Skeletal System Quiz 88 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are muscles like?

Correct Answer: B) Rubber bands.

2. This is the outer layer of the bone.

Correct Answer: A) Compact bone.

3. Soft bones are .....

Correct Answer: C) Cartilage.

4. This set of bones is located in your foot/ankle

Correct Answer: A) Tarsals.

5. Mandible

Correct Answer: C) Irregular.

6. What type of tissue is bone tissue?

Correct Answer: C) Osseous.

7. What are the bones in the main portion of the hand called?

Correct Answer: E) Metacarpals.

8. An elbow is a ..... joint.

Correct Answer: C) Hinge.

9. What protects joints from impact and grinding bones?

Correct Answer: B) Articular Cartilage.

10. The diaphysis is what part of a long bone?

Correct Answer: A) Shaft.

11. Causes lengthwise growth of a long bone

Correct Answer: E) Epiphyseal plate.

12. Based on the functions of the axial skeleton, what would be the classification of most of the bones in the axial skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) Flat.

13. The movable lower jaw enables us to .....

Correct Answer: A) Talk and eat.

14. B6 The part of the skeleton that protects the heart.

Correct Answer: B) Rib cage.

15. Skeletal system can be divided in how many parts

Correct Answer: B) 2.

16. Complete the sentence:When one muscle contracts, the other muscle .....

Correct Answer: A) Relaxes.

17. What is the name given to the long, middle section of a long bone?

Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis.

18. Which of the following classification of bones are does not fit into the description of the others?

Correct Answer: C) Irregular Bones.

19. The framework of the internal skeleton that makes up the muscle

Correct Answer: B) False.

20. What are the pathways that connect osteocytes called?

Correct Answer: B) Canals.