Skeletal System Quiz 550 (20 MCQs)

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1. The skull bones, hyoid bone and vertebral column bones are found in which skeleton

Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton.

2. What does the term 'osis' mean?

Correct Answer: B) Abnormal condition.

3. What is the correct definition of ligaments?

Correct Answer: C) Connects bone to bone and helps with stability.

4. Where is the human bodyʻs smallest bone located?

Correct Answer: A) Ear.

5. Your knee is an example of which type of joint?

Correct Answer: A) Hinge.

6. The bone in the middle of your chest is called the .....

Correct Answer: B) Sternum.

7. Allows the most types of movements

Correct Answer: A) Ball-and-socket joint.

8. The bones of the upper limb include the pectoral girdle composed of two bones:the clavicle and the scapula.

Correct Answer: C) Collarbone/ shoulder blade.

9. A mature bone cell is called an

Correct Answer: C) Osteocyte.

10. 9 time 8

Correct Answer: B) 72.

11. Which of these functions is not a function of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: A) To help the body breathe.

12. There are more than ..... muscles in the body

Correct Answer: D) 700.

13. Which of the following is NOT a job of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Waste removal.

14. The middle ear is made up of ..... bones.

Correct Answer: C) Short.

15. Which pathology is a condition found in older people, increasing the chance of a bone fracture?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis.

16. What is the other type of bone?

Correct Answer: A) Compact.

17. ALL of the following are bones of the AXIAL skeleton EXCEPT for one. Which is it?

Correct Answer: D) Shoulder blade (scapula).

18. Acetabulum

Correct Answer: A) Hip socket.

19. What is the tough covering that protects bones?

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

20. -Plastic

Correct Answer: C) Development & growth.