Skeletal System Quiz 35 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the big bone in the lower arm called?

Correct Answer: A) Radius.

2. Fractures heal when specialized cells form new bone. What is this type of cell called?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts.

3. Joints that are immovable. Ex:sutures on your skull

Correct Answer: C) Fibrous Joints.

4. What is the longest bone the human body have?

Correct Answer: A) Thighbone.

5. How do voluntary muscles move?

Correct Answer: A) A person "thinks" for a muscle to move and it moves.

6. Magnesium assures what?

Correct Answer: A) Healthy bones.

7. The bone building process is called?

Correct Answer: B) Ossification.

8. The long shaft of a bone:

Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis.

9. Does the skeletal system help the body move?

Correct Answer: A) Yes.

10. All are bone shapes EXCEPT .....

Correct Answer: B) Regular.

11. The bones along the axis, or central line, of the human body

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

12. What is the top section of vertebrae called?

Correct Answer: A) Cervical.

13. Deltoid muscle action

Correct Answer: D) Shoulder abduction, extension and flexsion.

14. The main shaft of a long bone is known as the

Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis.

15. Functions of the Skeleton

Correct Answer: D) A B and C.

16. Hyaline cartilage that covers the ends of bones in synovial joints

Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage.

17. The main muscle of your scalp that allows you to raise your eyebrows and wrinkle your forehead.

Correct Answer: A) Epicranius.

18. Which term best describes a group of cells that are similar in composition and function together to perform a task?

Correct Answer: B) Tissue.

19. The outer surface of the bone is protected by a tough, fibrous membrane called the-

Correct Answer: A) Periosteum.

20. Layers of bone matrix.

Correct Answer: D) Lamellae.