Skeletal System Quiz 454 (20 MCQs)

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1. They help you bend your arms

Correct Answer: B) Elbows and wrists.

2. In which layer would you find the hair follicles and nerve cells?

Correct Answer: B) Dermal.

3. What protects our heart?

Correct Answer: C) Ribcage.

4. In isometric contraction force is applied but muscle length

Correct Answer: B) Does not change.

5. Freely moveable joints:

Correct Answer: C) Diarthroses.

6. Bones are covered with tissue called

Correct Answer: A) Muscles.

7. How many functions are associated with the Skeleton System?

Correct Answer: D) 4.

8. What structure consists of groups of cells working together to perform a function?

Correct Answer: C) Tissue.

9. Cells found within cartilage are called:

Correct Answer: A) Chondrocytes.

10. Carpus

Correct Answer: A) Wrist.

11. The joint that does not allow any movement is called .....

Correct Answer: D) Fixed.

12. What kind of joint is your shoulder?

Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket.

13. A substance that is primarily collagen, which gives bone its high tensile strength

Correct Answer: C) Osteoid.

14. Disease of bones

Correct Answer: C) Osteopathy.

15. Bone that looks like a "sponge"

Correct Answer: B) Spongy.

16. Which type of muscle is not striatedand is found in structures such asblood vessels, the stomach andintestines?

Correct Answer: B) Smooth.

17. What separates gouty arthritis from the other types of arthritis covered in this chapter?

Correct Answer: C) It can be controlled with diet.

18. What kind of ribs attach directly to the sternum?

Correct Answer: A) True.

19. To point your toes down or raise up onto tippy toes is:

Correct Answer: D) Plantar Flexion.

20. Rolling your ankle so that the sole of your foot moves medially

Correct Answer: B) Inversion.