Skeletal System Quiz 470 (20 MCQs)

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1. A cord of dense tissue that connects a muscle to bone is

Correct Answer: B) Tendon.

2. Your knee is an example of a ..... joint.

Correct Answer: B) Hinge.

3. What is #21?

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

4. The vertebra is an irregular bone.

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. The skeletal system protects .....

Correct Answer: B) Internal Organs.

6. In children, what is found in the medullary cavity?

Correct Answer: B) Red bone marrow.

7. How many false ribs are there?

Correct Answer: B) 3.

8. Which defect fails to close the spinal canal around the spinal cord?

Correct Answer: A) Spina bifida.

9. Which system Excretes waste

Correct Answer: B) Outgrowths.

10. To bend the arm, .....

Correct Answer: A) The biceps contracts and the triceps relaxes.

11. Which of the following are proteins?

Correct Answer: D) Beans, eggs, chicken.

12. Part of the pectoral girdle, it's the only long bone that lies horizontally

Correct Answer: C) Clavicle.

13. A fused rib cage helps to resist twisting and bending during flight

Correct Answer: A) True.

14. -lysis means

Correct Answer: A) Loosening, setting free.

15. Both compact and spongy bone contain rings of matrix called .....

Correct Answer: D) Lamellae.

16. Bone is broken completely in half, but ends do not penetrate the skin

Correct Answer: A) Simple/closed fx.

17. What makes up most of the bone matrix

Correct Answer: B) Calcium Phosphate.

18. What system is made up of all the bones in the body?

Correct Answer: B) The skeletal system.

19. This is the shaft of the bone

Correct Answer: A) Diaphysis.

20. Bones in the wrist, ankle, and knee are all examples of

Correct Answer: B) Short bones.