Skeletal System Quiz 293 (20 MCQs)

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1. What smooth and flexible substance covers the tips of bones enabling movement of bones without friction?

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage.

2. Which of the following is a type of a Joint

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

3. 10What does the cartilage between bones do?

Correct Answer: A) Provides padding and protection against wear and tear.

4. These are the first 7 ribs

Correct Answer: B) True Ribs.

5. What are the soft spots called in an infants head?

Correct Answer: C) Fontanels.

6. What suffix means immature?

Correct Answer: A) -blast.

7. Someone with Type A blood also has .....

Correct Answer: B) Type B antibodies.

8. A sac filled with liquid, floating inside the joint, to reduce friction between tendon and bone, is .....

Correct Answer: A) Bursa.

9. A bony structure present in the chest region

Correct Answer: C) Ribcage.

10. Disease that causes bones to become weak and break more easily

Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis.

11. A system of bones is called a .....

Correct Answer: A) Skeleton.

12. Applying cold to a broken bone is one way to treat the injury?

Correct Answer: A) True.

13. Select an example of the skeletal system helping your circulatory and your respiratory system?

Correct Answer: B) Your rib cage protecting your heart and lungs.

14. A place where two bones come together is .....

Correct Answer: C) Joint.

15. A very thin membrane that covers the bone from the inside

Correct Answer: B) Endosteum.

16. These are joints that move freely.

Correct Answer: A) Diarthrosis.

17. The large triangular muscle of the lower back.

Correct Answer: C) The broadest back.

18. Which of these joints is a hinge joint?

Correct Answer: B) Belbow.

19. Which of these is a sign of osteoporosis?

Correct Answer: D) Pain in the bones.

20. Muscles are attached to the bone with strong fibres called

Correct Answer: A) Tendons.