Skeletal System Quiz 124 (20 MCQs)

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1. FIXED JOINTS ARE FOUND IN THE CRANIUM.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

2. Cells that can build bony matrix.

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts.

3. Gouty arthritis is a painful condition caused by:

Correct Answer: B) Excessive blood levels of uric acid deposited as crystals in the soft tissue joints.

4. What are the different categories in a hand?

Correct Answer: C) Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges.

5. What is tightly packed tissue that increases strength?

Correct Answer: D) Compact bone.

6. How many bones are there in the adult human skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

7. Run sidewise just below neck

Correct Answer: A) Collarbone or clavicle.

8. A condition in the body's bones become weak and break easily

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

9. ..... hold bones together at joints.

Correct Answer: C) Ligaments.

10. Toward the midline of the body is called

Correct Answer: A) Medial.

11. What are long bones?

Correct Answer: B) Serve as support columns, help the animal in body support, locomotion and eating.

12. Which of the answers below is a type of joint?

Correct Answer: D) Both A&C.

13. What stimulates bone growth?

Correct Answer: C) Low blood calcium levels.

14. Skeletal muscle is also called ..... muscle.

Correct Answer: A) Voluntary.

15. The ....., or thigh bone, is the only bone in the thigh.

Correct Answer: B) Femur.

16. Bones, cartilage, bones, and tendons together make up your

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal System.

17. Is the ulna on the pinky side or the thumb side?

Correct Answer: A) Pinky.

18. This bone forms part of the elbow joint.

Correct Answer: B) Ulna.

19. An example of a hinge joint would be your knee

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. Ossicles help organisms .....

Correct Answer: D) Hear.