Skeletal System Quiz 706 (20 MCQs)

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1. What has open spaces, and supports weight distribution. The spaces make the bone lighter so that muscles can move them more easily.

Correct Answer: B) Spongy Bone.

2. Ribbon like organelle found in muscle cells that have a banded appearance

Correct Answer: B) Myofibril.

3. Our skeletal system is made up of what?

Correct Answer: B) Bones.

4. This joint is present in between the bones of the spine:

Correct Answer: D) Gliding joint.

5. An involuntary muscle

Correct Answer: D) Moves by itself.

6. The word ATROPHY means

Correct Answer: D) To make smaller.

7. What type of muscle is in your heart?

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac muscle.

8. The places where two or more bones meet are called .....

Correct Answer: A) Joints.

9. Bones of the skull spine and rib cage make up the:

Correct Answer: C) Axial skeleton.

10. Your knee cap is also called a(n)

Correct Answer: C) Patella.

11. Muscles attach to bone using .....

Correct Answer: D) Tendons.

12. Minerals like calcium and phosphorous are stored in the body until needed.

Correct Answer: E) Storage.

13. The joints in the skull are called

Correct Answer: D) Fibrous joints.

14. What is the characteristic of compact bone tissue?

Correct Answer: B) It is a dense, hard tissue.

15. This term refers to the ribs that are attached directly to the sternum.

Correct Answer: B) True ribs.

16. Helmetlike structure made of many bones fused such as in a skull

Correct Answer: B) Cranium.

17. Power stroke will occur when

Correct Answer: B) Myosin head releases ADP and Pi.

18. What kind of fracture is this?

Correct Answer: D) Open.

19. Which of the following describes a synarthrotic joint?

Correct Answer: A) Immovable (skull).

20. When bone grows, blood brings in ..... which replace ..... to build bone.

Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts, cartilage.