Skeletal System Quiz 87 (20 MCQs)

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1. The ..... is a membrane that surrounds the bone.

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

2. What percent of animals on Earth have a skeleton made of bones?

Correct Answer: C) 2%.

3. The pelvis is the ..... bone.

Correct Answer: A) Hip.

4. Look at this picture carefully. Name the muscle on number 1!

Correct Answer: A) Deltoids.

5. Long flat bone that forms the center front of the chest

Correct Answer: B) Sternum.

6. Humans, birds, whales, and lizards all have similar arm bones. What is the reason for this?

Correct Answer: C) They have a common ancestor.

7. A muscle that is attached to the bones of the skeleton and provides the force that moves the bones.

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.

8. If your body were a tall building, your skeleton would be:

Correct Answer: A) Beams and joints that hold it up.

9. What is the opposing muscle group for the biceps?

Correct Answer: D) Triceps.

10. The epiphyseal line

Correct Answer: D) Is where the growth plate used to be.

11. The following image shows what type of bone?

Correct Answer: C) Spongy bone.

12. What is the scientific name for the kneecap?

Correct Answer: C) Patella.

13. What two systems work together to protect and support movement that the human body makes?

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal and muscular system.

14. Involutary, striated muscle:

Correct Answer: A) Cardiac.

15. Our digestive system consists of ..... type of muscles

Correct Answer: C) Smooth.

16. When mineral levels in the blood are too low, bones absorb some of the minerals and store them as mineral salts.

Correct Answer: B) False.

17. Measures bone density using low dose X-ray; detects osteoporosis

Correct Answer: C) Dual-energy absorptiometry (DXA).

18. This type of joint is in our hip and shoulder and can move in any direction?

Correct Answer: C) Pivot.

19. Bones are classified by their .....

Correct Answer: B) Shape.

20. Fat storage

Correct Answer: B) Yellow marrow.