Skeletal System Quiz 675 (20 MCQs)

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1. Our bones store minerals such as ..... and phosphorus.

Correct Answer: B) Calcium.

2. A muscle tear caused by a violent contraction

Correct Answer: B) Strain.

3. Organ Systems make up.....

Correct Answer: A) Human Body.

4. Articular cartilage covers bones involved in which type of joints

Correct Answer: C) Synovial.

5. These "soft spots" close by 18 months of age.

Correct Answer: C) Fontanels.

6. What's the name of the rounded end of a long bone?

Correct Answer: B) Epiphysis.

7. Give bones their compressive strength

Correct Answer: C) Calcium and phosphate minerals.

8. Bone growth is also known as?

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.

9. The joint which help in the movement of our head in a sideways and downward direction

Correct Answer: A) Pivot joint.

10. When a muscle gets shorter it is

Correct Answer: B) Contracting.

11. Located near the ends of long bones, this tissue has small holes

Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone tissue.

12. Which muscle type is striated?

Correct Answer: D) Cardiac and skeletal.

13. Which one of the following statements is accurate for the Axial Skeleton?

Correct Answer: B) Consists of 80 bones which are located in the upper central part of the body.

14. What is the purpose of a foramina? (pl. foramen)

Correct Answer: C) Allows for nerves and vessels to pass across to bone interior.

15. The bones that make up your spine and hold up your body

Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae.

16. Another name for the ankle bones

Correct Answer: A) Tarsals.

17. Example of a synovial joint

Correct Answer: B) Knee or elbow.

18. What is the name of the outer layer that surrounds bones?

Correct Answer: A) Compact bone.

19. The upper arm bone is called

Correct Answer: B) The humerus.

20. Which type of diatrotic joint can be found in the lower arm?

Correct Answer: C) Pivot.