Skeletal System Quiz 447 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Enables bending movement in one direction

Correct Answer: B) Hinge joint.

2. Coccyx is made by the fusion of last ..... vertebrae.

Correct Answer: C) 5.

3. What organ does our skull protect?

Correct Answer: A) Brain.

4. Which of these is an example of a hinge joint?

Correct Answer: D) Knee.

5. Is compact bone lightweight or heavy?

Correct Answer: A) Heavy.

6. This is the part of the bone the Haversian canals are found.

Correct Answer: D) Compact bone.

7. Bones can rotate

Correct Answer: A) Pivot.

8. How many bones are baby born with?

Correct Answer: C) Around 300.

9. ....is the organ system whose primary function is to support and protect the body and to allow the body to move.

Correct Answer: B) Skeletal system.

10. What term means softening of the bone?

Correct Answer: D) Osteomalacia.

11. How many bones do you have when you are born?

Correct Answer: A) 270.

12. Projections

Correct Answer: A) Place where muscle and ligaments attach.

13. How many bones does the average adult human have?

Correct Answer: B) 206.

14. It is a term used when an animal sleeps for several months to protect itself from cold.

Correct Answer: A) Hibernation.

15. Gaps in the lamellae that house osteocytes

Correct Answer: D) Lacunae.

16. Muscles are classified as cardiac, skeletal and

Correct Answer: A) Smooth.

17. Movement of a bone around a central axis or around its long axis.

Correct Answer: A) Rotation.

18. The ends of long bones are called?

Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis.

19. It provides structural support and protection:

Correct Answer: A) Compact bone.

20. The appendicular portion of the skeleton is made up of the skull, pectoral girdle, and spine.

Correct Answer: B) False tagsSAP2.