Skeletal System Quiz 588 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is an excellent source of vitamin C?

Correct Answer: A) Citrus foods.

2. What is the outer layer of bone called?

Correct Answer: D) Compact bone.

3. What happens as you grow and change

Correct Answer: C) Your bones grow and change too.

4. Calcium phosphate

Correct Answer: D) Helps with strength/firm.

5. These bones are smooth and hard .....

Correct Answer: A) Compact.

6. Hardest substance in human body

Correct Answer: C) Enamel.

7. Balanced forces means a net force of .....

Correct Answer: A) Zero N.

8. What is the periosteum? (section 1)

Correct Answer: D) A fibrous connective tissue membrane.

9. It is made up of calcium phosphate which will convert into hydroxyapatite and is responsible for the hardness of the bones.

Correct Answer: B) Calcified ground substance.

10. What type of fracture is shown in the image?

Correct Answer: A) Partial.

11. Movement toward the midline of the body

Correct Answer: D) Adduction.

12. Flexible connective tissue found throughout the body

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

13. What type of lamellae is found in osteons?

Correct Answer: B) Concentric lamellae.

14. The membrane that covers the entire bone is called

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

15. Your bones will stop growing by the time you're:

Correct Answer: B) 25.

16. To support the weight of the body is the function of ..... bones

Correct Answer: A) Long.

17. What are the 2 functions of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Protects and supports the body.

18. It is the thin membrane that covers the surface of the bone.

Correct Answer: D) Periosteum.

19. The bones of the head and trunk form the

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

20. Fiberous connective tissue covering on the surface of a bone

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.