Skeletal System Quiz 197 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the outer covering of the bones called?

Correct Answer: D) Periosteum.

2. True or False:The skeletal system includes all the bones in the body.

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. Defective mineralization of the bones in children is known as .....

Correct Answer: A) Rickets.

4. Red bone marrow can turn to yellow and back

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. What is the real name for your fingers?

Correct Answer: A) Phalanges.

6. Bones of the arms, legs. shoulder and pelvic girdle make up the:

Correct Answer: D) Appendicular skeleton.

7. The hinge joint moves .....

Correct Answer: D) In one direction.

8. Which pair could be connected by a tendon?

Correct Answer: D) Biceps & scapula.

9. Cartilage helps protect the bones from becoming damaged

Correct Answer: A) True.

10. What is the function of a tendon?

Correct Answer: B) To link muscles to bones.

11. Most of the skeleton starts out as ....., which is later replaced by bone.

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

12. Healthy ..... are usually pink in color. You have two of these.

Correct Answer: C) Lungs.

13. Including the sacrum and the coccyx, how many bones make up the vertebral column?

Correct Answer: C) 26.

14. Muscle contractions turn ..... energy into ..... energy.

Correct Answer: A) Chemical; thermal.

15. The bones of the forearm include the:

Correct Answer: B) Radius.

16. Where is hematopoietic tissue found?

Correct Answer: A) Red bone marrow.

17. Tissues that hold bones together at two or more joints.

Correct Answer: B) Ligaments.

18. What is a flexible connective tissue that is found in your nose and ears?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

19. ..... is hard tissue that supports and protects the organs.

Correct Answer: C) Bone.

20. What is the word for the definition Bursa sac?

Correct Answer: C) Burs/o.