Skeletal System Quiz 495 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. What do the ribs protect?

Correct Answer: A) Lungs and heart.

2. The ..... is protected inside the vertebral column.

Correct Answer: B) Spinal cord.

3. The type of bone that is less dense and has spaces.

Correct Answer: C) Spongy.

4. If you "break your hip" , what bone have you most likely broken?

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

5. Which bone is highlighted in green?

Correct Answer: B) Maxilla.

6. Scientific name for the bones in your ankles

Correct Answer: A) Meta-tarsals.

7. Select the CORRECT pairing based on image given:

Correct Answer: B) Sunburst sign-Osteosarcoma.

8. Magnetic power is more in the middle of bar magnets.

Correct Answer: B) False.

9. Caused by accumulation of lactic acid:

Correct Answer: D) Muscular fatigue.

10. What is another word for spine?

Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae.

11. What is the name for any bump or projection on a bone?

Correct Answer: A) A process.

12. ..... are typically thinner than others and are usually curved

Correct Answer: C) Flat bones.

13. The clavicle is part of the axial skeleton.

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. Your elbow, hip, knee, neck and wrist are all what kind of joint?

Correct Answer: C) Synovial (freely moveable).

15. Interlocking line of union between bones

Correct Answer: C) Suture.

16. Does an adult have more, less, or the same amount of bones as a baby?

Correct Answer: B) Less.

17. Arthritis caused by excess uric acid in blood

Correct Answer: C) Gouty arthritis.

18. What is the functional unit of compact bone known as?

Correct Answer: A) Osteon.

19. A fracture that is broken into many pieces is:

Correct Answer: C) Comminuted.

20. THE BACKBONE IS MADE UP OF 33 SMALL BONES CALLED RIBS

Correct Answer: B) FALSE.