Skeletal System Quiz 282 (20 MCQs)

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1. Muscles you can control

Correct Answer: D) Voluntary.

2. What is the shape of the sternum, ribs, scapulae, and some skull bones?

Correct Answer: B) Flat.

3. Which of the following bones listed is an example of a "long" bone?

Correct Answer: B) Ulna.

4. What makes up the skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) All the bones in our body.

5. Largest and strongest bone in the body

Correct Answer: B) Femur.

6. The bones that make up the lower leg are the .....

Correct Answer: D) Tibia and fibula.

7. What is the name of the pigment in the skin that protects the cells from UV damage?

Correct Answer: B) Melanin.

8. The axial skeleton contains .....

Correct Answer: D) A, B, and C.

9. Fluid-filled sacs between bones that absorb shock and reduce friction?

Correct Answer: A) Purses.

10. Our skeleton allows us to move in many different ways.

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. Which type of joint is found between the atlas and axis in the neck?

Correct Answer: C) Pivot joint.

12. The tough, sheet like membrane that covers and protects muscle is:

Correct Answer: A) Fascia.

13. Bones of the thoracic cavity that articulate directly to the sternum and vertebrae

Correct Answer: A) True ribs.

14. What specific types of blood cells are produced by bones?

Correct Answer: B) Red Blood Cells.

15. Consists of 4 bones, supports upper body weight

Correct Answer: C) Pelvis.

16. What is the name of the heal bone?

Correct Answer: D) Calcaneus.

17. -ation

Correct Answer: D) Process; condition.

18. Duc

Correct Answer: D) Move.

19. The Skeleton of a child approximately has how many bones

Correct Answer: A) 206.

20. Which of the following vertebrae columns are convex curve?

Correct Answer: B) Lumbar and cervical.