Skeletal System Quiz 644 (20 MCQs)

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1. Inflammation of a bursa near a joint.

Correct Answer: A) Bursitis.

2. Connective tissue in spaces within boens that includes blood-forming stem and progenitor cells

Correct Answer: A) Marrow.

3. What is located at number 6?

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

4. The spongy bone is composed of osteocytes

Correct Answer: B) True.

5. Which of the following organs is protected by the backbone?

Correct Answer: B) Spinal Cord.

6. At what age does bone growth typically stop?

Correct Answer: D) 25.

7. Which important function of long bone is related to the production of healthy blood cells?

Correct Answer: C) Hemopoiesis.

8. My ear is ..... to my nose

Correct Answer: B) Lateral.

9. Which of these occurs first during a muscle contraction?

Correct Answer: A) The nerve signal reaches the neuromuscular junction.

10. Scapula, ribs, pelvis

Correct Answer: C) Flat Bone.

11. What type of joints open and close?

Correct Answer: B) Hinge.

12. What skeletal disease leads the formation of crystals in the joints due to the buildup of uric acid?

Correct Answer: D) Gout.

13. What is #20?

Correct Answer: A) Ribs.

14. We can use ..... to see bones inside the body.

Correct Answer: A) X-ray.

15. What structure consists of groups of organs working together to perform a function?

Correct Answer: D) Organ System.

16. Which of the following is match INCORRECTLY?

Correct Answer: B) Magnesium = energy storage.

17. Skeletal muscles enable movement in the body because they attached to bones by

Correct Answer: C) Tendons.

18. Broad as they are long

Correct Answer: B) Short bones.

19. Compact bone is characterized by ....., whereas spongy bone is characterized by .....

Correct Answer: B) Dense tissue that looks smooth and homogenous; small needlelike pieces of bone and lots of open space.

20. These are the joints between vertebrae.

Correct Answer: B) Gliding Joints.