Skeletal System Quiz 46 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ligaments connect

Correct Answer: A) Bone to bone.

2. This type of joint is in our neck and can move up and down and side to side?

Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket.

3. It protects the brain

Correct Answer: A) Skull.

4. Body systems are defined as

Correct Answer: B) Groups of organs working together.

5. -hiss

Correct Answer: A) Surgical union/ fixation, to hind, tie together.

6. This bone is hollow and made up of many discs, put one over the other.

Correct Answer: B) Backbone.

7. Cells are the tiniest living part of the human body.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. Having brittle and porous bones is known as

Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis.

9. Which group has epiphyseal lines?

Correct Answer: A) Adults.

10. The 26 bones that make up the spinal column.

Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae.

11. What bone disorder is a chronic progressive disease that causes inflammation in the joints?

Correct Answer: C) Rheumatoid arthritis.

12. What is the condition called where your bones weaken and can break easily?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis.

13. Cancer of the bone

Correct Answer: C) Osteosarcoma.

14. What kind of joint is in your neck?

Correct Answer: A) Swivel.

15. What is the name of the bone that corresponds with H on the skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) Patella.

16. The "backbone of DNA" is made up of?

Correct Answer: D) Sugar, phosphate.

17. Which of the following is not something that the periosteum does?

Correct Answer: B) Calcium stores.

18. The pelvis is the most important difference between a female and male skeletal system.

Correct Answer: A) True.

19. What type of muscle makes up your heart?

Correct Answer: A) Cardiac.

20. What is the process of bone formation called?

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.