Skeletal System Quiz 126 (20 MCQs)

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1. Vertebrae

Correct Answer: A) The individual bones that stack to form the backbone of an animal.

2. Which of these is NOT a type of bone

Correct Answer: B) Regular bone.

3. Which statement is FALSE? ¿Qué afirmación es FALSA?

Correct Answer: D) There is NO calcium in bone.

4. What type of tissue consists of sheets of cells that cover exterior surfaces of the body?

Correct Answer: B) Epithelial.

5. What type of joint is located in your thumb?

Correct Answer: A) Saddle Joint.

6. Just above coccyx

Correct Answer: E) Sacred.

7. The correct angle to the ..... and ..... on animals lower leg acts like a shock on a vehicle to the animal.

Correct Answer: B) Hock-pastern.

8. Fracture that occurs in vertebrae subjected to extreme stress

Correct Answer: A) Compression.

9. The extracellular matrix between bone cells is made up of what inorganic molecules

Correct Answer: B) Calcium.

10. The tough outer covering of a bone is the:

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

11. Most people have ..... ribs but some people have few more or a few less.

Correct Answer: D) 12.

12. An operation in which a piece of the skull is removed.

Correct Answer: A) Craniotomy.

13. What part of your skeleton is the vertebral column?

Correct Answer: B) Axial Skeleton.

14. Bones on the toes

Correct Answer: C) Phalanges.

15. An abnormal curve of the spine is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Scoliosis.

16. Circumduction is the circular movement of a joint. It combines flexion, extension, abduction and adduction

Correct Answer: A) True.

17. Main opening in center of the osteon?

Correct Answer: A) Central (Haversian) canal.

18. The type of ossification that has 2 ossification centers (primary and secondary)

Correct Answer: B) Endochondral.

19. What type of bone is the scapula?

Correct Answer: A) Flat.

20. What are the ends of bones covered with that helps reduce friction when two bones are rubbed together.

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage.