Skeletal System Quiz 616 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ball and ..... joints in the shoulder and hips let the bones move in a circle.

Correct Answer: B) Socket.

2. What are the three types of muscles in the human body?

Correct Answer: D) Skeletal, smooth, cardiac.

3. BONUS QUESTION:WHAT TOPIC ARE WE LEARNING?

Correct Answer: B) SKELETON SYSTEM.

4. What is the Medical Abbreviation for the definition Total knee arthroplasty?

Correct Answer: A) TKA.

5. Which form of fracture fixation is not usually removed after the fracture has healed?

Correct Answer: B) Internal fixation.

6. The total number of bones in the human body are

Correct Answer: B) 206 bones.

7. Bone tissue is also called osseous tissue and there are two types, compact and cancellous.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. The two key minerals stored in bone are

Correct Answer: C) Calcium and phosphorus.

9. Another name for hunchback is what?

Correct Answer: C) Kyphosis.

10. Loss of bone tissue particularly in elderly people.

Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis.

11. Child and and adult have the same number of bones

Correct Answer: B) False.

12. The bone that runs from the shoulder to the elbow is known as .....

Correct Answer: B) Humerus.

13. Lateral curvature of the spine.

Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis.

14. The bone that supports the spinal column and protects the organs in the lower body is called .....

Correct Answer: A) The pelvis.

15. Flexors are muscles that ..... a limb at a joint.

Correct Answer: C) Bend.

16. Which part of the skeleton protects the heart and lungs?

Correct Answer: A) Ribs.

17. Which one of these is not a cranial bone?

Correct Answer: A) Gladiolus.

18. What material is know as a shock absorber and covers the ends of bones?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

19. The function of an osteoblast

Correct Answer: D) Creates & lays down new bone material.

20. Articular cartilage can be found .....

Correct Answer: B) On the epiphysis of long bones.