Skeletal System Quiz 167 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Striped muscles

Correct Answer: A) Voluntary muscles.

2. Hard, outer area of long bones is made of this thick, dense web of fibers

Correct Answer: A) Compact bone tissue.

3. How do your Involuntary muscles move?

Correct Answer: B) Your brain tells them when to.

4. *A joint that cannotbe moved (nomovement).

Correct Answer: A) Fixed (Fibrous Joint).

5. The skull is subdivided into two parts:the ..... and the ..... portion.

Correct Answer: A) Cranium / facial.

6. What bone do you have the greatest number of in your body?

Correct Answer: B) Phalanges.

7. Lymphatic system is

Correct Answer: A) Opened.

8. What is the purpose of ligaments?

Correct Answer: B) To attach bones to other bones.

9. What are the 3 types of bones of the hand?

Correct Answer: C) Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges.

10. What is the condition that makes your bones weak and brittle?

Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis.

11. The body system that provides structure and support to keep the lungs (respiratory system) from getting squished is the ..... system

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system.

12. ..... are thin filaments.

Correct Answer: C) Actin.

13. HOw do you skeletal system and muscular system work together?

Correct Answer: B) Your skeletal system is a frame for your body and your muscular system moves your skeletal system.

14. Which type of bone has a primary function to protect the internal organs (such as brain and heart)?

Correct Answer: B) Flat Bone.

15. Ribs protects your:

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

16. The ..... girdle is not as sturdy but provides more mobility than the other.

Correct Answer: B) Pectoral.

17. The purpose of ridges, bumps, extensions, and notches on bone is for

Correct Answer: D) Both A and B.

18. What function of the skeletal system is most useful to someone who is really clumsy?

Correct Answer: C) Protection.

19. Hyaline cartilage covering the ends of the bones is called

Correct Answer: D) Articular cartilage.

20. Tissue found in some bones that makes blood cells

Correct Answer: B) Marrow.