Skeletal System Quiz 182 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. ..... are stronger than bones.

Correct Answer: B) Teeth.

2. This is the opening in the occipital bone which allows the spinal cord to attach to the brain.

Correct Answer: B) The Great Hole.

3. What is the term for the shaft of a long bone? ¿Cuál es el término para el eje de un hueso largo?

Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis.

4. What is the difference between true ribs and false ribs

Correct Answer: D) Attachment to sternum.

5. What type of joint is found at the elbow?

Correct Answer: A) Hinge.

6. What category do the rib bones fall in?

Correct Answer: B) Flat.

7. Patella bone is located on .....

Correct Answer: A) Knee.

8. Joints have 3 functions:

Correct Answer: A) Hold bones together, bear weight, allow motion.

9. Roundworms have a(n) skeleton that they use for movement.

Correct Answer: C) Hydrostatic.

10. This bone connects the femur to the ankle.

Correct Answer: B) Tibia.

11. Bones can be classified by the way they develop. Bones that develop from sheets of fibrous connective tissue are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Dermal bones.

12. Which of the below is NOT a function of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Vitamin D synthesis.

13. The scientific name of the collar bone is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Clavicle.

14. Which one does not describe what the skeletal system does?

Correct Answer: C) Makes us strong.

15. What is the purpose of joints in the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) The purpose of joints in the skeletal system is to allow movement and flexibility in the body.

16. What is the purpose of your joints?

Correct Answer: A) Joints help you move.

17. ..... gives our body shape and structure

Correct Answer: A) Skeleton.

18. These are small cubed shaped bones; bones of the wrists, ankles, and toes.

Correct Answer: B) Short Bones.

19. A synonym for expand is?

Correct Answer: A) Grow.

20. What type of bone is the sternum?

Correct Answer: C) Flat.