Skeletal System Quiz 566 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where are the two types of ball and socket joints found in our body?

Correct Answer: B) Shoulder and Hip.

2. The uppermost and largest bone of the arm is the .....

Correct Answer: A) Humerus.

3. What do we call the things that connect our bones and let us move our arms, legs, fingers, toes and neck?

Correct Answer: C) Joints.

4. The dense out layer of bone primarily composed of calcium and phosphate

Correct Answer: A) Compact bone.

5. Reabsorb old bone

Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts.

6. The example of short bone is .....

Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae.

7. Central canals contain ..... that nourish the cells of osteons.

Correct Answer: C) Blood vessels.

8. The cell is the building block of all living things.

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. Which type of bone is a solid matrix with tightly packed cells?

Correct Answer: B) Compact bone.

10. The diaphysis of a long bone is composed of which type of bone?

Correct Answer: A) Compact.

11. Fibromyalgia

Correct Answer: A) Chronic muscle pain.

12. The first prosthetic was a

Correct Answer: A) Toe.

13. Name two of the correct types of joint

Correct Answer: C) Pivot and Hinge.

14. The skeletal and muscular system work together to help the body

Correct Answer: B) Move.

15. Which section of the skeleton forms the main trunk of the body?

Correct Answer: C) Axial.

16. What is your ribs called

Correct Answer: B) Ribs.

17. What bone condition involves a decrease in bone density? (page 143)

Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis.

18. Located on the sides of the head; houses the internal portion of the ear

Correct Answer: A) Temporal bone.

19. What is 10 pointing to?

Correct Answer: B) Occipital.

20. What is the name of the point where two or more bones meet?

Correct Answer: B) Joint.