Skeletal System Quiz 537 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is an example of a hinge joint in our body?

Correct Answer: B) Knee.

2. Also called the Haversian system, what is the basic building unit of bone?

Correct Answer: B) Osteon.

3. Spongy Bones

Correct Answer: B) Consists of plates and bars of bone adjacent to small, irregular cavities that contain red bone marrow.

4. Lungs and heart are protected by:

Correct Answer: B) Ribcage.

5. The pectoral girdle is made up of what 2 pairs of bones?

Correct Answer: A) 2 scapula 2 clavicle.

6. Decrease in bone mass and density that leaves the bone thinner, porous and very susceptible to fracture

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

7. What is stored within the spongy bone?

Correct Answer: C) Red bone marrow.

8. Which bone is commonly known as the shin bone?

Correct Answer: C) Tibia.

9. Largest organ in the body .....

Correct Answer: D) Skin.

10. The protection system does what

Correct Answer: B) Protects organs in the body.

11. What makes up most of a human skeleton?

Correct Answer: B) Bone.

12. Castrated male chicken

Correct Answer: C) Capon.

13. Which bone is on the thumb side of your arm?

Correct Answer: A) Radius.

14. Skeletal Muscle is involuntary

Correct Answer: B) False.

15. Largest muscle on the body

Correct Answer: C) Gluteals.

16. What do the ribs and sternum protect?

Correct Answer: C) Heart and lungs.

17. As a child you have about ..... bones

Correct Answer: B) 300.

18. Which part of the osteon contains the osteocytes?

Correct Answer: A) Lacunae.

19. This bone is in the lower leg and helps stabilize the ankle

Correct Answer: A) Fibula.

20. Radius

Correct Answer: A) Appendicular.