Skeletal System Quiz 390 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is the marrow cavity of a bone called?

Correct Answer: A) Medullary Canal.

2. An acute inflammatory disease characterized by joint pain, inflammation, fever, and sore throat is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Rheumatic fever.

3. Which type of muscle is found in the walls of internal organs?

Correct Answer: B) Smooth muscle.

4. Sue has three fractured ribs; in relation to the sternum the ribs are:

Correct Answer: C) Lateral.

5. Are bones alive?

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. Synergists

Correct Answer: C) Muscles that move together to produce a movement.

7. Pelvis main function is to .....

Correct Answer: B) Connects the spine with the legs and to hold the intestines.

8. The body of a newborn baby has about 300 bones, but the average adult has only ..... bones.

Correct Answer: B) 206.

9. This disorder mainly affects the big toe:buildup of uric acid:

Correct Answer: C) Gout.

10. This is humpback; abnormal outward curvature of thoracic spine.

Correct Answer: B) Kyphosis.

11. Rib cage protects our

Correct Answer: C) Heart and Lungs.

12. Limbs form the appendicular skeleton

Correct Answer: A) Right.

13. The hip bone is located in the .....

Correct Answer: A) Pelvis.

14. What kind of joints are Synovial Joints?

Correct Answer: C) Freely Movable Joints.

15. What is found where bones meet?

Correct Answer: E) All the above.

16. This is where two or more bones meet:

Correct Answer: A) Articulations.

17. TRUE OR FALSE:Bones are made up of water and calcium.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

18. Whats another word for a broken bone?

Correct Answer: B) Fracture.

19. Connective tissue that covers the epiphyses where the bone forms an articulation.

Correct Answer: C) Articular cartilage.

20. Why are joints important in the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: C) To allow for movement and flexibility.