Skeletal System Quiz 559 (20 MCQs)

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1. What 2 minerals do bones contain within the compact bone?

Correct Answer: B) Calcium and Phosphorus.

2. Connects an osteonic canal to another osteonic canal.

Correct Answer: B) Perforating canal.

3. Muscles under our control are attached to the bones by-

Correct Answer: B) Tendons.

4. You rotate your palms into an upward position. What motion is that?

Correct Answer: C) Supination.

5. Which type of bone is the Patella?

Correct Answer: D) Sesamoid.

6. What is the name of the outermost layer of bone?

Correct Answer: D) Periosteum.

7. ..... muscles are controlled by you.

Correct Answer: B) Voluntary.

8. The bones of the fingers and toes are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Phalanges.

9. What is the name of the joint in the pelvis that allows little or no movement?

Correct Answer: C) Immovable.

10. Muscles work in .....

Correct Answer: A) Pairs.

11. Process of viewing a joint using an endoscope.

Correct Answer: A) Arthroscopy.

12. Arms, legs, hands, and feet are examples of what?

Correct Answer: D) Movable joints.

13. Prefix meaning "below; under"

Correct Answer: D) Sub-.

14. Bones, joints, and connective tissue make up which system?

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.

15. How many ribs do we have?

Correct Answer: B) 24.

16. What is the name for bone "1" above?

Correct Answer: D) Parietal.

17. What is stored inside our bones?

Correct Answer: B) Minerals.

18. In osteoporosis, loss of calcium may be slowed by which of the following?

Correct Answer: D) Exercise.

19. Which joint type is the most mobile?

Correct Answer: B) Synovial.

20. Which hormone, produced by the skeletal system, is useful for several metabolic functions in the cells?

Correct Answer: D) Calcitonin.