Skeletal System Quiz 64 (20 MCQs)

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1. The branching structural network of spongy bone is known as .....

Correct Answer: D) Beams.

2. Which bone is located in your wrist?

Correct Answer: B) Carpus.

3. Consists of 26 vertebrae, protects the spinal cord, and supports the head and neck.

Correct Answer: A) Spinal column.

4. This system protects the body's organs, provides support for the body.

Correct Answer: B) Skeletal System.

5. Why do you become shorter as get older?

Correct Answer: A) Vertebra lose fluid.

6. The appendages of the body, which are the shoulders, arms, hips, and legs.

Correct Answer: B) Appendicular.

7. The human vertebral column is made of ..... bones

Correct Answer: A) 33.

8. What bone makes up the upper arm?

Correct Answer: D) Humerus.

9. Where is Shinbone located?

Correct Answer: C) Lower leg.

10. There are approximately ..... bones in the adult human body

Correct Answer: B) 206.

11. Tendons attach muscle to

Correct Answer: B) Bone.

12. What is the function of tendons in the body?

Correct Answer: A) Connect bones to muscles.

13. Isokinetic

Correct Answer: A) Force created by muscle is maximal for all angles of the joint movement via use of a machine.

14. This bone is also called the collarbone and is commonly broken in bicycle accidents.

Correct Answer: B) Clavicle.

15. The Vertebrae is the backbone, which has ..... small bones.

Correct Answer: C) 26.

16. Which of the following is NOT part of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Muscles.

17. Protects the brain

Correct Answer: B) Skull.

18. Which of the following is NOT a function of the spinal column?

Correct Answer: D) Encases and protects the brain.

19. Bones joined by fibrous tissue with no joint cavity present

Correct Answer: B) Fibrous joint.

20. Tendons and ligaments are what type of tissue?

Correct Answer: C) Connective.