Skeletal System Quiz 388 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... is a disease where bone density decreases which means bones are more likely to break.

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

2. How does the muscular system interact with our skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) Attaches to the muscle to allow movement.

3. What is the name of your breastbone?

Correct Answer: B) Sternum.

4. How many bones does the adult human skeletal system have?

Correct Answer: C) 206 bones.

5. The smallest bone in our body is in .....

Correct Answer: C) Your ear (Stapes).

6. What is made in bones?

Correct Answer: B) Blood (Marrow).

7. Which system controls all of the other body systems?

Correct Answer: D) Nervous.

8. Which of the following means "the soft substance inside bones in which blood cells are made?"

Correct Answer: A) Marrow.

9. What type of exercise is best for maintaining bone mass?

Correct Answer: A) Weightlifting.

10. The type of bone located where stresses are limited in direction is called

Correct Answer: A) Compact bone.

11. Red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets are made in the .....

Correct Answer: A) Red bone marrow.

12. Which group of bones protects the eyes and brain?

Correct Answer: A) Skull.

13. The suffix cyte means

Correct Answer: D) Cell.

14. Ankle and wrist have flat bones, type of joint

Correct Answer: B) Gliding.

15. Over 50 bones can be found here:

Correct Answer: A) Hand/Wrist.

16. Which general observations are matched properly?

Correct Answer: A) Sway back is lordosis, humped back is kyphosis, curved back is scoliosis.

17. Where is marrow found?

Correct Answer: C) In the center of bones.

18. Which of these have 22 bones?

Correct Answer: A) Skull.

19. In adults, the substance at #6 would be

Correct Answer: C) Yellow marrow.

20. The bones are a hard, dense type of connective tissue.

Correct Answer: A) True.