Skeletal System Quiz 540 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which type of tissue allows you to move?

Correct Answer: A) Muscle.

2. Which disease cause joints to be inflamed

Correct Answer: A) Arthritis.

3. Where do osteoclasts originate from?

Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow.

4. Bones of the lower jaw and spine are

Correct Answer: B) Irregular.

5. AKA a bone spur, when you develop a bony outgrowth at a joint

Correct Answer: B) Osteophytes.

6. The function of human skeleton is .....

Correct Answer: A) To shape your body.

7. An example of your pivot joint is your .....

Correct Answer: B) Neck.

8. Young bovine

Correct Answer: C) Calf.

9. Chronic inflammation of the synovial joints.

Correct Answer: A) Arthritis.

10. Which of the following is responsible for lubricating joints at the ends of long bones?

Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage.

11. The elbow is an example of this joint

Correct Answer: D) Pivot.

12. What is the main function of red bone marrow?

Correct Answer: B) To produce blood cells.

13. Condition of thinning and weakening of the bones due to lack of calcium and phosphorus. Common to older people.

Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis.

14. Malignant tumor of the synovial membrane.

Correct Answer: A) Synovial sarcoma.

15. Which system contains 3 types of muscles? (cardiac, smooth, skeletal)

Correct Answer: B) Muscular.

16. Name the type of fracture based on the description:Occurs straight across the long axis of the bone

Correct Answer: B) Transverse.

17. Where are the red blood cells are created

Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow.

18. Which of the following is a characteristic of red bone marrow:

Correct Answer: B) Its hemopoietic.

19. The purpose of flat bones are to .....

Correct Answer: C) To protect organs.

20. The delicate internal organ which is not protected by the rib cage is,

Correct Answer: B) Brain.