Skeletal System Quiz 199 (20 MCQs)

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1. Compact bone is

Correct Answer: B) Rigid.

2. Hyper means

Correct Answer: A) Over.

3. The knuckle joint of our thumb is an example of which joint?

Correct Answer: B) Saddle.

4. What does the vertebral column protect?

Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord.

5. Complex formation with variances in shape and structure

Correct Answer: A) Irregular.

6. THE FUNCTIONS OF SKELETAL SYSTEM ARE-

Correct Answer: D) ALL THE ABOVE.

7. How does sweat keep us cool?

Correct Answer: B) As sweat evaporates, it removes heat from the skin.

8. The articulation that most closely resembles a hinge in the body involves which bones?

Correct Answer: E) Humerus-ulna.

9. What is the knee bone called?

Correct Answer: D) Patella.

10. This soft material is found inside bones and is where red blood cells are made.

Correct Answer: A) Marrow.

11. The Purkinje Fibres cause what to happen?

Correct Answer: A) Ventricles to contract.

12. CARPALS (WRIST) AND TARSALS (ANKLE)

Correct Answer: A) Short.

13. Skeletal system is not essential for the organism to be alive

Correct Answer: A) False.

14. Forearm motion that moves the palm of the hand from the palm backward to the palm forward position.

Correct Answer: A) Supination.

15. Clast-

Correct Answer: D) Breaking down.

16. Most falls from a ladder result in:

Correct Answer: A) Knee and spine damage.

17. Two bones, side-by-side that make up the bridge of the nose;

Correct Answer: D) Nasal bones.

18. What are 2 types of Osteonecrosis?

Correct Answer: A) Traumatic and atraumatic / non-traumatic Osteonecrosis.

19. What is a bone that is generally cube-shaped and contains mostly spongy bone classified as?

Correct Answer: B) Short bone.

20. An abnormal S-shaped or C-shaped curve of the spine is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis.