Skeletal System Quiz 635 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the function of the backbone?

Correct Answer: D) To enable standing up straight.

2. Which type of muscle is Voluntary?

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal.

3. The abbreviation for fracture is:

Correct Answer: B) FX.

4. How many bones are in a human body?

Correct Answer: B) 206adult.

5. What is the function of synovial fluid in a joint?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

6. When would a human's long bone be filled with majority red marrow?

Correct Answer: A) During Childhood.

7. The osteocytes in compact bone are housed in small cavities called .....

Correct Answer: B) Lacunae.

8. ..... are bone stem cells that divide and differentiate into a different cell type

Correct Answer: D) Osteoprogenitor cells.

9. What type of fracture breaks through the skin?

Correct Answer: A) Compound Fracture.

10. Which of these events would happen FIRST?

Correct Answer: B) A child falls off a scooter.

11. True or False:The clavicle is the strongest bone in the body?

Correct Answer: B) False.

12. Which kind of joint is found in the elbow and knee?

Correct Answer: D) Hinge.

13. The fibrous tissue that covers the bone is the

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

14. A bone fracture that is usually only found in children is a

Correct Answer: C) Green stick fracture.

15. The human skeletal system consists of 206 bones.

Correct Answer: A) True.

16. Mature bone cells that become embedded in the bone matrix that maintain the daily activities of bone tissue

Correct Answer: C) Osteocytes.

17. Which term identifies the upper part of the sternum?

Correct Answer: A) Handle.

18. Who is the best science teacher ever?

Correct Answer: A) Mrs. Boyle.

19. What are the bones present in our ear?

Correct Answer: A) Hammer, Anvil and Stirrup.

20. The band that connects one bone to another bone is the .....

Correct Answer: E) Ligament.