Skeletal System Quiz 688 (20 MCQs)

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1. The process by which bones increase in diameter:

Correct Answer: C) Appositional growth.

2. The section of the skeleton that contains the skull, spinal column, and rib cage.

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

3. What classification of bones provides leverage?

Correct Answer: A) Long.

4. Which does NOT compose the Skeletal System?

Correct Answer: D) Heart.

5. Over half of your bones are found in your .....

Correct Answer: C) Hands and feet.

6. A strong, flexible, and smooth connective tissue found at the end of bones

Correct Answer: C) Cartilage.

7. The fingers and toes are an example of this joint

Correct Answer: B) Hinge.

8. This type of skeleton can be described as "body armor."

Correct Answer: B) Exoskeleton.

9. Which food group has the most calcium to help our bones?

Correct Answer: C) Dairy.

10. Bones store ..... and produce blood cells.

Correct Answer: B) Calcium.

11. Do you want your steer to be cow hocked?

Correct Answer: B) No.

12. How do we call the bones that are in your wrists?

Correct Answer: D) Carpals.

13. Which of the following is a type of stem cell?

Correct Answer: C) Osteogenic cells.

14. What do you call the more dense, rigid parts of bones?

Correct Answer: B) Compact Bone.

15. Stretching and twisting of ligaments in known as a

Correct Answer: B) Sprain.

16. Involuntary muscles cannot be controlled.

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. The skeletal system protects our delicate organs. Which organ is protected by the vertebral column?

Correct Answer: D) Spinal cord and the fluid surrounding it.

18. What is bone?

Correct Answer: B) A hard, dense connective tissue.

19. What is the job of compact bone tissue?

Correct Answer: B) To support the body.

20. The ..... is the only bone in the skull which is movable.

Correct Answer: D) Lower jaw.