Skeletal System Quiz 583 (20 MCQs)

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1. The ..... is where bone growth occurs.

Correct Answer: A) Epiphyseal plate.

2. Thumb

Correct Answer: C) Saddle.

3. Cells that dissolve bone tissue

Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast.

4. Joint allows the bones move freely.

Correct Answer: C) Movable (Synovial Joints).

5. What is a exoskeleton?

Correct Answer: B) A skeleton outside your body.

6. Which of these planes is horizontal and divides the body into a top half and bottom half?

Correct Answer: A) "Transverse".

7. The thumb is an example of this joint that allows movement in all directions

Correct Answer: D) Saddle.

8. Attached to the sternum, it is the only long bone in the human body that lieshorizontally.

Correct Answer: C) Clavicle.

9. Based on the identifying key. Which animals do not have feathers?

Correct Answer: B) Reptiles, fish and amphibians.

10. Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass and function

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. Articulation which is immovable. Examples include the sutures of the skull.

Correct Answer: A) You got it together.

12. What is an exercise that would strengthen skeletal muscles?

Correct Answer: A) Push-ups.

13. Do your bones store fat cells?

Correct Answer: A) True.

14. How many carpal bones form the wrist?

Correct Answer: A) 8.

15. Where would you find your ulna?

Correct Answer: B) Lower arm.

16. A long and flat bone in the centre of the chest

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

17. Which curvature of the spine makes the upper back appear hunched over?

Correct Answer: B) Kyphosis.

18. A condition that affects the bone remodeling process

Correct Answer: A) Paget's disease.

19. Another name for fingers and toes.

Correct Answer: B) Phalanges.

20. Which is not an example of involuntary muscle?

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal.