Skeletal System Quiz 120 (20 MCQs)

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1. The difference between Compact and Spongy bone is .....

Correct Answer: A) Compact forms the outer shell while Spongy bone fills most of irregular bones.

2. What function does compact bone tissue serve?

Correct Answer: C) It provides strength.

3. Which of the following is a function of the appendicular skeleton?

Correct Answer: B) Allows for movement of the wrist and hand.

4. An osteocyte "lives" in .....

Correct Answer: A) Lacunae.

5. How do muscles move?

Correct Answer: B) By contraction.

6. How many ribs do most people have?

Correct Answer: D) 12.

7. Bones are held together by strong bands of tissue called .....

Correct Answer: B) Ligaments.

8. A tough band of tissue that connects bone to bone is called .....

Correct Answer: C) A ligament.

9. The way in which we keep our body while sitting or standing

Correct Answer: A) Posture.

10. Which disease is caused when bones weaken and become brittle?

Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis.

11. What types of bones are usually as long as they are wide, and are found in the wrists and ankles?

Correct Answer: B) Short.

12. The skull is not just one big bone, it has ..... bones.

Correct Answer: C) 22.

13. What is the medical term for your jawbone?

Correct Answer: C) Mandible.

14. Where bones meet and allows movement

Correct Answer: C) Joint.

15. Which is one example of a flat bone?

Correct Answer: C) Pelvis.

16. This type of joint allows the your first two vertebrate to rotate as in shaking your head no

Correct Answer: C) Pivot.

17. Synovial joints are functionally classified as .....

Correct Answer: C) Diarthroses.

18. Which bones are most commonly broken in adults?

Correct Answer: B) Arm.

19. The lower jaw can move from side to side and up and down.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. What sort of joint is the hip joint?

Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket.