Skeletal System Quiz 218 (20 MCQs)

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1. Also help your body maintain homeostasis by storing minerals and making blood cells

Correct Answer: B) Bones.

2. What can you do to keep bones strong?

Correct Answer: D) Exercise.

3. The covering of the bone is called the:

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

4. What's it called where two bones meet?

Correct Answer: B) Joint.

5. Which of the following are cells that are mature bone cells?

Correct Answer: D) Osteocytes.

6. How many bones are you born with?

Correct Answer: B) Over 300.

7. Bone cells that absorbs bone tissue during bone growth and healing are called

Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts.

8. Another name for the backbone is the .....

Correct Answer: A) Spine.

9. In extreme blood loss or anemia what happens?

Correct Answer: B) The body converts Yellow bone marrow in red bone marrow.

10. When a muscle becomes shorter and causes movement it is said to have?

Correct Answer: B) Contractibility.

11. Which part of the bone is the diaphysis?

Correct Answer: C) The shaft.

12. What are joints?

Correct Answer: B) Joints are the point at which your bones come together.

13. In the Endosteum, what type of bone cells are found that can repair broken bones?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblast.

14. The cavity in bone that stores red and yellow marrow.

Correct Answer: A) Medullary cavity.

15. Composed of 126 bones

Correct Answer: B) Appendicular Skeleton.

16. A group of organs make up an

Correct Answer: D) Organ system.

17. What is the main purpose of cartilage in the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage cushions bones to keep them from grinding together.

18. We can estimate the age of a person by looking at their:

Correct Answer: D) Pelvis.

19. Mineral loss in bone can lead to .....

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

20. What does the red blood marrow produce

Correct Answer: A) Blood Cells.