Skeletal System Quiz 702 (20 MCQs)

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1. Number of bones in an adult human body

Correct Answer: B) 206.

2. What type of joint is the hip and shoulder joint?

Correct Answer: D) A ball and socket joint.

3. Type of fracture that happens in toddlers where the bone doesn't completely separate

Correct Answer: D) Greenstick Fracture.

4. Which of the following is NOT a category of bone?

Correct Answer: C) Fat.

5. What is the correct order of the levels of organization below?

Correct Answer: B) Bone cell, bone tissue, bone (organ), skeletal system, organism.

6. The fused bones of our skull are which bone type?

Correct Answer: C) Flat.

7. This system is responsible for the ability of the body to move.

Correct Answer: B) Muscular System.

8. The skeletal system is also composed of?

Correct Answer: D) All the above.

9. The largest pelvic bone is the:

Correct Answer: A) Ilium.

10. The anatomical name of the knee cap is the:

Correct Answer: B) Patella.

11. What is #12?

Correct Answer: C) Sacred.

12. What type of joint is in your shoulder?

Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket.

13. A joint that allows movement in all directions is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Ball-and-socket joint.

14. Another name for your collar bone is your .....

Correct Answer: B) Scapula.

15. What combining form means inner layer?

Correct Answer: B) Medull/o.

16. Skeletal system made up of chitin and calcium carbonate that provide protection to creatures such as insects and crustacea.

Correct Answer: A) Exoskeletons.

17. What is the membrane that covers a long bone called?

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

18. A function of the skeletal system

Correct Answer: C) Support.

19. What are compound fractures?

Correct Answer: C) Compound fractures are fractures in which the bones protrude through the skin.

20. A disease in which bones become breakable and thin

Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis.