Skeletal System Quiz 296 (20 MCQs)

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1. This joint allow bones to glide over each other

Correct Answer: A) Gliding joints.

2. Bone splintered into MORE than 2 pieces

Correct Answer: C) Comminuted Fracture.

3. Ligaments are best defined as .....

Correct Answer: A) Tough, connective tissue attaching bone to bone. Keep joints stable during movement and prevent dislocation.

4. Total number of bones in our body

Correct Answer: B) 206.

5. Which organs control involuntary muscles?

Correct Answer: B) Brain and Spinal cord.

6. What is 16?Hint:13 has the | on it for a reason .....

Correct Answer: C) Canaliculi.

7. Distribute the weight of the body evenly down the legs.

Correct Answer: D) Pelvic bone.

8. The number of bones in an adult human

Correct Answer: B) 206.

9. When a joint becomes twisted

Correct Answer: C) Sprain.

10. Which term describes a benign bony projection covered with cartilage?

Correct Answer: A) Osteochondroma.

11. What is the function of the muscular system?

Correct Answer: A) The function is movement of the body through muscles.

12. A plane that divides the body into anterior and posterior potions equally.

Correct Answer: C) Frontal plane.

13. Involuntary muscle found in internal organs

Correct Answer: B) Smooth muscle.

14. Fibula

Correct Answer: A) Smaller lower leg bone on the outside.

15. Processes of forming bone

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.

16. Which of the following is the correct ranking of body organization from simplest to most complex?

Correct Answer: B) Cells-tissues-organs-organ systems.

17. Which type of joint do your have the most of in your body?

Correct Answer: A) Hinge joints.

18. Where is the medullary cavity located and what does it contain?

Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis, yellow marrow.

19. All joints move.

Correct Answer: B) False.

20. Muscles along with bones help in the movement of our body. is it true or false?

Correct Answer: A) True.