Skeletal System Quiz 440 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which portion of the skeleton forms the extremities?

Correct Answer: A) Appendicular Skeleton.

2. The enlargement of muscles.

Correct Answer: A) Hypertrophy.

3. More than 1/2 of your bones are found in your hands and feet.

Correct Answer: A) True.

4. The bone at joints are held together by

Correct Answer: B) Ligaments.

5. What is a good food to help with joint health?

Correct Answer: D) Bone broth/gelatin.

6. What are the rings around the haversian canal called?

Correct Answer: B) Lamella.

7. Bone growth that begins with a cartilage model is called

Correct Answer: B) Endochondral.

8. Which one of these in NOT a function of the skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) Production of body heat.

9. ..... is the slender smaller bone of the lower leg

Correct Answer: C) Fibula.

10. Membrane that covers and protects the outside of the bone:

Correct Answer: A) Periosteum.

11. Choose the correct answer:Surounds the lungs and protect them

Correct Answer: A) Rib cage.

12. Which of the following does the human skeleton does not consist of:

Correct Answer: C) Brain.

13. Phalanges

Correct Answer: A) Finger or toe bones.

14. Your knee is connected to muscles by ....., which help it move.

Correct Answer: A) Tendons.

15. What are found in limbs, has a shaft (diaphysis) and two ends (epiphyses)?

Correct Answer: D) Long bones.

16. The topmost layer of the skin

Correct Answer: B) Epidermis.

17. Most bones consist of ..... bone sandwiched between ..... bone

Correct Answer: A) Spongy/compact.

18. Which type of bone cell is found in mature bone?

Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes.

19. Which of the following statements about joints is NOT true?

Correct Answer: C) The only hinge joint is the elbow.

20. The appendicular skeleton contains ..... bones.

Correct Answer: C) 126.