcitriol are secreted in response to what?

Correct Answer: B) Low calcium.