Skeletal System Quiz 383 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

Select an option to see the correct answer instantly.

1. Presence of an epiphyseal line indicates that the bone .....

Correct Answer: C) Length is increasing.

2. A fracture in which the bone is excessively twisted; common in sports

Correct Answer: A) Spiral.

3. Who has more bones:an adult or a baby?

Correct Answer: A) Baby.

4. What is another name for a broken bone?

Correct Answer: D) Fracture.

5. How can you keep your bones healthy?

Correct Answer: A) Eat foods rich in calcium (like milk, cheese and broccoli) and exercise.

6. What does the combining form lord/o mean?

Correct Answer: B) Bent backward.

7. Which of the following is a joint that moves freely in all directions?

Correct Answer: B) Ball-and-Socket Joint.

8. The femur, kneecap, and humerous are apart of the ..... system.

Correct Answer: A) Appendicular.

9. What is the scientific name of a shoulder blade?

Correct Answer: B) Scapula.

10. Bone marrow that produces RBC

Correct Answer: B) Red bone marrow.

11. Your knee would be an example of which type of joint?

Correct Answer: A) Hinge.

12. Osteogensis is known as

Correct Answer: B) Bone development.

13. Muscles are connected to bone by

Correct Answer: A) Tendons.

14. Includes bones, ligaments, joints and cartilage

Correct Answer: D) Skeletal System.

15. The 3 Main roles of the body are .....

Correct Answer: A) Support, Protection, Movement.

16. A plate of hyaline cartilage at the junction of the diaphysis and epiphysis that provides for growth in length of a long bone.

Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal plate.

17. Articulating ends of long bones are capped with this type of cartilage .....

Correct Answer: C) Hyaline.

18. Any muscles that are not consciously

Correct Answer: C) Involuntary muscles.

19. What are the parts of the bone?

Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone, epiphyseal line, blood vessels, compact bone, bone marrow.

20. The skull consists of the .....

Correct Answer: D) Cranium and facial bones.