Skeletal System Quiz 112 (20 MCQs)

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1. Without bones, our body would have no

Correct Answer: B) Shape.

2. All bones are lined with .....

Correct Answer: A) Periosteum.

3. The eight bones of the wrist.

Correct Answer: C) Carpals.

4. Raising your neck and trying to look straight up behind you is an example of

Correct Answer: A) Hyperextension.

5. When you break a bone, you need a .....

Correct Answer: C) Cast.

6. Allows rotation and the widest range of motion among all joints

Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket.

7. Where would you find a ball and socket joint?

Correct Answer: D) Shoulder.

8. This bone protects the spinal chord.

Correct Answer: C) Backbone.

9. The bones of the skeletal system can be subdivided into two large groups, the ..... skeleton, and the ..... skeleton.

Correct Answer: B) Axial/ appendicular.

10. What type of bone tissue is always found deep to the other bone tissue?

Correct Answer: B) Cancellous Bone.

11. How many adult bones do we have?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

12. Son/o, sons/o

Correct Answer: A) Synovial membrane or fluid.

13. This girdle consists of the coxal bones (hips bones)

Correct Answer: B) Pelvic.

14. A connective tissue that is more flexible than bone and that protects the ends of bones and keeps them from rubbing together.

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

15. What is the function of a ligament?

Correct Answer: D) Connect bones to bones.

16. How many bones does an infant (a young baby) have?

Correct Answer: D) 300.

17. Any place where two or more bones come together is called a

Correct Answer: A) Joint.

18. Lubricates ends of bones

Correct Answer: C) Synovial Fluid.

19. Arthr/o means

Correct Answer: B) Joint.

20. Type of muscle that attaches to bones, are voluntary

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.