Skeletal System Quiz 226 (20 MCQs)

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1. Immovable Joints are also called:

Correct Answer: A) Fixed Joints.

2. These are involuntary muscle found in internal organs like the stomach and intestines.

Correct Answer: B) Smooth muscle.

3. Bones in the fingers and toes are called

Correct Answer: C) Phalanges.

4. Diaphysis is .....

Correct Answer: D) The shaft of the bone.

5. The hinge joint can be found in .....

Correct Answer: A) The knee.

6. Choose short bones .....

Correct Answer: C) Patella and carpals.

7. Match the following bones to the correct body location (in order):carpals, metacarpals, phalanges.

Correct Answer: C) Wrist, palm, fingers.

8. The ends of the long bone

Correct Answer: B) Epiphysis.

9. The tough, flexible strand of connective tissue that holds bones together

Correct Answer: C) Ligament.

10. What is the white protective tissue that covers the end of your bones called?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

11. The biceps brachii is ..... to the triceps brachii.

Correct Answer: A) Anterior.

12. Which is the longest bone of our body and where it is located?

Correct Answer: B) Femur, thighbone.

13. Answer for #6:

Correct Answer: C) Carpus.

14. The middle of the magnet is the ..... point.

Correct Answer: C) Weakest.

15. When do new bone cells form new bone tissue?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

16. All the bones in the body including the teeth is part of the skeletal system.

Correct Answer: B) FALSE.

17. Bones imbedded within tendons such as wrists, kneecaps, and hands are what kind of bones?

Correct Answer: C) Sesamoid.

18. The areas where cranial bones join together to form immovable joints are called .....

Correct Answer: B) Sutures.

19. Around 70% of bones are made of minerals such as magnesium

Correct Answer: B) False.

20. The skeletal system has important functions. What is one of its jobs?

Correct Answer: C) Protects your organs and gives your body shape.