Skeletal System Quiz 131 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ribs that are attached to the sternum with costal cartilage (1-7)

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. The following are examples of joint disease except:

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

3. What do osteoblasts do

Correct Answer: A) Produce new bone.

4. The joint at the ankle and wrist

Correct Answer: D) Gliding joint.

5. The flat skull bones are ..... in numbers?

Correct Answer: C) 22.

6. ..... bones of ribcage are joined to the vertebral column only

Correct Answer: B) 2 pair.

7. The hard, dense layer of bone

Correct Answer: B) Compact.

8. A baby's body has about at birth. These eventually fuse (grow together) to form the 206 bones that adults have

Correct Answer: A) 300 bones.

9. What are the functions of the human skeleton?

Correct Answer: E) All of the previous.

10. Forms the central axis of the body & protects critical organs

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

11. True or False:Eating Fish is one way to keep your bones STRONG.

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. When blood calcium is too HIGH .....

Correct Answer: B) Calcitonin is released to deposit extra blood calcium into bones.

13. What is the definition of the skeleton?

Correct Answer: B) A framework of bones that supports the body of an animal.

14. A single unit of bone is called:

Correct Answer: A) Osteon.

15. What are examples of osteoblasts?

Correct Answer: A) During fetal development cells in fetal cartilage develop into osteoblast.

16. Your spinal cord is ptotected by

Correct Answer: B) Vertebrae.

17. Look at this picture carefully. Name the bone on number 1!

Correct Answer: B) Vertebra.

18. Bones found in the skull

Correct Answer: A) Flat.

19. What type of bone tissue makes up the interior of your bones?

Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone.

20. What is the name of the muscle that makes up your heart?

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac.