Skeletal System Quiz 43 (20 MCQs)

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1. Muscles give ..... to the bones for movement

Correct Answer: A) Support.

2. What is another word for a condyloid joint?

Correct Answer: D) Ellipsoid.

3. Major organs of the body are located within the skull, ribs, and pelvis. What function of the skeletal system do these structures perform?

Correct Answer: D) Protection.

4. Which of the following statements best describes unicellular organisms?

Correct Answer: C) Unicellular organisms are a single cell that performs all life processes.

5. What % of your bodies blood cells are made in your bone marrow?

Correct Answer: B) 95%.

6. Which of these is the smallest bone in the body?

Correct Answer: D) Stapes.

7. What part of the skeletal system is this?

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

8. A fracture in the shaft of a bone would be a break in the

Correct Answer: C) Diaphysis.

9. What is the periosteum?

Correct Answer: B) A rough layer of tissue around the bone.

10. Bones contain a soft tissue called

Correct Answer: B) Marrow.

11. What type of bone is longer than it is wide?

Correct Answer: A) Long bones.

12. The ..... part of the skeleton contains ..... bones

Correct Answer: B) Axial/80.

13. Canals that run perpendicular to the Haversian canals in compact bone:

Correct Answer: D) Volkman's.

14. These hold muscles to the bone.

Correct Answer: D) Tendons.

15. What is one of the primary functions of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Gives the body support and shape.

16. A condyle is a

Correct Answer: D) Rounded joint connection.

17. Where could we find joints on our body

Correct Answer: C) The skeletal system.

18. The chamber where the osteocyte is found in the osteon

Correct Answer: A) Lacunae.

19. What is bone marrow?

Correct Answer: B) A soft spongy tissue found inside some bones.

20. The 2 bones in the head that form the sides of the head and the top of the cranium are called:

Correct Answer: C) Parietal bones.