Skeletal System Quiz 691 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the section of vertebrae in the lower back called?

Correct Answer: D) Lumbar.

2. The muscle which causes movement is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Agonist.

3. The type of muscle contraction where the muscle tenses but does not shorten.

Correct Answer: A) Isometric.

4. Which part of the bone is responsible for making blood cells?

Correct Answer: B) Red marrow.

5. The epiphyses is the

Correct Answer: B) End of long bones.

6. Spiral

Correct Answer: A) G.

7. Which region of the vertebral column receives the most stress by bearing most of the weight of the body?

Correct Answer: B) The lumbar region.

8. What is the skeletal system NOT made up of?

Correct Answer: D) Epithelial.

9. Between your femur and tibia/fibula is what type of joint?

Correct Answer: C) Hinge Joint.

10. Your ..... protects your heart, lungs, stomach, and liver.

Correct Answer: B) Rib cage.

11. An increased amount of uric acid in the blood may cause:

Correct Answer: D) Gout.

12. The scientific name for "backbone" is

Correct Answer: D) Vertebra.

13. Which system Absorbs sunlight and turns it to Vitamin D

Correct Answer: B) Outgrowths.

14. A tough but flexible tissue that acts as a buffer between the bones, preventing bones rubbing together and causing friction

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage.

15. What is the word for the definition joint?

Correct Answer: A) Arthr/o.

16. These blood cells clot blood.

Correct Answer: D) Platelets.

17. Which parts in the body never sleep

Correct Answer: C) Lungs-Brain-Heart.

18. Consists of the bones of the appendages and the girdles, arms & legs and shoulders & pelvis

Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton.

19. LEGS, ARMS, FINGERS, AND TOES

Correct Answer: B) Long.

20. The axial skeleton includes which of the following bones?

Correct Answer: D) Dskull, rib cage and spine.