Skeletal System Quiz 43 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the name of the bones that are found in both your fingers and toes?

Correct Answer: A) Phalanges.

2. During this stage of development, the skull is not fully fused.

Correct Answer: A) Infancy.

3. Muscles give ..... to the bones for movement

Correct Answer: A) Support.

4. What is another word for a condyloid joint?

Correct Answer: D) Ellipsoid.

5. Major organs of the body are located within the skull, ribs, and pelvis. What function of the skeletal system do these structures perform?

Correct Answer: D) Protection.

6. Which of the following statements best describes unicellular organisms?

Correct Answer: C) Unicellular organisms are a single cell that performs all life processes.

7. What % of your bodies blood cells are made in your bone marrow?

Correct Answer: B) 95%.

8. Which of these is the smallest bone in the body?

Correct Answer: D) Stapes.

9. What part of the skeletal system is this?

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

10. A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the

Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis.

11. What is the periosteum?

Correct Answer: B) A rough layer of tissue around the bone.

12. Bones contain a soft tissue called

Correct Answer: B) Marrow.

13. What type of bone is longer than it is wide?

Correct Answer: A) Long bones.

14. The ..... part of the skeleton contains ..... bones

Correct Answer: B) Axial/80.

15. Canals that run perpendicular to the Haversian canals in compact bone:

Correct Answer: D) Volkman's.

16. These hold muscles to the bone.

Correct Answer: D) Tendons.

17. What is one of the primary functions of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Gives the body support and shape.

18. A condyle is a

Correct Answer: D) Rounded joint connection.

19. Where could we find joints on our body

Correct Answer: C) The skeletal system.

20. The chamber where the osteocyte is found in the osteon

Correct Answer: A) Lacunae.