Skeletal System Quiz 304 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is your skeletal system made up of?

Correct Answer: A) All the bones in your body.

2. How does calcium contribute to bone health?

Correct Answer: A) Calcium helps to build and maintain strong bones.

3. What is the bone in the center of your chest called?

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

4. Which part of the bone helps to absorb shock where two bones meet?

Correct Answer: D) Articular cartilage.

5. ..... is a condition where a group of plasma cells becomes cancerous and multiplies.

Correct Answer: A) Multiple myeloma.

6. Our body has ..... types of movable joints.

Correct Answer: C) Four.

7. What type of bone is the vertebrae in the spine?

Correct Answer: D) Irregular bone.

8. How many bones make up the hand and the wrist?

Correct Answer: D) 54.

9. How many bones have adult

Correct Answer: C) 206.

10. Which of the following is an example of an irregular bone?

Correct Answer: C) Pelvis.

11. What are the 3 types of muscle found in the human body?

Correct Answer: D) Cardiac, Skeletal and Smooth.

12. Disease caused by lack of vitamin D. The bones soften up.

Correct Answer: C) Rickets.

13. Where the clavicle and scapula meet is an example of a .....

Correct Answer: C) Gliding joint.

14. "D"

Correct Answer: A) Lamella.

15. The skeletal system provides a ..... for a our body much like the wood structure of a home

Correct Answer: A) Framework.

16. The outer covering of a bone

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

17. What is the muscle that pulls hair upright?

Correct Answer: B) Arrector Pili.

18. Ring-like

Correct Answer: D) Sphincter.

19. A bone with a long longitudinal axis and expanded ends is classified as what type of bone?

Correct Answer: B) Long.

20. A joint is the place in your body where bones meet

Correct Answer: A) True.