Skeletal System Quiz 253 (20 MCQs)

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1. What type of skeletons do humans have?

Correct Answer: C) Endoskeleton.

2. The picture shows superior view of thoracic vertebrae. What is amain function of structure labelled "D"

Correct Answer: C) Provide passage of spinal cord andmeninges.

3. Joints .....

Correct Answer: C) Connect two bones together.

4. Match the Structures of a Typical Bone:B

Correct Answer: A) Central Canal.

5. What is connective tissue?

Correct Answer: B) Tissues that hold things together.

6. Suture joints in the skull is known as what type of joint?

Correct Answer: D) Assembly.

7. What bone protects your spin

Correct Answer: A) Backbone.

8. Pentadactyl limbs are an evolutionary adaptation for tetrapod vertebrates, how many digits do these limbs have?

Correct Answer: C) 5.

9. Castrated male horse

Correct Answer: C) Gelding.

10. What happens at the epiphyseal plate

Correct Answer: A) Bone lengthening.

11. What type of joint would you find in your hands and feet?

Correct Answer: C) Sliding.

12. Hollow region inside bone filled with yellow marrow

Correct Answer: B) Medullary cavity.

13. The bones that form the sides of the head in the ear region are the ..... bones.

Correct Answer: B) Temporal.

14. What two bones are located in the lower arm?

Correct Answer: D) Ulna & Radius.

15. How many bone types are there in the human body?

Correct Answer: D) 5.

16. Carp

Correct Answer: A) Wrist.

17. Muscles you CANNOT control (heart)

Correct Answer: B) Involuntary Muscle.

18. Projections that hold the epidermis and dermis together

Correct Answer: D) Dermal Papillae.

19. The 5 bones of the palm are called:

Correct Answer: B) Metacarpus.

20. The union of bone and cartilage is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Joint.