Skeletal System Quiz 274 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which type of muscle is the heart made of?

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac muscle.

2. How many bones can you NOT see on a skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) 6.

3. The axial skeleton consists of bones in the ....., ....., and .....

Correct Answer: A) Skull, spinal column, chest.

4. I am waterproof and have fibrous husk. What is my dispersal method?

Correct Answer: B) Water.

5. Which forearm bone allows movement?

Correct Answer: A) Radius.

6. What is an organ system?

Correct Answer: C) Groups of different organs working together to complete a series of tasks.

7. What is the function of the rib cage in the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Protecting the lungs and heart.

8. Moving in a circular shape. Allows for 360 degrees of movement

Correct Answer: A) Circumduction.

9. Where are your saddle joints located?

Correct Answer: A) The base of my thumbs.

10. Exoskeletons are soft.

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. ID # 9

Correct Answer: C) Lesser trochanter.

12. Small bones that develop in tendons where they reduce friction in places where tendons pass over bony prominences are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Sesamoid bones.

13. The wrist bone is called the .....

Correct Answer: B) Carpal.

14. Storage of lipids occurs in the

Correct Answer: D) Yellow marrow.

15. Tissues combine to form .....

Correct Answer: B) Organs.

16. The upper bone in your leg.

Correct Answer: A) Femur.

17. Pertaining to under the rib

Correct Answer: D) Subcostal.

18. This bone looks like sponge. Most body cells are made here.

Correct Answer: B) Cancellous bone.

19. What is the function of short bones (such as your carpals or tarsals)?

Correct Answer: B) Support & stability.

20. Protects all organs

Correct Answer: C) Ribs.