Skeletal System Quiz 306 (20 MCQs)

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1. What are the two minerals that can help/improve your skeletal system?

Correct Answer: A) Calcium & Phosphorous.

2. Our bones are alive.

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. Which of the following means "the firm, flexible connective tissue that provides structural support and reduces friction around joints?"

Correct Answer: D) Cartilage.

4. This is a hereditary disease that causes skeletal muscle to become weaker over time

Correct Answer: C) Muscular dystrophy.

5. Name the two types of blood cells?

Correct Answer: A) Red and White.

6. True or false:Sutural bones serve an important physical function.

Correct Answer: B) False.

7. Where are spongy bones located in short of flat bones:

Correct Answer: C) In the center.

8. What type of bones are the tarsals and carpals?

Correct Answer: B) Short.

9. Which term means an abnormal lateral curvature of the lumbar spine?

Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis.

10. An artificial body part is called a .....

Correct Answer: C) Prosthesis.

11. Yellow bone marrow is made up of

Correct Answer: D) Fat cells and some blood cells.

12. ..... is made of different kinds of organs that work together to perform a certain task.

Correct Answer: D) Organ systems.

13. Number of bones in the axial skeleton and appendicular skeleton

Correct Answer: A) Ax:80Ap:126.

14. ..... is a framework of bones that holds our body together.

Correct Answer: B) Skeleton.

15. The area between the neck and head is an example of what joint?

Correct Answer: C) Pivot.

16. What type of bone are your fingers?

Correct Answer: B) Short.

17. A bone has ..... layers.

Correct Answer: C) 4.

18. Choose the correct answer:Forehead

Correct Answer: A) Cranium.

19. Which of the following are NOT a role of the bones?

Correct Answer: D) Blood Filtration.

20. ..... is the spherical structure that surrounds and protects the brain

Correct Answer: C) Cranium.