Skeletal System Quiz 170 (20 MCQs)

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1. The muscle which relaxes during movement is the .....

Correct Answer: A) Antagonist.

2. Partly movable joints are places where bones can move a little.

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. Intervertebral discs are what kind of joint?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous.

4. What has many visible open spaces and gives the bone it's strength and support?

Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone.

5. Hinge joints.....

Correct Answer: C) Allow movement in one axis.

6. What is the term for the small bones in the fingers and toes?

Correct Answer: A) Phalanges.

7. Which area of the body contains the most bones?

Correct Answer: A) Hand.

8. Which is the part of the bone where red blood cells are made?

Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow.

9. What connective tissue connects bones to bones?

Correct Answer: B) Ligament.

10. How does muscular system and skeletal system work together for movement

Correct Answer: A) They work together by using their interconnectment of tendons that connect bone to muscle which allows movement.

11. The tiniest bones in our body are located where?

Correct Answer: C) Ear.

12. Red bone marrow functions to ....., whereas yellow bone marrow functions to .....

Correct Answer: B) Produce blood cells; store fat tissue.

13. Found inside bones and is lighter and less dense than compact bone because it is porous.

Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone.

14. A bone-forming cell

Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts.

15. Chronic Injuries

Correct Answer: B) Occur due to weakness or insufficient rehabilitation.

16. Which two bones are found in the lower arm?

Correct Answer: C) Radius and ulna.

17. The point at which two bones meet

Correct Answer: D) Joint.

18. True or False:Immovable Joints allow the body to move

Correct Answer: B) False.

19. A dome shaped sheet of muscle, the ....., separates the chest from the abdomen

Correct Answer: A) Diaphragm.

20. The concentric circles of lacuna and bony matrix located around a central canal are known as:

Correct Answer: C) Lamellae.