Skeletal System Quiz 275 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. The agonist and antagonist work in ..... to create movement

Correct Answer: C) Opposition.

2. Gliding joint

Correct Answer: A) Allows one bone to slide over another.

3. Bone marrow or spinal cord

Correct Answer: C) Myel/o.

4. + 877 =

Correct Answer: C) 1, 539.

5. What is the name for the connector that attaches muscle to bone?

Correct Answer: B) Tendon.

6. What type of connective tissue a connects one bone to another bone?

Correct Answer: B) LIgament.

7. This bone is the LONGEST bone in our body. It makes up our upper leg.

Correct Answer: D) FEMUR.

8. A large support bone forming the heel

Correct Answer: C) Calcaneus.

9. What would be the synovial joint where the femur and tibia articulate?

Correct Answer: A) Knee.

10. The yellow marrow or medullary cavity stores and creates adipose tissue

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. The partial displacement of a bone from a joint is a:

Correct Answer: B) Subluxation.

12. What best describes skin?

Correct Answer: B) Flexible.

13. Where are smooth muscles?

Correct Answer: D) All of these answers are true.

14. The triangle shaped bones behind the ribs are called

Correct Answer: C) Scapula.

15. Osteoporosis can be simulated in an experiment by

Correct Answer: B) Soaking a bone in vinegar.

16. There are 3 STRUCTURAL joints. What are they?

Correct Answer: D) Fibrous, Cartilaginous, Synovial.

17. Fibrous sac that acts as a cushion to ease movement in areas subject to friction, such as shoulders, elbow and knees.

Correct Answer: B) Purses.

18. The vertebral column has ..... bone segments called vertebrae.

Correct Answer: C) 26.

19. A ..... is when an organ pushes through an area of weak muscle.

Correct Answer: B) Hernia.

20. Fov-

Correct Answer: A) Pit.