Skeletal System Quiz 355 (20 MCQs)

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1. A condition leading to softening or brittle bones. Treatment can involve hormone replacement and increase calcium and Vitamin D in diet.

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

2. What mineral compound makes up about 1/3 of your bone matrix?

Correct Answer: C) Calcium Phosphate.

3. A tough fibrous tissue which connects one bone to another

Correct Answer: C) Ligament.

4. True or False:Your bones make red blood cells

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. The scientific name for the skull is called the

Correct Answer: A) Cranium.

6. What are the two main minerals that make up the majority of bone tissue?

Correct Answer: D) Calcium and phosphorus.

7. Which material in the bone make new blood cells to keep you healthy?

Correct Answer: C) Marrow.

8. This attaches your bone to bone

Correct Answer: B) Ligaments.

9. What you use to chew your food

Correct Answer: B) Teeth.

10. Bone does not break through the skin

Correct Answer: A) Simple fracture.

11. What type of bone marrow acts as a storage site for fat?

Correct Answer: B) Yellow.

12. Joints allow movement and ..... of the body.

Correct Answer: C) Flexibility.

13. Which bone articulates with the femur anteriorly?

Correct Answer: D) Patella.

14. When the ligaments in a joint are stretched or twisted and cause swelling it is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Sprain.

15. What foods contain Calcium that helps our bones?

Correct Answer: A) Milk.

16. Spongy bone is made up of trabeculae found along lines of stress. Its purpose is:

Correct Answer: D) To provide perfect resistance from compression.

17. X is the only bone that do not connected with other bones. What is X?

Correct Answer: C) Hyoid.

18. T/F:The speed with which a fractured bone heals is dependent, in part, on how closely the fractured parts lie in relation to one another.

Correct Answer: A) True.

19. There are ..... pair of true ribs, whereas there are ..... pair of floating ribs.

Correct Answer: D) 7;2.

20. How does Upper Limb helps

Correct Answer: D) All of these.