Skeletal System Quiz 528 (20 MCQs)

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1. The axial skeleton consist of our skull, rib cage, and vertebral column.

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. B3 When a bone breaks these carry food to the bone.

Correct Answer: A) Blood vessels.

3. Which term describes the end of a bone that is closest to the attachment of the body?

Correct Answer: C) Proximal epiphysis.

4. The hip socket is also called the:

Correct Answer: B) Dish.

5. Most common joint type in the body. Allows for the most movement.

Correct Answer: A) Diarthrosis.

6. Which main joint is covered by articular cartilage and joined by ligaments?

Correct Answer: A) Synovial Joint.

7. Bones can move with

Correct Answer: C) Muscles.

8. Which bone would be another word for cranium?

Correct Answer: D) Skull.

9. What connects skeletal muscles to bones?

Correct Answer: B) Tendons.

10. Which of the following is classified as a sesamoid bone?

Correct Answer: D) Patella.

11. Baby's are born with approximately how many bones?

Correct Answer: B) 300.

12. The common name for the clavicle is .....

Correct Answer: C) Collar bone.

13. What is the correct term for:sacr/o

Correct Answer: A) Sacred.

14. What is the function of hydroxyapatite?

Correct Answer: C) To provide bone strength and hardness.

15. The process of incorporating calcium and minerals into cartilage to become bone is known as ..... ?

Correct Answer: B) Ossification.

16. True or False? Your spine protects your spinal cord?

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. In the arm we have seen how the biceps flexes the elbow and the triceps straightens it by extending the arm. This action is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Antagonistic.

18. The formation of bone tissue from a cartilaginous template

Correct Answer: A) Endochondral Ossification.

19. Cephal-

Correct Answer: D) Head.

20. Ligaments join bone to bone

Correct Answer: A) True.