Skeletal System Quiz 660 (20 MCQs)

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1. Bones that are longer than they are wide. (Ex. femur)

Correct Answer: A) Long.

2. Jaw bone

Correct Answer: C) Mandible.

3. What is the fourth stage of bone growth and repair?

Correct Answer: C) Bone Remodeling.

4. The ball and socket joints in our body can be found in

Correct Answer: D) Shoulder, hip.

5. Bones, cartilage and ligaments are all part of which body system?

Correct Answer: D) Skeletal.

6. What helps keep bones strong?

Correct Answer: B) Calcium.

7. What is the sagittal suture?

Correct Answer: C) Is the suture between the two parietal bones.

8. A device used to immobilize a body part to reduce pain and injury is called a(n)

Correct Answer: B) Splint.

9. What does the clavicle and scapula protect?

Correct Answer: D) Shoulder.

10. One job of our bones is to .....

Correct Answer: A) Hold our body up.

11. The mechanism for blood calcium levels is a positive feedback loop.

Correct Answer: B) False.

12. What are tissues that connect muscles to bones?

Correct Answer: A) Connective.

13. Organisms with more than one cells like humans and animals

Correct Answer: B) Multicellular.

14. Bone remodeling occurs throughout life

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. Based on context clues, what does the word vital mean as it is used in the text?

Correct Answer: C) Absolutely necessary and important.

16. Calcium leaving bones and traveling to the muscles is an example of what type of stimulus?

Correct Answer: A) Internal.

17. Your knee is attached to the other bones in your leg by .....

Correct Answer: A) Ligaments.

18. Which factor helps with calcium absorption?

Correct Answer: B) Vitamin D.

19. Which of these is NOT a skeletal system disease?

Correct Answer: E) All of these are skeletal system diseases.

20. Consists of bones of the upper and lower limbs and the bones that anchor the limbs to the axial skeleton

Correct Answer: C) Appendicular skeleton.