Skeletal System Quiz 313 (20 MCQs)

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1. The abbreviation OA means:

Correct Answer: A) Osteoarthritis.

2. Types of bone tissues are

Correct Answer: B) Compact and spongy.

3. Which of the following is not a component of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Muscles.

4. Bone that forms from the membranelike layers of primitive connective tissue

Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal plate.

5. What is the term for an area where two or more bones join together?

Correct Answer: A) Joints.

6. What are ligaments?

Correct Answer: D) Tissue that connects bone to bone.

7. Which of these is an irregular bone(s)?

Correct Answer: A) Pelvis.

8. The joint that allows the head to move up, down and sideways

Correct Answer: A) Pivot.

9. Essay:

Correct Answer: A) Explain why a person's bone may become weaker and thinner after an injury.

10. What is the name of the flat bone located at the front of the chest?

Correct Answer: B) Sternum.

11. Collarbones

Correct Answer: A) Clavicles.

12. Repeated movements can cause ligaments and tendons in the wrist to swell, resulting in .....

Correct Answer: D) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.

13. The pivot joint helps your ..... move.

Correct Answer: C) Head.

14. This disease results in weak bones due to the lack of calcium being stored in the bones and is commonly caused by a vitamin D deficiency.

Correct Answer: B) Rickets.

15. A hand has 27 bones and a foot has 26 bones.

Correct Answer: A) True.

16. Your stomach digesting food

Correct Answer: B) Involuntary.

17. What is the name of the important group of bones that protects your skull?

Correct Answer: B) Cranium or skull.

18. Cells that break down bone are called

Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts.

19. The place in the skeleton where 2 or more bones connect is .....

Correct Answer: B) Joints.

20. What type of bone marrow produces blood?

Correct Answer: B) Red.