Skeletal System Quiz 57 (20 MCQs)

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1. Who has more bones?

Correct Answer: A) Child.

2. The smallest unit of all organisms are .....

Correct Answer: A) Cells.

3. Which of the following are parts of the appendicular skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) Humerus.

4. What is the purpose of the spongy part of a bone?

Correct Answer: B) It prevents the bone from breaking easily.

5. Symptoms:Loss of Bone Density due to greater 'reabsorption' than rebuilding.

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

6. Cartilage is different from bone in what way?

Correct Answer: C) Cartilage is soft and flexible, whereas bone is rigid and inflexible.

7. What is the only movable bone in the skull?

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

8. The disorder in the skeletal system which leads to paralysis in children is .....

Correct Answer: A) Polio.

9. Which part of the bone makes blood cells?

Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow.

10. A type of arthritis cause by the formation of uric acid crystals especially in the big toe.

Correct Answer: A) Gout.

11. True or False:As you age you develop more Yellow Bone Marrow

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. The strongest bone in the human body is the .....

Correct Answer: D) Femur.

13. The name of the stem cell LINING of the medullary cavity

Correct Answer: B) Endosteum.

14. What does the word 'function' mean when dealing with systems?

Correct Answer: D) Job of a system.

15. What is the function of an osteoclast?

Correct Answer: B) Removal of old bone.

16. Which of these bones is not found in the arm?

Correct Answer: B) Femur.

17. What joint allows only hinge like movements in forward and backward directions?

Correct Answer: B) Hinge.

18. What is the first stage of bone growth and repair?

Correct Answer: D) Hematoma Formation.

19. A band-like tissue that connects muscles to bone

Correct Answer: A) Tendon.

20. What is the name of where 2 or more bones meet?

Correct Answer: D) Joints.