Skeletal System Quiz 501 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which bones do NOT belong to the group?

Correct Answer: D) HUMERUS.

2. What do the ribs and breastbone protect?

Correct Answer: C) Heart and lungs.

3. Which ossification center is located in the center of the diaphysis?

Correct Answer: A) Primary.

4. Loss of trabecular bone in the aging process increases the risk of .....

Correct Answer: A) Compression fractures.

5. The average human baby has how many bones?

Correct Answer: B) 350.

6. This is a flat spot on a baby's cranium due to pressure on the bones before or after birth

Correct Answer: D) Positional Plagiocephaly.

7. Which pair of joints are both classified as diarthrotic?

Correct Answer: C) Pivot and Saddle.

8. What do the smallest bones in our body do for us?

Correct Answer: B) Hear.

9. What are two types of bone tissue found in humans?

Correct Answer: A) Compact and Spongy.

10. Shorter forearm, allows the hand to pivot the wrist

Correct Answer: C) Radius.

11. Part of the eye socket is formed by:

Correct Answer: B) The frontal bone.

12. The integumentary system is made of the .....

Correct Answer: B) Nails, Hair, Skin.

13. What do you call the solid layer of bone?

Correct Answer: B) Compact bone.

14. Cross bridges are formed when

Correct Answer: C) Myosin head hydrolyse ATP.

15. Cells that build bone

Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts.

16. What is another name for the knee cap?

Correct Answer: C) Patella.

17. What are coxal bones?

Correct Answer: D) Parts of the pelvis.

18. How many carpal bones are there in the wrist?

Correct Answer: C) 8.

19. Which of the following is NOT a type of moveable joint?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

20. Running is an example of a gross motor movement.

Correct Answer: A) True.