Skeletal System Quiz 563 (20 MCQs)

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1. Skull is known as the

Correct Answer: C) Cranium.

2. As children grow, cartilage is replaced with bone by the process of .....

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.

3. Femer

Correct Answer: B) Femur (thigh bone).

4. What are 2 diseases that affect the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis, osteoporosis.

5. The phalanges describe .....

Correct Answer: C) Both finger and toe bones.

6. People, and most animals have this type of skeleton

Correct Answer: A) Endoskeleton.

7. What part of your skeleton is the hand bone?

Correct Answer: A) Appendicular Skeleton.

8. Tissue that connects muscle to bone

Correct Answer: B) Tendon.

9. Which of the following act as shock absorbers and equalize pressure in the joint?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous.

10. Which one is the smallest bone in our body?

Correct Answer: B) Stirrup.

11. How does oxygen get to the cells?

Correct Answer: B) In the blood.

12. Which are in both

Correct Answer: B) Joints/Ligaments.

13. Hard outer part of bone

Correct Answer: A) Compact.

14. Match the Long Bone Structures:A

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

15. Female sheep that is over a year old

Correct Answer: C) Ewe.

16. The facial bones are .....

Correct Answer: D) Irregular Bones.

17. THE CONTROLLING CENTER OF THE BODY IS THE .....

Correct Answer: B) BRAIN.

18. At what age does our skeletal mass develop?

Correct Answer: C) 11-20 years.

19. Exaggerated inward curvature in the lumbar region of the spine "swayback"

Correct Answer: C) Lordosis.

20. The type of joint that allows 360 degree movement is

Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket.