Skeletal System Quiz 692 (20 MCQs)

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1. The cranial bone containing the sella turcica, which protects the pituitary gland, is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Sphenoid bone.

2. Which of the following means "one of the hard parts that make up the skeleton in vertebrates?"

Correct Answer: B) Bone.

3. What is on the outside of your lower leg?

Correct Answer: B) Phibia.

4. Floating ribs have-pairs?

Correct Answer: D) 2.

5. If you touch the middle of your chest you feel your breastbone, also known as

Correct Answer: B) Sternum.

6. Red bone marrow functions to

Correct Answer: B) Produce blood cells.

7. The thumb and big toe are similar because

Correct Answer: B) They both have two phalanges.

8. This is the outer surface of bone that covers the diaphysis and supports the attachments of tendons and ligaments.

Correct Answer: B) Periosteum.

9. What is the bone the largest bone in the body?

Correct Answer: D) Femur.

10. How many bones are there in skeletal system

Correct Answer: A) 206.

11. Bone cells are known as

Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes.

12. What is the skeletal system's function?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

13. Type of cancer where white blood cells are produced abnormally.

Correct Answer: B) Leukemia.

14. -al, -ic

Correct Answer: B) Pertaining to.

15. Inflammation of bone and bone marrow.

Correct Answer: A) Osteomyelitis.

16. How many bones in an adult human body?

Correct Answer: B) 206.

17. Which bone has fixed joints?

Correct Answer: D) Cranium.

18. Which type of muscle is adapted to be highly resistant to fatigue?

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac.

19. Joint that can rotate in all directions found in shoulder and hips

Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket.

20. Where is the red bone marrow found in the human body?

Correct Answer: D) Humerus, femur, pelvis, and vertebrae.