Skeletal System Quiz 452 (20 MCQs)

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1. What type of joints make up your spinal column?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous (slightly moveable).

2. What is the name of the long bone in the leg?

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

3. Which of the following is a function of at bones?

Correct Answer: A) Protect internal organs.

4. Which of the following bones is considered part of the axial skeleton?

Correct Answer: B) Sternum.

5. Which category of bones are the carpals of the wrist classified under?

Correct Answer: B) Short bones.

6. The type of bone found in muscle and tendon

Correct Answer: B) Sesamoid bone.

7. What is the name of the tiny air sacs in the lungs where gaseous exchange occurs?

Correct Answer: B) Alveoli.

8. Why do adults have less bone then babies

Correct Answer: A) There bones fuse together when they get older.

9. Most muscles in the body are ..... muscles.

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.

10. We have 12 pair of ribs

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. Fontanels

Correct Answer: A) Soft spots.

12. Tissues put together to perform a function is called an .....

Correct Answer: C) Organ.

13. The knee is considered what type of joint?

Correct Answer: C) Hinge.

14. All of the bones in your body make up your .....

Correct Answer: B) Skeleton.

15. The cranium, mandible, sternum, vertebrae, and rib cage all belong to the ..... skeleton.

Correct Answer: A) Axial.

16. The navicular bone is located behind the ..... bone.

Correct Answer: A) Coffin.

17. Which of the following is formed by the grouping of different tissues?

Correct Answer: A) Organs.

18. Another name for the system dealing with calcium regulation

Correct Answer: B) Negative Feedback System.

19. Bones that are not long, short, or flat are called ..... bones.

Correct Answer: D) Irregular bones.

20. What best describes the lamellae?

Correct Answer: C) Ring of bone tissue surrounding haversian canal.