Skeletal System Quiz 121 (20 MCQs)

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1. The epiphyseal plate is also called the growth plate. What happens here?

Correct Answer: A) Bone length is increasing.

2. Long bones store ..... that can be used for energy

Correct Answer: B) Fat.

3. Where are your 4 ball and socket joints located?

Correct Answer: C) My shoulders and hips.

4. Name one common skeletal system disorder.

Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis.

5. What does the C in R.I.C.E stand for?

Correct Answer: D) Compression.

6. Which bone can easily be fractured when we fall or direct hit?

Correct Answer: C) Collarbone.

7. Which of the following is the name of the base which a bone is formed on?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

8. Ricket's is a disease that causes defective .....

Correct Answer: A) Bone growth.

9. Seven bones that make up the posterior part of the foot.

Correct Answer: B) Tarsals.

10. The bottom portion of the sternum that may come off during cpr

Correct Answer: A) Xiphoid.

11. What are the three types of joints?

Correct Answer: C) Amphiarthrosis, Synarthrosis, and Diarthrosis.

12. Which type of joint connects our vertebrae (backbones)? (page 139)

Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthroses.

13. Our skeleton has.....-parts

Correct Answer: D) 5.

14. This structure attaches muscle to bone

Correct Answer: A) Tendon.

15. Abnormal condition of porous bones.

Correct Answer: A) Osteopetrosis.

16. What organs are protected by your ribs?

Correct Answer: D) Heart and lungs.

17. The primary ossification site in the formation of a long bone is found

Correct Answer: C) In the diaphysis.

18. Flexible connective tissue found throughout the body, including on the articular ends of bones.

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

19. A slightly movable joint is a(n):

Correct Answer: D) Amphiarthrosis.

20. All of the following can be used to determine gender of a skeleton EXCEPT:

Correct Answer: C) Teeth.