Skeletal System Quiz 338 (20 MCQs)

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1. The humerus and scapula join together to form a joint. This type of joint is called a ..... joint.

Correct Answer: A) Ball & socket.

2. Inflammation of the periosteum

Correct Answer: A) Periostitis.

3. What type of joint is found at the hip?

Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket.

4. What is primarily found at each end of a long bone to limit friction when the bones move against one another?

Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage.

5. What muscle is shown?

Correct Answer: D) Gastrocnemius.

6. Our skull has what type of joint movement?

Correct Answer: B) Assembly.

7. Hey Avni, Kiara, and Aashi! Can you tell me what are the three types of bones in the human body?

Correct Answer: A) Long bones, short bones, and flat bones.

8. Muscles are attached to bones with tendons and-

Correct Answer: A) Ligaments.

9. A muscle that straightens a joint

Correct Answer: A) Extensor.

10. The white covering of the epiphysis is formed by the

Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage.

11. Intramembranous bone fromation

Correct Answer: B) Gives rise to the flat bones of the skull.

12. The function of the axial skeleton is movement.

Correct Answer: B) False.

13. Purple

Correct Answer: A) Metatarsals.

14. The central portion of the long bones that contain yellow marrow.

Correct Answer: C) Medullary Canal.

15. What type of muscle forms the heart?

Correct Answer: B) Cardiac.

16. What are the organs of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: A) Bones.

17. In the healing of bone fractures what major event happens first?

Correct Answer: A) A blood clot forms around the break.

18. This type of joint provides movement around a certain point

Correct Answer: D) Pivot.

19. On the inside; underneath another structure is known as

Correct Answer: D) Deep.

20. Your bones will stop growing by age:

Correct Answer: D) 25.