Skeletal System Quiz 76 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is a flat bone?

Correct Answer: A) .

2. Blood cell creations takes place in which part of the bone?

Correct Answer: A) Red marrow.

3. Contain mostly spongy bone with an outer layer of compact bone

Correct Answer: B) Short Bone.

4. Which of the following is NOT an example of a long bone?

Correct Answer: C) Scapula.

5. Which is NOT a function of synovial fluid?

Correct Answer: D) Keeps the bones from being pulled apart.

6. What percent bone loss is experienced by astronauts in space?

Correct Answer: A) 1-2% per month.

7. How many bones are found in the adult human body?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

8. Calcium

Correct Answer: A) What your bones are made of.

9. What is not a function of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Break down nutrients.

10. The doctor who deals with bones is called

Correct Answer: A) Orthopedic surgeon.

11. What type of Joint? ELBOWS AND KNEES

Correct Answer: B) Hinge Joint.

12. What is the connective tissue cord that attaches muscle to bone?

Correct Answer: D) Tendon.

13. Flow

Correct Answer: A) Bones making up fingers or toes.

14. Bones are held together by tendon.

Correct Answer: B) No.

15. What type of skeletal joint is the knee?

Correct Answer: C) Hinge.

16. How many connecting tissues are there?

Correct Answer: D) 3.

17. The shaft or the central part of a long bone is called

Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis.

18. Yellow bone marrow is located in the ..... and contains .....

Correct Answer: A) Medullary cavity; fat.

19. Where are many small bones situated in our body?

Correct Answer: C) Palm and fingers.

20. Two bones in the skull

Correct Answer: A) Cranium and Mandible.