Skeletal System Quiz 204 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Which joint is shown in the above image?

Correct Answer: A) Pivot joint.

2. Red bone marrow produces most of the body's

Correct Answer: B) Red blood cells.

3. The elbow is considered a

Correct Answer: A) Hinge joint.

4. The marrow protects bones

Correct Answer: B) False.

5. Lines the Medullary Cavity

Correct Answer: B) Endosteum.

6. What is an example of a short bone?

Correct Answer: B) Carpals.

7. The skeleton is a column of interlinked bones, with two legs, two arms, and a skull.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. 3 time 3

Correct Answer: D) 9.

9. When a bone has been twisted apart, the injury is called a ..... fracture.

Correct Answer: A) Spiral.

10. The skull is part of the ..... skeleton.

Correct Answer: B) Axial.

11. Which of the following tissue connects bone to bone?

Correct Answer: A) Ligament.

12. Which bone is known as the heel of the foot?

Correct Answer: C) Calcaneus.

13. Residual volume

Correct Answer: C) The air left in lungs after maximum expiration.

14. Cause:Old Age, Hyperparathyroidism (overactive thyroid), Eating Disorders.

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

15. Your radius and ulna are in your

Correct Answer: B) Arm.

16. What is on the pinky side or outside of your lower arm?

Correct Answer: A) Ulna.

17. What type of muscle controls many types of movement within the body?

Correct Answer: A) Smooth.

18. The cranium is a fixed joint

Correct Answer: A) True.

19. Tough, fibrous membrane that covers and protects the outer surface of bone.

Correct Answer: D) Periosteum.

20. Triangular bones of the back that resemble wings.

Correct Answer: A) Scapula.