Skeletal System Quiz 262 (20 MCQs)

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1. Blood cells produced from within the bone are called

Correct Answer: B) Red marrow.

2. Proper order of the inner ear.

Correct Answer: C) Hammer, Anvil, Staples.

3. The during a sports injury, the athlete's shoulder was forcibly displaced from the joint. What condition is this?

Correct Answer: D) Dislocation.

4. Which bone tissue has material that is closely packed together?

Correct Answer: A) Compact Bone.

5. What are the characteristics of short bones?

Correct Answer: A) Fairly equal in length.

6. Shoulder bone

Correct Answer: D) Scapula.

7. A muscle contraction produced by a variable external resistance at a constant speed

Correct Answer: C) Isokinetic Contraction.

8. What is the name of the thin myofilaments in the muscle cell?

Correct Answer: A) Actin.

9. Lower, outer leg bone

Correct Answer: C) Fibula.

10. The shoulder blade in pectoral girdle is?

Correct Answer: B) Scapula.

11. The patella is the only ..... bone

Correct Answer: D) Sesamoid.

12. What type of Joint? NECK

Correct Answer: B) Angular or Pivotal Joint.

13. Which kind of burn is not painful because it has damaged the nerve cells?

Correct Answer: C) Third degree.

14. Legs and arms are examples of a ..... joint

Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint.

15. Where does growth in bone take place?

Correct Answer: A) Epiphyseal plate.

16. The skeletal system includes all of the following except:

Correct Answer: D) Muscles.

17. What do you call the tissue that cushions bones?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

18. B5 The bone marrow makes

Correct Answer: D) Red blood cells.

19. The human skeleton weights .....

Correct Answer: A) Less than 10 kg (approx. 22 lbs.).

20. There are mainly ..... types of nerves

Correct Answer: C) 3.