Skeletal System Quiz 407 (20 MCQs)

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1. The bone at the front of the rib cage is known as the .....

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

2. Which type of tissue supports, binds, and joins together various tissues?

Correct Answer: A) Connective.

3. Which part of the skeleton protects the heart and the lung?

Correct Answer: B) Rib cage.

4. What is the other name for the toes?

Correct Answer: C) Phalanges.

5. What is the blood clot that first forms around a fracture?

Correct Answer: A) Hematoma.

6. The bone of the lower arm that is located on the pinkie side of the hand when in anatomical position.

Correct Answer: C) Ulna.

7. Types of Fractures:Parts of the bone do not separate.

Correct Answer: C) Hairline Fracture.

8. This connective tissue connects bone to bone.

Correct Answer: C) Ligaments.

9. In the ossification process, which type of bone is formed first?

Correct Answer: A) Spongy.

10. Which of these is an example of a long bone

Correct Answer: B) Tibia.

11. An adult human skeleton has..... bones

Correct Answer: D) 206.

12. Bone formed by needlelike pieces of bone and lots of space are called

Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone.

13. Where are your gliding joints located in your body?

Correct Answer: D) My vertebrae and ribs.

14. Which is NOT one of the functions of the skeletal system

Correct Answer: C) Temperature regulation.

15. What is the longest bone called?

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

16. The bending of a joint is

Correct Answer: C) Flexion.

17. What is contained inside cancellous bone?

Correct Answer: A) Red Marrow.

18. What is the outer layer of the bone called?

Correct Answer: A) The periosteum.

19. Which type of tissue covers and protects and can be found in the outer layer of skin or lining of stomach?

Correct Answer: B) Epithelial.

20. What is the bone that protects the brain?

Correct Answer: C) Skull.