Skeletal System Quiz 386 (20 MCQs)

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1. Made of organs called bones

Correct Answer: B) Skeletal system.

2. Which bone tissue allows for hematopoiesis?

Correct Answer: B) Spongy.

3. What is the anatomical name of the 'jaw bone'?

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

4. This is the medical name for bone cells.

Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes.

5. What helps to move lymph?

Correct Answer: B) Skeletal muscles.

6. What makes bones strong?

Correct Answer: D) Calcium& minerals.

7. What region of the skeleton is made up of; cranium, rib cage, sternum and the vertebral column?

Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton.

8. What do ligaments do?

Correct Answer: A) Holds bone to bone together.

9. The ulna is ..... to the humerus?

Correct Answer: D) Distal.

10. Red bone marrow makes which type of cells?

Correct Answer: A) Platelets.

11. How many vertebrae does a normal human have?

Correct Answer: C) 33.

12. Rickets is caused by a lack of which vitmamin?

Correct Answer: B) D.

13. Which of the following is an example of involuntary muscle movement?

Correct Answer: B) Breathing with your lungs.

14. When a person uses flexion, what happens to the joint?

Correct Answer: A) Decreases angle of the joint.

15. Your pectoral muscles are ..... to the sternum, in location.

Correct Answer: A) Lateral.

16. ..... are made up of many tissues which join together that perform a specific body function.

Correct Answer: C) Organs.

17. Which of the following is NOT considered part of the axial skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) Pelvic girdle.

18. The bone cells that respond to parathyroid hormone (PTH) to destroy bone matrix an release calcium into the blood are called .....

Correct Answer: D) Osteoclasts.

19. This is the largest bone in the human body.

Correct Answer: A) Femur.

20. Fills the ends of bone and lines the hollow portions.

Correct Answer: A) Spongy Bone.