Skeletal System Quiz 413 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where do red and white blood cells produced

Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow.

2. Which vitamin and mineral is necessary for proper absorption?

Correct Answer: D) Vitamin D and calcium.

3. All are diarthrotic

Correct Answer: A) Synovial.

4. The prefix endo means

Correct Answer: C) Inside.

5. An example of a saddle joint can be found in the thumb.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. Your carpals are an example of

Correct Answer: B) Short bone.

7. What does calcium attach in a muscle contraction?

Correct Answer: C) Troponin.

8. Which mineral makes up the majority of our bone matrix?

Correct Answer: A) Calcium.

9. Rings in muscles that control opening and closing:

Correct Answer: A) Sphincter.

10. What is a common injury that can occur to ligaments?

Correct Answer: A) Stretching and tearing.

11. Where can you find the periosteum?

Correct Answer: A) On the outermost portion of your bones.

12. Osteoporosis is too ..... bone being made for the body.

Correct Answer: A) Much.

13. Don't let the bones move at all, like the joints between your skull bones:

Correct Answer: A) Immovable joints.

14. What is the epiphyseal plate made of?

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage.

15. Fat storage takes place in which part of the bone?

Correct Answer: B) Yellow marrow.

16. What best describes the epiphyseal line?

Correct Answer: A) Growth plate in long bones.

17. Which system provides shape and support, movement, and protects organs

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.

18. How many bones are in the average adult human body?

Correct Answer: D) 206.

19. The hard palate is made of which bones?

Correct Answer: A) Maxilla and palatine.

20. What is the inside of the bone that holds bone marrow called?

Correct Answer: E) Medulla.