Skeletal System Quiz 320 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... muscles make up your heart.

Correct Answer: A) Cardiac.

2. Proximal is defined as

Correct Answer: D) Nearest to the point of attachment.

3. The structures that run through bone and consist of blood vessels and nerves are

Correct Answer: C) Central (Haversian) canals.

4. Which 2 systems work together to help a person stand erect?

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal / muscular.

5. What is the purpose of red bone marrow?

Correct Answer: B) To make blood.

6. How many bones are in the pelvic girdle?

Correct Answer: C) 2.

7. Treatments for myasthenia gravis:

Correct Answer: B) Are supportive.

8. B5 The part of the skeleton that protects the spinal cord is the

Correct Answer: C) Backbone.

9. When the bone is forced out of its normal position in the joint cavity

Correct Answer: C) Dislocation.

10. Our body moves because of the .....

Correct Answer: C) Joints.

11. The AXIAL skeleton consists of ..... bones.

Correct Answer: B) 80.

12. A muscle that is involuntary and found in walls of internal organs such as the stomach, intestines, and sphincters and blood vessels.

Correct Answer: A) Smooth Muscle.

13. What is the longitudinal canal that carries blood vessels and nerves in a bone is called the

Correct Answer: A) Haversian canal.

14. What is the anatomical name for your Shoulder Blade?

Correct Answer: A) Scapula.

15. Bones are held together by elastic bands called

Correct Answer: A) Ligaments.

16. This is caused by too much use of certain bones/muscles.

Correct Answer: A) Overuse injuries.

17. Which of the following functions is supportive?

Correct Answer: A) It supports soft tissues and provides insertion points.

18. The tissue that holds bones to bones are .....

Correct Answer: C) Ligaments.

19. All the other bones are referred to

Correct Answer: B) Endochondral.

20. Produces blood cells

Correct Answer: A) Red bone marrow.