Skeletal System Quiz 362 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which fracture involves the protrusion of bone through the skin?

Correct Answer: D) Compound.

2. Which structure is made up of trabeculae?

Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone.

3. Bones can form in two ways, either

Correct Answer: C) Intramembranous and endochondral.

4. Which is NOT a thing of cardiac muscle?

Correct Answer: A) They get tired very quickly.

5. Your rib-cage and other bones provide ..... for vital organs.

Correct Answer: D) Protection.

6. These are the cavities containing osteocytes

Correct Answer: B) Lacunae.

7. Part of the skeleton along the axis of the body is

Correct Answer: B) Axial.

8. The light spongy bone between the eye sockets is the ..... bone.

Correct Answer: C) Ethmoid.

9. Muscles are made of .....

Correct Answer: D) Groups of cells called fibres.

10. What means "grow together?"

Correct Answer: A) Fuse.

11. Do all humans have bones?

Correct Answer: B) Yes.

12. Each lower limb contains the thigh bone, the patella, and two leg bones, the tibia and fibula.

Correct Answer: A) Femur / kneecap / shin bone.

13. Persons have different abilities in some sports. One reason is that:

Correct Answer: A) Our skeletal systems vary in size.

14. Snakes and crocodiles are?

Correct Answer: C) Reptiles.

15. The skull contains which type of joint?

Correct Answer: A) Fixed Joint.

16. Birds have more ..... bone than humans.

Correct Answer: D) Spongy.

17. Strong cords of dense connective tissue which binds two bones together

Correct Answer: A) Ligaments.

18. Tissue that connects muscles to the bones

Correct Answer: A) Tendon.

19. Which type of bone cells are responsible for dissolving and recycling old bone tissue?

Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts.

20. How many types of joints are present in Skeletal System?

Correct Answer: D) 4.