Skeletal System Quiz 470 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is an Organ?

Correct Answer: D) An independent structure that carries out a specific job for the body.

2. The vertebrae protects the heart and lungs.

Correct Answer: B) False.

3. This type of joint allows movement in an open and close motion

Correct Answer: A) Hinge.

4. Soft, jelly-like center of bones.

Correct Answer: D) Marrow.

5. How many chest compressions do you give for CPR?

Correct Answer: C) 30.

6. What type of cell breaks down bone cells?

Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast.

7. Smallest bone in our body is .....

Correct Answer: C) Stapes.

8. Fred was running a race and fell down. He tried to break his fall and put his arms out and broke his arm. What type of fracture is this?

Correct Answer: C) Impacted.

9. Synarthroses is the medical term for a ..... joint. (page 138)

Correct Answer: A) Fibrous.

10. What are smooth muscles?

Correct Answer: A) Muscles that surround organs, no control of (involuntary).

11. In adults, which of the following is filled with yellow marrow?

Correct Answer: A) Medullary cavity.

12. Which describes a loss in bone density over time?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis.

13. Which exercise best demonstrates the movement of abduction?

Correct Answer: C) Performing a lateral leg lift.

14. Hinge func and movement

Correct Answer: D) Allows for bending andstraightening motionsalong a single plane.Movements:Flexion and extension. Example:elbow and knee joints.

15. What is considered the bone breaker

Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast.

16. Blood cells differentiate from stem cells in the Red Bone Marrow called:

Correct Answer: A) Hematopoietic Stem Cells.

17. The portion of the living skin that supports the nail plate as it grows toward the free edge is called the .....

Correct Answer: A) Nail bed.

18. What is an incomplete break, does not break in 2 pieces?

Correct Answer: A) Hairline Fracture.

19. A cord of dense tissue that connects a muscle to bone is

Correct Answer: B) Tendon.

20. Your knee is an example of a ..... joint.

Correct Answer: B) Hinge.