Skeletal System Quiz 219 (20 MCQs)

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1. The cavity in bone that stores red and yellow marrow.

Correct Answer: A) Medullary cavity.

2. Composed of 126 bones

Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton.

3. A group of organs make up an

Correct Answer: D) Organ system.

4. What is the main purpose of cartilage in the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage cushions bones to keep them from grinding together.

5. We can estimate the age of a person by looking at their:

Correct Answer: D) Pelvis.

6. Mineral loss in bone can lead to .....

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

7. What does the red blood marrow produce

Correct Answer: A) Blood Cells.

8. Which type of joint provides the most stability?

Correct Answer: A) Fixed Joint.

9. The functions of bones are .....

Correct Answer: A) Protection, storage, hematopoiesis, movement, support.

10. The only movable bone in the skull is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

11. Bones and joints work with muscles to move the body

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. What is a hole in a skeletal system called?

Correct Answer: A) Foramen.

13. Bones that are thin and often curved are

Correct Answer: B) Flat bone.

14. What is the name for a broken bone?

Correct Answer: D) Fracture.

15. In the front of the body, floating ribs connect to:

Correct Answer: D) Nothing.

16. A ban of fibrous, slightly elastic connective tissue that attaches 1 bone to another is called .....

Correct Answer: D) Ligament.

17. Though outer converting of bones

Correct Answer: B) Periosteum.

18. During bone remodeling, what is the bony callus remodeled by?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts and Osteoblasts.

19. Which bones are commonly known as the collarbones?

Correct Answer: B) Clavicles.

20. Types of bones, axial

Correct Answer: B) Mostly flat bones designed forprotection.