Skeletal System Quiz 463 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which bone groups are in your hand?

Correct Answer: B) Carpals and Metacarpals.

2. A bundle of muscle cells.

Correct Answer: C) Fascicle.

3. What are the openings in bones that allow nerves and blood vessels to enter or leave the bone called?

Correct Answer: A) Foramina.

4. The tail feathers attatched to the pygostyle are used for steering and breaking in flight

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. This type of bone is dense and very hard. This is where calcium to stored

Correct Answer: A) Compact Bone.

6. Where is the Hinge found?

Correct Answer: A) Elbows and knees.

7. What are the four functions of our skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Stablize, protect, move, make blood cells.

8. Most insects have this type skeleton.

Correct Answer: C) Exoskeleton.

9. Carpals and tarsals (wrist & ankle) are examples of this type of joint

Correct Answer: B) Gliding.

10. How many bones are humans born with?

Correct Answer: A) 300.

11. What is Hip Dysplasia

Correct Answer: A) Genetic disorder where the ball and socket joint of the hip do not fit correctly.

12. Immobile/near immobile joints are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Syntharsoses.

13. A band-like tissue that connects bone to bone

Correct Answer: C) Ligaments.

14. What can you infer from the statement-" babies have more number bones than adults" ?

Correct Answer: C) Babies bones fuse together as they grow.

15. Which medical term means to the front?

Correct Answer: B) Anterior.

16. The most active type of muscle in the body is the .....

Correct Answer: A) Cardiac muscle.

17. Abnormal lateral S curve in spine-S/S:uneven shoulders, hips, and leg lengths

Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis.

18. In intramembranous bone growth, this tissue is formed first.

Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone.

19. The longest bone in the body is called the:

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

20. The medical term for a bone becoming solid is:

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.