Skeletal System Quiz 430 (20 MCQs)

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1. It takes more muscles to smile than it does to frown.

Correct Answer: B) False.

2. What do you call the spongy material inside your bones?

Correct Answer: A) Cancellous bone.

3. The physical foundation of the body consisting of bones connected by joints is the?

Correct Answer: B) Skeletal system.

4. The long bone, which helps to attach the ribs to the skeleton

Correct Answer: C) Sternum.

5. Bones have nerves.

Correct Answer: A) Yes.

6. The epiphysis .....

Correct Answer: D) A thin layer of compact bone enclosing spongy bone.

7. How many bones are there in backbone?

Correct Answer: A) 33.

8. Skull protects which part of the body?

Correct Answer: A) Brain.

9. Castrated male sheep

Correct Answer: C) Wether.

10. What is an example of a pneumatic bone?

Correct Answer: D) Skull.

11. Inflammation of the tendon, the cord or and of fibrous tissue that serves to connect a muscle with a bone or part

Correct Answer: D) Tendonitis.

12. ..... bones make up the cranium, and ..... bones make up the face.

Correct Answer: B) 8 cranial, 14 facial.

13. Carpals in the wrist and the tarsals in the foot are an example of what bone classification?

Correct Answer: B) Short bone.

14. The curved chains of 33 separate bones form a canal running through the center of the vertebrae which protects the .....

Correct Answer: D) Spinal chord.

15. When Sarcomeres line up end to end they make?

Correct Answer: B) Myofibrils.

16. The joint that lets you turn your head is a .....

Correct Answer: B) Pivot joint.

17. The outer layer of the bone is made of .....

Correct Answer: C) Compact Bone.

18. The human adult body contains how many bones?

Correct Answer: B) 206.

19. Which is not a function of bone?

Correct Answer: C) Heat production.

20. Muscles that you control are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Voluntary.