Skeletal System Quiz 541 (20 MCQs)

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1. What kind of joint is the axis on the atlas?

Correct Answer: C) Pivot.

2. What are the bones in the upper jaw?

Correct Answer: C) Maximallary.

3. The bones in the appendicular skeleton includes

Correct Answer: D) Limbs and bones that connect to the pectoral and pelvic girdle.

4. What is a joints?

Correct Answer: C) The place where two bones are joined.

5. What is the smallest skeletal muscle in your body?

Correct Answer: B) Stapedius.

6. Forehead

Correct Answer: C) Cranium.

7. Thick filaments are made of

Correct Answer: D) Myosin.

8. The skeletal system gives your body shape.

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. Where are the alveoli located?

Correct Answer: C) At the end of the bronchioles.

10. I in RICE stands for

Correct Answer: B) Ice.

11. The shoulder and hip are ball and socket joints.

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. What do ligaments connect to?

Correct Answer: B) Bone to bone.

13. What is the term used for inflammation of a joint?

Correct Answer: B) Arthritis.

14. The membranous areas (soft spots) of an infant's skull are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Fontanels.

15. Which is a sesamoid bone?

Correct Answer: B) Knee and hand.

16. The bones of the trunk include the vertebral column, the ribs and the sternum.

Correct Answer: B) The spine/ costae.

17. The outside layer of bone is called spongy bone.

Correct Answer: B) False.

18. Which of the following is an example of a slightly moveable joint?

Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae.

19. Which of the following are cells that are "bone breakers" ?

Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts.

20. The muscle that pumps blood throughout your body is:

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac muscle.