Skeletal System Quiz 410 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... of your bone is composed of spongy bone.

Correct Answer: A) 20%.

2. How may bones are there in a baby's or infants' body?

Correct Answer: C) 300.

3. What type of bone are the carpals (wrist bones)?

Correct Answer: B) Short bone.

4. What is the middle layer of skin called?

Correct Answer: A) Dermis.

5. Which of the following belong to the axial skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) Rib cage.

6. The longest bone in the body called .....

Correct Answer: D) Femur.

7. Muscle fibres that run at an angle on one side of a tendon

Correct Answer: C) Uni-pennate, not much mobility.

8. Luxury

Correct Answer: A) Slide.

9. In a bone that is no longer growing, where would one be most likely to find an osteoclast?

Correct Answer: A) Under the periosteum.

10. ..... is the tendency of an organism to maintain a constant, balanced, and stable internal environment.

Correct Answer: A) Homeostasis.

11. You were born with ..... bones.

Correct Answer: A) 300.

12. Which of the following is not an example of a short bone (square shaped, spongy bone mostly).

Correct Answer: C) Metacarpals.

13. Part of the bone has been twisted in this fracture

Correct Answer: B) Spiral.

14. Which subcategory of joint forms the skull?

Correct Answer: D) Suture.

15. Part of skelelton that supports body weight and protects organs

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

16. Which injury occurs when a bone is forced out of joint but returns without manual or surgical reduction?

Correct Answer: A) Subluxation.

17. What is the interior of a bone composed of?

Correct Answer: A) Marrow.

18. Cords made of tough tissue that hold bones and muscles together are called

Correct Answer: A) Tendons.

19. The skeletal system stores minerals like calcium.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. Name the type of fracture based on the description:partial fracture (1 side of bone is broken)

Correct Answer: B) Greenstick.