Skeletal System Quiz 195 (20 MCQs)

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1. The epiphyseal plate grows thicker due to this type of cell undergoing mitosis and pushing older cells out.

Correct Answer: C) Chondrocyte.

2. What are the two types of osseous tissue?

Correct Answer: A) Cancellous and compact bone.

3. Which one is not an injury or disease of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: A) Stroke.

4. The main function of the joints and ligaments is?

Correct Answer: A) Movement.

5. Bones that develop from layers of hyaline cartilage are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Endochondral bone.

6. Supination

Correct Answer: A) Turns the palm up or forward.

7. What percentage of bone composition is minerals (mostly calcium phosphate and calcium carbonate)?

Correct Answer: B) 26.

8. The parietal bone of the skull is classified as what type of bone?

Correct Answer: D) Flat bone tagsSAP2.

9. Which group of bones protects the spinal cord?

Correct Answer: C) Backbone.

10. This type of bone formation involves a fetal hyaline cartilage skeleton

Correct Answer: B) Endochondral ossification.

11. One of the functions of bone is to store minerals and fat.

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. Which bone is NOT associated with the pelvic girdle?

Correct Answer: A) Sacred.

13. Are the bones in your cranium considered a fixed joint or a moveable joint?

Correct Answer: A) Fixed.

14. What are these bones in the neck called? (c1 and c2)

Correct Answer: C) Atlas and axis.

15. The epidermis is composed of

Correct Answer: C) Dead and live cells.

16. Which bone forms the "bridge" of the nose

Correct Answer: C) Nasal.

17. A compound fracture can be described as when:

Correct Answer: C) The broken bone is exposed to the outside.

18. Which one is a joint found in the body.

Correct Answer: A) Hinge Joint.

19. This is a type of muscle I can move.

Correct Answer: A) Voluntary.

20. Three main functions of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Protect OrgansSupport bodyMovement.