Skeletal System Quiz 502 (20 MCQs)

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1. The human body has a total of about 206 bones.

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. Where is periosteum located?

Correct Answer: A) Outermost portion of your bones.

3. A ball and socket joint is located in the

Correct Answer: C) Hip.

4. Pivotal joints join the

Correct Answer: B) Head with neck.

5. What is a chondroma?

Correct Answer: B) Tumor of the cartilage.

6. How many vertebrae in the thoracic area?

Correct Answer: A) 12.

7. Name "d" (outer covering)

Correct Answer: B) Periosteum.

8. The bone is splintered into many pieces:

Correct Answer: D) Comminuted.

9. NO. OF BONES IN HUMAN BODY

Correct Answer: A) 206.

10. Which type of joint is the wrist?

Correct Answer: D) Condyloid.

11. Hard, dense bones, that provide strength, structure and mobility are called

Correct Answer: A) Long Bones.

12. What is the anatomical term of movement/motion for bending?

Correct Answer: A) Flexion.

13. Gets buried in bone matrix and becomes an osteocyte

Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts.

14. Answer for #9:

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

15. What is the role of an orthopedist?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

16. The thigh bone is called .....

Correct Answer: D) Femur.

17. Irregular bones are found in the

Correct Answer: D) Vertebral column.

18. The largest bone in the face is

Correct Answer: D) Lower jaw.

19. ..... make bone hard

Correct Answer: B) Minerals.

20. The bones of the pelvic girdle include all of the following EXCEPT

Correct Answer: A) Coccyx.