Skeletal System Quiz 227 (20 MCQs)

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1. What mineral is stored in the skeleton

Correct Answer: B) Phosphorus.

2. Name the condition in which the bones become weak and break easily.

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

3. The adult skeletal system is made up of ..... bones.

Correct Answer: C) 206.

4. The prefix "cardio" means

Correct Answer: C) Heart.

5. All of the following facial bones are paired except for one. Which of the following is an unpaired facial bone?

Correct Answer: C) Vomit.

6. This is more often found in infant bones than adult

Correct Answer: B) Red Marrow.

7. How many pairs of true ribs are there?

Correct Answer: D) 7.

8. Surgical procedure involving the use of steel rods, plates, or screws to realign a sever bone fracture to normal position (ORIF)

Correct Answer: D) Open reduction and internal fixation.

9. What are voluntary muscles?

Correct Answer: C) Muscles that you can control.

10. Both compact and spongy bone contain ..... that allow for communication between osteocytes

Correct Answer: E) Canals.

11. Answer for #10:

Correct Answer: C) Scapula.

12. The soft substance inside bones in which blood cells are made.

Correct Answer: A) Marrow.

13. Melanin.....

Correct Answer: B) Provides the pigment in the skin.

14. How many chambers in the heart?

Correct Answer: B) 4.

15. Breakdown

Correct Answer: B) -lysis.

16. The patella is a small, circular bone in our knee. This bone is also known as your .....

Correct Answer: A) Kneecap.

17. Rheumatoid arthritis is caused by inflammation in a

Correct Answer: A) Assembly.

18. Match the example to the job:Your hand has five fingers because of your bones.

Correct Answer: A) Gives you shape and support.

19. Red and white blood cells are stored in your bone marrow.

Correct Answer: A) True.

20. What is found in the center of a haversian (or central) canal?

Correct Answer: B) Blood vessels and nerves.