Skeletal System Quiz 251 (20 MCQs)

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1. Blood cells are made in the red bone marrow by a process called

Correct Answer: C) Hematopoiesis.

2. Where are the smallest bones in our body located?

Correct Answer: C) Ears.

3. The shaft of a long bone is called the .....

Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis.

4. The facial bones consist of how many bones?

Correct Answer: C) 14.

5. Hamstrings muscle action

Correct Answer: A) Hip extension and knee flexion.

6. The point which two bones come together is called a .....

Correct Answer: D) Joint.

7. Spongy bone is located

Correct Answer: A) In the epiphysis of long bones.

8. What is the hard part of the human skeleton?

Correct Answer: D) Bones.

9. The shoulder blade is a ..... bone.

Correct Answer: A) Flat.

10. A fracture in which the bone may be shattered into several pieces is what type of fracture?

Correct Answer: A) Comminuted.

11. A place in the body where two or more bones come together is called a:

Correct Answer: C) Joint.

12. Identify bone number 4.

Correct Answer: D) Scapula.

13. The radius is the longest bone in the body.

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. All synovial joints are

Correct Answer: B) Diarthroses.

15. Covers the actin and prevents the myosin head to attach to the actin (rope or strand shape).

Correct Answer: A) Tropomyosin.

16. Two structural joints with no cavity

Correct Answer: A) Fibrous and cartilaginous.

17. Fibrocartilage (found in the knee) protects against stretch and pressure.

Correct Answer: A) True.

18. A common disease is ....., which causes bones to weaken and become brittle

Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis.

19. The longest single bone in your body

Correct Answer: A) Femur.

20. Largest bone in the body

Correct Answer: B) Femur.