Skeletal System Quiz 36 (20 MCQs)

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1. Ribs bones are categorized into .....

Correct Answer: A) Flat bone.

2. Without joints, we will

Correct Answer: A) Be as stiff as a rock.

3. What is marrow?

Correct Answer: C) Soft tissue inside the bones.

4. The inside of most bones contains a soft tissue is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Bone Marrow.

5. Knee cap

Correct Answer: B) Patella.

6. This nutrient is found in every cell and is the basic material in your blood.

Correct Answer: C) Water.

7. The skeletal system has 4 main functions. What are they?

Correct Answer: A) Protect, Shape, Support, Movement.

8. What does our skeletal system do for us?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

9. What are the bones that protect your heart and lungs?

Correct Answer: A) Rib cage.

10. Babies are born with ..... less bones than they'll have as adults.

Correct Answer: B) More.

11. Shoulder bone or shoulder blade

Correct Answer: A) Scapula.

12. How many bones are in the spine?

Correct Answer: D) 33 bones.

13. Approximately how many muscles are in our body

Correct Answer: A) 600.

14. Organisms with endoskeletons have bones on .....

Correct Answer: A) The inside.

15. Prefix that means above.

Correct Answer: C) Supra-.

16. Lord/o

Correct Answer: A) Swayback.

17. How many bones does adult have? Baby?

Correct Answer: C) 206, 270.

18. The definition of a voluntary muscle is .....

Correct Answer: A) A muscle that has to be told when to move.

19. The cranium, ribs, scapula & pelvis are all classed as short bones.

Correct Answer: B) False.

20. The two major divisions of the human skeleton are called

Correct Answer: B) Axial and appendicular.