Skeletal System Quiz 233 (20 MCQs)

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1. What joint is moving side to side only

Correct Answer: B) Pivot joint.

2. This cell helps build bone structures

Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts.

3. Name the type of fracture based on the description:Bone segments are pulled apart as a result of a twisting motion

Correct Answer: C) Spiral.

4. The epidermis contains .....

Correct Answer: D) All of the choices listed here.

5. The skeletal muscles work in pairs (i.e. when one tightens, the other relaxes).

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. How many bones are in the human skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

7. The muscular system gets energy (nutrients) from the digestive system

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. What bone protects the brain?

Correct Answer: D) Skull.

9. Flexion.....

Correct Answer: A) Decreases angle of the joint.

10. The axial skeleton is located in the upper part of the body

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. What tissue connects muscle to bone?

Correct Answer: D) Tendons.

12. Meets 2 parietals

Correct Answer: D) Sagittal suture.

13. The tiny bones found in your wrist

Correct Answer: A) Carpals.

14. How do you call the soft bones found in your ears and nose?

Correct Answer: C) Cartilage.

15. What type of muscle lines the inside of the stomach?

Correct Answer: C) Smooth.

16. The bones that form the long part of the foot are:

Correct Answer: D) Metatarsals.

17. In the ribcage ..... pair of ribs are called floating ribs

Correct Answer: C) 2.

18. Name the pathology.

Correct Answer: C) Enchondroma.

19. Which part of the bone creates new red and white blood cells?

Correct Answer: D) Marrow.

20. What is the squamous suture

Correct Answer: A) Suture between the parietal and temporal bones.