Skeletal System Quiz 221 (20 MCQs)

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1. The muscle which is relaxing

Correct Answer: A) Antagonist.

2. What system(s) work with the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Nervous and Muscular System.

3. What is the layer of vascular connective tissue lining the medullary cavities of bone called?

Correct Answer: A) Endosteum.

4. The arm bone is called the ..... ; the forearm bones are the ..... and the radius.

Correct Answer: C) Humerus / ulna.

5. What are the functions of the Integumentary System?

Correct Answer: C) Protection, sensation (feeling), temperature regulation, vitamin d production, excretion (remove wastes).

6. What does the combining form scoli/o mean?

Correct Answer: C) Crooked.

7. An....., is a bone making cell.

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblast.

8. Your skin is ..... to your bones

Correct Answer: C) Superficial.

9. What other body system does the skeletal system interact with?

Correct Answer: A) Muscular system.

10. The skeletal system in an adults body consists of ..... bones

Correct Answer: A) 206.

11. Longest bone in the body; allows motion of the leg

Correct Answer: B) Femur.

12. A fracture that occurs when the bone bends and cracks and is common in children is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Greenstick.

13. What is the tough outer membrane of bone called?

Correct Answer: A) Periosteum.

14. An articulation or junction between two or more bones.

Correct Answer: A) Joint.

15. Your sister hurt her thoracic vertebrae in a car accident. Which skeleton is injured?

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

16. A large muscle of the front of the upper arm

Correct Answer: A) Biceps.

17. THERE ARE AROUND ..... VOLUNTARY MUSCLES IN OUR BODY.

Correct Answer: B) 650.

18. Which of the following are immovable joints?

Correct Answer: C) Sutures.

19. Which of the following is NOT a part of your bone?

Correct Answer: D) Ulna.

20. About how many bones does the adult human body contain?

Correct Answer: B) 206.