Skeletal System Quiz 190 (20 MCQs)

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1. Where can hinge joints be found?

Correct Answer: D) Knees, elbows.

2. A ..... is a stretching or tearing of ligaments often caused by rapid changes in direction or collision.

Correct Answer: B) Sprain.

3. Where in the body are the metacarpals found?

Correct Answer: D) Hand.

4. Match the example to the job:Your ribcage protects your lungs.

Correct Answer: B) Protects your inner organs.

5. Which is thicker? Radius or Ulna?

Correct Answer: A) Radius.

6. Which type of bone is the vertebrae, carpal and tarsal?

Correct Answer: D) Irregular Bone.

7. This is the kneecap.

Correct Answer: D) Patella.

8. Blood cells are produced in .....

Correct Answer: A) Bone marrow.

9. Long muscle fibres that run the length of the muscle belly, attaching to tendons at ends.

Correct Answer: B) Fusiform, designed for mobility.

10. A unit of bone containing a haversian canal and matrix rings:

Correct Answer: D) Osteon.

11. A spine deformity which makes the spine curve excessively at the lower backbone is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Lordosis.

12. What are the toe bones called?

Correct Answer: D) Phalanges.

13. Another name for the kneecap

Correct Answer: C) Patella.

14. When kicking a football the knee

Correct Answer: B) Extends.

15. The pelvic and pectoral girdles are part of the ..... skeleton.

Correct Answer: B) Appendicular.

16. Which of the following is a sign or symptom of a sprain

Correct Answer: A) Swelling and warmth.

17. PRONATION indicates moving hand from anterior to posterior.

Correct Answer: B) True.

18. Which of the following bones is not part of the axial skeleton?

Correct Answer: D) Clavicle.

19. Stabilizes the ankle

Correct Answer: C) Fibula.

20. The production of blood cells from cells from dividing stem a progenitor cells

Correct Answer: D) Hematopoiesis.