Skeletal System Quiz 288 (20 MCQs)

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1. This type of joint doesn't allow for movement

Correct Answer: C) Fixed.

2. What is the anatomical name for the shaft of a long bone?

Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis.

3. At each end of a long bone is an expanded portion called an

Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis.

4. How many bones are in an adult human.

Correct Answer: D) 206.

5. Ped/o

Correct Answer: B) Child.

6. The ..... is the bone that forms the prominence of the cheek.

Correct Answer: B) Zygomatic bone.

7. How does the skeletal system protect vital organs for Aashi, Shreya, and Avni?

Correct Answer: A) By providing a framework and support for them.

8. Bone breaks into many fragments.

Correct Answer: C) Comminuted Fracture.

9. Tiny canals found within the lamellae

Correct Answer: D) Caniculi.

10. The ..... are the cells that produce the bones in the body

Correct Answer: C) Osteocytes.

11. Shortening of a muscle:

Correct Answer: D) Contraction.

12. Blood cells are made inside of bones, so without the skeletal system a person would not have blood.

Correct Answer: A) True.

13. How many rib pairs are there in the thoracic cage?

Correct Answer: D) 12.

14. When a vertebrae does not fully close around the spinal cord to protect it that condition is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Spina Bifida.

15. What does bones do for you

Correct Answer: B) Protect.

16. What type of bone is the mandible?

Correct Answer: D) Irregular bone.

17. Are all joins movable?

Correct Answer: A) No, the joints between some skulls called sutures are fixed.

18. Animals that have backbones are called

Correct Answer: A) Vertebrates.

19. Bone cells differentiate from stem cells in the periosteum and endosteum called:

Correct Answer: A) Osteogenic Stem Cells.

20. Two or more bones meet and movement occurs

Correct Answer: C) Joints.