Skeletal System Quiz 300 (20 MCQs)

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1. Bone formation is .....

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.

2. True or False:Bones are alive.

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. The ..... is a set of bones that protects our heart and lungs.

Correct Answer: B) Rib.

4. Bone tissue that isn't very dense and is full of holes:

Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone.

5. The upper arm bone is called the .....

Correct Answer: B) Humerus.

6. An inflammation in the bronchial tubes that causes a person to have a nagging cough

Correct Answer: A) Bronchitis.

7. THE WRIST IS ALSO CALLED:

Correct Answer: A) CARPAL.

8. The rectus abdominus muscles have their origin at the

Correct Answer: C) Pubis.

9. It is the longest bone of the human body.

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

10. Definition:Finger tips/ toes

Correct Answer: A) Phalanx.

11. What movements can occur at the shoulder joint?

Correct Answer: D) Flexion, extension, adduction, abduction, rotation and circumduction.

12. The tibia and ....., form the skeleton of the leg.

Correct Answer: B) Fibula.

13. These bones are thin and flattened.

Correct Answer: A) Flat.

14. WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING PROTECTS THE HEART AND LUNGS?

Correct Answer: C) RIB CAGE.

15. The portion of the long bone that stores yellow marrow in adults is the

Correct Answer: A) Medullary cavity.

16. How many bones make up the human skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

17. Suffix that means process or condition.

Correct Answer: A) -ation.

18. One of the hard parts that make up the skeleton in vertebrates.

Correct Answer: B) Bone.

19. The carpal is this type of bone.

Correct Answer: C) Short.

20. What do you call the fixed joints in the skull or cranium?

Correct Answer: C) Sutures.