Skeletal System Quiz 489 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. The prefix osteo means

Correct Answer: B) Bone.

2. Why do adults have less number of bones when compared to babies even though their bodies are bigger?

Correct Answer: A) The bones fuse together.

3. When the body is divided into front and back halves, the front half of the body is the

Correct Answer: A) Anterior.

4. Which type of break results in at least one end of bone tearing through the skin?

Correct Answer: A) Open/compound.

5. True or False:The sternum is a part of the axial skeleton.

Correct Answer: B) True.

6. Which one is NOT a function

Correct Answer: A) Makes your body be able to breathe.

7. A surgical procedure that creates space within the spinal canal by removing part of the vertebra

Correct Answer: B) Laminectomy.

8. The main function of the arches of the foot are to act as shock absorbers:

Correct Answer: A) True.

9. How does skeletal muscle differ from smooth muscle

Correct Answer: B) Smooth Muscle is involuntary and skeletal muscle is not.

10. Where two bone surfaces meet.

Correct Answer: A) Articulations.

11. Any place where two or more bones meet is called a

Correct Answer: B) Joint.

12. This wraps the fascicles

Correct Answer: B) Perimysium.

13. List the 4 levels of organization from least basic to most complex

Correct Answer: B) Cells, tissue, organ, organ system.

14. What is the condition called when a bone breaks?

Correct Answer: B) Fracture.

15. Which of the following part of our skeletal system protects our brain?

Correct Answer: C) Skull.

16. Bones with roughly equal lengths and widths, such as the wrists (carpals) or the ankles (tarsals)

Correct Answer: D) Short bones.

17. Which bone is the radius?

Correct Answer: B) Number 5.

18. The ..... look like a bunch of grapes and are where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes places.

Correct Answer: A) Alveoli.

19. The major part of the skeletal system that includes the skull, vertebral column, sternum, and ribs

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

20. Skull protects our .....

Correct Answer: A) Brain.