Skeletal System Quiz 415 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which part of the body contains 54 bones?

Correct Answer: A) Hand.

2. Which of the following is an example of a fibrous joint

Correct Answer: B) Skull sutures.

3. What is the major component of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: A) Body central.

4. The outermost and thinnest layer of the skin is the:

Correct Answer: B) Epidermis.

5. The joints of the shoulder and pelvis are considered what kind of joint?

Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket.

6. Compact bone contains circular units called .....

Correct Answer: A) Osteons.

7. These are the bridges or struts in bone that branch and formnetworks of bone that are very strong, but do not add weight to the overall structure.

Correct Answer: A) Beams.

8. Organ X is a place for exchanging carbon dioxide and oxygen gases. What is organ X? What is organ X?

Correct Answer: A) Lungs.

9. Which of the following is NOT a flat bone?

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

10. What is the tough connective tissue that is made of tangled fibers of protein called?

Correct Answer: C) Cartilage.

11. Which type of joint connects our skull bones? (page 138 & 139)

Correct Answer: A) Fibrous.

12. Hey Liam, Aria, and David! Can you guess which one is known as the bone breaker?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast.

13. When you break your bones, they ALWAYS stay broken

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. Which of the following best describes:Hematopoiesis

Correct Answer: C) The formation of blood cells.

15. What is the major inorganic constituent of bone?

Correct Answer: A) Calcium phosphate.

16. Which joint is found in the skull?

Correct Answer: C) Immovable Joints.

17. ..... is a tough membrane that covers the outside of the bone that contains blood vessels, lymph vessels, and osteoblasts

Correct Answer: A) Periosteum.

18. Bones help you?

Correct Answer: C) Move.

19. What does red bone marrow produce?

Correct Answer: B) Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets.

20. How does the number of bones in your body change as you grow older?

Correct Answer: B) Your bones fuse and join together.