Skeletal System Quiz 371 (20 MCQs)

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1. What skeletal structure is located in the skull?

Correct Answer: A) Sinus.

2. Degenerative

Correct Answer: B) Change in the structure of the joints with aging.

3. Which type of joint is in your neck?

Correct Answer: C) Pivot.

4. The smooth, hard, white layer of bone is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Compact bone.

5. Bones that have platelike structures.

Correct Answer: A) Flat.

6. The root word orth/o means what

Correct Answer: C) Straight or correct.

7. Meniscus

Correct Answer: B) Meniscus.

8. These bones don't have a specific shape and make up the bones of the face, vertebrae, and hips

Correct Answer: C) Irregular.

9. True or False:Long bones normally protect a body's vital organs.

Correct Answer: B) False.

10. Produce red blood cells

Correct Answer: B) Red Bone Marrow.

11. This is when you are able to control the movement like in skeletal muscles

Correct Answer: B) Voluntary.

12. Name the agonist during flexion of the elbow joint

Correct Answer: A) Bicep.

13. This type of bone cell breaks down old or damaged bone:

Correct Answer: B) Osteoclast.

14. What does peripheral mean?

Correct Answer: A) Outer.

15. This is the strongest bone in the skull.

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

16. When you flex your arm, your BICEPS are the flexors.

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. Medial bone of the lower leg

Correct Answer: A) Tibia.

18. Bone on the pinkie side of the forearm.

Correct Answer: A) Ulna.

19. Which type of joint is our hip joint?

Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket.

20. Provides extremely limited movement

Correct Answer: B) Slightly movable joint.