Skeletal System Quiz 387 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the order of bones from wrist to fingertip?

Correct Answer: A) Carpals, metacarpals, phalanges.

2. What are synovial joints also known as?

Correct Answer: B) Freely moveable joints.

3. The kneecap bone.

Correct Answer: A) Patella.

4. A humped curvature in the thoracic are of the spinal column is .....

Correct Answer: A) Kyphosis.

5. Your body needs to create vitamin D from the Sun in order to absorb which element?

Correct Answer: A) Calcium.

6. The muscle that makes up your heart is called the

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac Muscle.

7. What causes bones to become less dense?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis.

8. Answer for #15:

Correct Answer: C) Patella.

9. The thin membrane that covers and protects the bone. Contains blood vessels and nerves.

Correct Answer: D) Periosteum.

10. Both compact and spongy bone contain osteocytes trapped in spaces called .....

Correct Answer: C) Lacunae.

11. Where is your pivot joint located?

Correct Answer: C) The base of my skull and the top of my vertebrae.

12. Which bone would be another word for femur?

Correct Answer: B) Thigh bone.

13. This connects muscle to bone

Correct Answer: C) Tendons.

14. How many bones are in the pectoral girdle?

Correct Answer: B) 4.

15. The organic matrix is produced by .....

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts.

16. I am the kneecap and I allow for knee extension.

Correct Answer: C) Patella.

17. A ..... allows the greatest range of movements.

Correct Answer: D) Ball-and-socket joint.

18. What does the skull do?

Correct Answer: A) Protect your brain.

19. What type of bone has a large number of blood vessels and red bone marrow where blood cells are made?

Correct Answer: D) Cancellous Bone.

20. Bones are attached to each other with the help of .....

Correct Answer: A) Ligaments.