Skeletal System Quiz 622 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the largest bone in your arm?

Correct Answer: D) Humerus.

2. What are the 26 bones that make up your backbone called?

Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae.

3. It is also called as the arm bone.

Correct Answer: A) Humerus.

4. The ..... is the outside covering of bones made up of fibrous membranes.

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

5. Osteocytes role is to .....

Correct Answer: B) Maintian body fluids and clacium.

6. In an adult, the medullary cavity contains

Correct Answer: B) Yellow bone marrow.

7. Muscles are connected to bones by .....

Correct Answer: B) Tendons.

8. Whats the bone thats really helpful?

Correct Answer: C) Hands.

9. Which one is one of the five distinct features of the skeletal system

Correct Answer: A) Our body has 206 bones.

10. Wich bone conects on the front side of the rib cage?

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

11. Force can bring about a change in the direction of an object

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. What type of joint allows rotation (from left to right) in your body?

Correct Answer: C) Pivot.

13. What is Articular cartilage?

Correct Answer: D) Smooth slippery surface covering ends of the bones to stop bones grinding.

14. Strong connective tissue that holds bones together in movable joints

Correct Answer: B) Ligament.

15. Which of these is a function of the skeletal system? (a)

Correct Answer: A) A movement.

16. What is a protrusion on a bone called?

Correct Answer: C) Process.

17. The phrase ..... means that most rocks are hard because they are made up of minerals that are packed tightly together.

Correct Answer: D) Hard as a rock.

18. A total of 80 bones that consist of the vertebral column, the rib cage, and the skull.

Correct Answer: A) Axial.

19. Where are deltoids located?

Correct Answer: B) Shoulder.

20. What type of joint is found in your elbow?

Correct Answer: A) Hinge.