Skeletal System Quiz 587 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the role of the bone marrow in a bone?

Correct Answer: D) Produces blood cells.

2. Smooth, slippery, thick layer of tissue is called

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

3. What is one main job of cartilage?

Correct Answer: A) To cushion the bones.

4. Where are the red blood cells made in the body?

Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow.

5. The upper arm has a single bone called

Correct Answer: A) Humerus.

6. Where is the bone marrow found

Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone.

7. Daily exercise is a good way to keep our bones healthy.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. What is the purpose of the lacunae?

Correct Answer: B) Safe space for osteocytes to reside.

9. Which of these is correct?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

10. There are ..... number of bones in the spine

Correct Answer: B) 33.

11. The connective tissue that connects bones to bones is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Ligament.

12. The skull, the vertebral column, and the rib cage make up what part of the skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) Axial.

13. Carries blood away from the heart to the body

Correct Answer: B) Arteries.

14. Bones are a "storage tank" for this mineral

Correct Answer: C) Calcium.

15. Castrated male swine

Correct Answer: B) Barrow.

16. The radioulnar joint is an example of a

Correct Answer: C) Pivot joint.

17. A twisting motion of the foot that turns the sole outward is called:

Correct Answer: C) Eversion.

18. Blood in a joint

Correct Answer: B) Hemarthrosis.

19. Scapula

Correct Answer: D) Shoulder bones.

20. Joints allows limited movement and found at the part where a bone of the head meets the neck bone.

Correct Answer: B) Pivot joints.