Skeletal System Quiz 160 (20 MCQs)

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1. True or False:Bones and muscles work together to help you move.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

2. What muscle attaches to the bone and produces movement?

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal muscle.

3. The thin layer that sends signals to the brain is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Blood vessels and nerves.

4. Tissues that can carry messages.

Correct Answer: A) Nervous.

5. It can be made from boards, sticks, cartons or magazines. It may be fastened to the injured part with strips of cloth or belts.

Correct Answer: D) Splint.

6. What is the hollow area at the center of long bones called?

Correct Answer: D) Medullary cavity.

7. Bones are living things.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. What is the word for the definition Abnormal narrowing?

Correct Answer: A) -stenosis.

9. The part of the skeleton along the axis of the body is the .....

Correct Answer: D) Appendicular.

10. Which bone protects the heart and lungs?

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

11. Which of the following is not a classification of bone?

Correct Answer: C) Imbalanced Bone.

12. What bones does the axial skeleton consist of?

Correct Answer: B) Skull, spinal column, rib cage, and chest.

13. Bones are not vascular (do not contain blood vessels)

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. Bone Destroying cells are called?

Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts.

15. What is the Medical Abbreviation for the definition Rheumatoid arthritis?

Correct Answer: A) RA.

16. Tissue that covers your bones and reduces friction of bones

Correct Answer: C) Cartilage.

17. The extracellular matrix between bone cells is made up of what organic molecules?

Correct Answer: A) Collagen.

18. Carpals and tarsals

Correct Answer: A) Short bones.

19. A vertebrae is an example of a(n) ..... bone.

Correct Answer: D) Irregular.

20. Which of the following structural joints is indicated by the arrow in the image?

Correct Answer: C) Saddle.