Skeletal System Quiz 323 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the definition of 'rheumatoid arthritis'?

Correct Answer: A) A condition that causes inflammation of the joints.

2. The common name for the scapula is .....

Correct Answer: D) Shoulder blade.

3. Tendons hold muscle to bone.

Correct Answer: A) True.

4. Which muscles are voluntary?

Correct Answer: B) Skeletal.

5. How many bones are in the adult human skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

6. The thoracic cage does NOT protects this organ.

Correct Answer: D) Lower intestine.

7. These blood cells carry oxygen and are made in bone marrow.

Correct Answer: D) Red.

8. The thigh has one bone called:

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

9. Why is bone marrow important?

Correct Answer: C) It produces blood cells that help to fight infections, carry oxygen throughout the body, and allow bones to grow.

10. In order to move, your muscles need to .....

Correct Answer: D) Contract.

11. The femur and the pelvis is an example of a ball and socket joint.

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. This is connected by a ball and socket joint

Correct Answer: D) Hip/Pelvis.

13. How many bones are in the thoracic cage?

Correct Answer: B) 25.

14. Which of these is not a flat bone?

Correct Answer: D) Pelvis.

15. Where is the longest and strongest bone in the body located?

Correct Answer: B) Leg.

16. The human skeletal system is found inside the body.

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. What is an example of a ellipsoidal joint?

Correct Answer: B) Wrist.

18. Foot movement in which the bottom of the foot is turned toward the midline.

Correct Answer: A) Inversion.

19. Bottom blue

Correct Answer: B) Phalanges.

20. Which is the smaller of the two bones of the lower leg below the knee?

Correct Answer: A) Fibula.