Skeletal System Quiz 94 (20 MCQs)

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1. What term is used to describe the tough, elastic cushioning tissue found at the ends of long bones?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

2. Where in the body would you find involuntary (smooth) muscle?

Correct Answer: C) Stomach.

3. The skull is made up of ..... bones.

Correct Answer: D) 22.

4. ..... is a slightly movable such as the attachment of the ribs to the thoracic vertebrae

Correct Answer: A) Amphiarthrosis.

5. Combining form that means "bone marrow" or "spinal cord"

Correct Answer: C) Myel/o.

6. The most common arthritis that occurs as a result of aging.

Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis.

7. A synovial joint provides

Correct Answer: B) Lots of movement.

8. What cell is responsible for building up the bone?

Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast.

9. How many key bones are found in the head?

Correct Answer: D) 2.

10. Sacrum, coxal bones, coccyx

Correct Answer: A) Pelvic girdle.

11. Student council

Correct Answer: C) Abnormal condition.

12. The direction toward the head is called:

Correct Answer: B) Superior.

13. Ewing sarcoma can be seen with:

Correct Answer: C) Onion peel sign.

14. Which joint moves back and forth like a door opening?

Correct Answer: B) Hinge.

15. Lumbar or lower back

Correct Answer: B) Lumbar/o.

16. Shoulder blade; connects humerus and clavicle

Correct Answer: D) Scapula.

17. True/False:The phalanges are the ankles and wrists

Correct Answer: B) False.

18. What is at the end of a bone, that cushions the bones?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

19. When your muscles shorten, they are

Correct Answer: D) Contracting.

20. T/F:Range of motion will decrease if the body is sedentary

Correct Answer: A) True.