Skeletal System Quiz 397 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which bone is known as the breastbone?

Correct Answer: C) Sternum.

2. Bones in the upper chest that help support your shoulders.

Correct Answer: B) Clavicle.

3. The major portion of the coxal bone is the:

Correct Answer: C) Ilium.

4. Study of bone structure and bone disorders

Correct Answer: A) Osteology.

5. What are the three jobs of your bones?

Correct Answer: B) Movement, shape, protection.

6. Helen is an 80 year old woman with stiff and painful joints caused by loss of articular cartilage from normal wear and tear. She suffers from:

Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis.

7. How does bones form?

Correct Answer: B) Ossification.

8. This is an autoimmune disorder in which the nerve impulses don't reach the muscles. See this in face and neck

Correct Answer: C) Myasthenia gravis.

9. Red bone marrow is found in ..... bones

Correct Answer: B) Flat.

10. What does the suffix '-gli(o/a)' mean?

Correct Answer: B) Glue.

11. Fracture at an angle

Correct Answer: C) Oblique.

12. The ..... is very dense and gives your bone strength.

Correct Answer: B) Compact bone.

13. When two bones meet, a ..... is formed.

Correct Answer: B) Joint.

14. Which type of muscle is not striated and is controlled by involuntary movements?

Correct Answer: C) Smooth.

15. Most bones of the skull, ribs, and sternum fall into the category of

Correct Answer: C) Flat bones.

16. Which bone is located in the wrist?

Correct Answer: B) Carpals.

17. You do

Correct Answer: A) Face.

18. A-VO2 diff

Correct Answer: D) The difference between oxygen in the arteries compared to the veins.

19. Our skeleton gives our bodies shape and structure. If we didn't have a skeleton, we would be like.....

Correct Answer: C) Slime!.

20. Which muscle type is found in hollow organs such as your stomach, bladder and intestines?

Correct Answer: B) Smooth.