Skeletal System Quiz 420 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Bones are held together at the joint by special tissues called .....

Correct Answer: A) Ligaments.

2. The inner, thicker bone of the lower leg.

Correct Answer: D) Tibia.

3. Where are spongy bones found in long bones?

Correct Answer: A) At the end.

4. What is this a picture of?

Correct Answer: B) Closed fracture.

5. What do you call the two forearm bones?

Correct Answer: C) Ulna and Radius.

6. The bones in the spine are called .....

Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae.

7. The function of the matrix is to provide the bone with .....

Correct Answer: C) Flexibility.

8. Which system protects the heart and lungs?

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal.

9. What is bone remodeling?

Correct Answer: A) A process in which osteoclasts resorb bone and osteoblasts deposit bone.

10. What is the human skeleton divided into?

Correct Answer: C) Axial and Appendicular.

11. This is the hardest working muscle in our human body.

Correct Answer: B) Cardiac muscle.

12. A bone is considered

Correct Answer: B) An organ.

13. One of the main functions of the skeletal system is to .....

Correct Answer: C) Protect our organs.

14. Your bones are alive.

Correct Answer: A) True.

15. The patella is commonly known as your knee cap.

Correct Answer: A) True.

16. The long shaft of a bone is called the:

Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis.

17. A disease caused by calcium and vitamin D deficiency.

Correct Answer: A) Rickets.

18. Which of following answer choices is NOT a movable joint?

Correct Answer: A) Skull Bones.

19. What are the two categories of skeletal joints?

Correct Answer: A) Moveable & Immoveable.

20. A blood clot that forms within 6-8 hours after a bone breaks, due to broken blood vessels.

Correct Answer: A) Fracture hematoma.