Skeletal System Quiz 238 (20 MCQs)

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1. What joint is found in the hip and shoulder?

Correct Answer: E) Ball & Socket.

2. Softening of bones associated with vitamin D deficiency.

Correct Answer: B) Osteomalacia.

3. During the embryonic stage, bones are mostly composed of what?

Correct Answer: A) Hyaline cartilage.

4. What is another name for the collarbone?

Correct Answer: A) Clavicle.

5. What is the membrane that lines the inside of the long bone and the medulary cavity called?

Correct Answer: D) Endosteum.

6. ..... is a flexible material at the end of bones, the tip of your nose, in your ears, and at the end of your sternum.

Correct Answer: C) Cartilage.

7. What is responsible for creating red blood cells?

Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow.

8. The components of the human skeletal system are

Correct Answer: C) Bones, tendons, ligaments, cartilage.

9. Inside the bone, what produces blood cells?

Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow.

10. Your cranium or skull protects which organ?

Correct Answer: D) Brain.

11. A group of cells that perform a specific function is called a(n)-

Correct Answer: C) Tissue.

12. Contains bones, ligaments, cartilage and joints

Correct Answer: B) Skeletal.

13. What is another term for broken bone?

Correct Answer: B) Fracture.

14. Definition:Spine

Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae.

15. True or False:Yellow marrow consists mostly of fat and serves as an energy reserve.

Correct Answer: A) True.

16. The knees are ..... to the head.

Correct Answer: D) Inferior.

17. What is the word for the definition Surgical fixation of a bone or joint?

Correct Answer: D) -hiss.

18. The medullary cavity contains:

Correct Answer: A) Yellow marrow.

19. A place where bones articulate is called a ..... and the type where they are freely movable is called .....

Correct Answer: C) Joint; diarthrotic.

20. Muscles are attached to the bones by strong fibres called

Correct Answer: B) Tendons.