Skeletal System Quiz 396 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which term means lacking normal tone or strength?

Correct Answer: A) Atonic.

2. Immovable joint

Correct Answer: A) Assembly.

3. What is the name of the long bone in your upper arm?

Correct Answer: A) Humerus.

4. Which bone is known as the breastbone?

Correct Answer: C) Sternum.

5. Bones in the upper chest that help support your shoulders.

Correct Answer: B) Clavicle.

6. The major portion of the coxal bone is the:

Correct Answer: C) Ilium.

7. Study of bone structure and bone disorders

Correct Answer: A) Osteology.

8. What are the three jobs of your bones?

Correct Answer: B) Movement, shape, protection.

9. Helen is an 80 year old woman with stiff and painful joints caused by loss of articular cartilage from normal wear and tear. She suffers from:

Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis.

10. How does bones form?

Correct Answer: B) Ossification.

11. This is an autoimmune disorder in which the nerve impulses don't reach the muscles. See this in face and neck

Correct Answer: C) Myasthenia gravis.

12. Red bone marrow is found in ..... bones

Correct Answer: B) Flat.

13. What does the suffix '-gli(o/a)' mean?

Correct Answer: B) Glue.

14. Fracture at an angle

Correct Answer: C) Oblique.

15. The ..... is very dense and gives your bone strength.

Correct Answer: B) Compact bone.

16. When two bones meet, a ..... is formed.

Correct Answer: B) Joint.

17. Which type of muscle is not striated and is controlled by involuntary movements?

Correct Answer: C) Smooth.

18. Most bones of the skull, ribs, and sternum fall into the category of

Correct Answer: C) Flat bones.

19. Which bone is located in the wrist?

Correct Answer: B) Carpals.

20. You do

Correct Answer: A) Face.