Skeletal System Quiz 53 (20 MCQs)

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1. The knee joint is an example of which joint?

Correct Answer: C) Hinge.

2. Which of the following is the third step in ossification?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts form spongy bone.

3. Fibr/o

Correct Answer: A) Fiber.

4. What are the showder bones called?

Correct Answer: B) Clavicle.

5. An important function of the muscular system is to aid in the return of blood from the legs through muscular compression on the leg veins.

Correct Answer: A) T.

6. The number of bones in the body lessens as we grow old.

Correct Answer: A) TRUE.

7. All of the following bones form part of the knee joint except

Correct Answer: A) The ilium.

8. Which if these bones is found in the arm?

Correct Answer: A) Ulna and radius.

9. Another name for your backbone is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Spine.

10. What suture connects the parietal bones with the occipital bone?

Correct Answer: C) Lambdoid Suture.

11. Which type of joint is generally immovable?

Correct Answer: B) Fibrous.

12. What type of bone are your vertebrae?

Correct Answer: D) Irregular.

13. The ..... protects your heart, lungs, liver.

Correct Answer: C) Ribs.

14. We need cartilage in our rib cage because

Correct Answer: D) It helps to stretch the ribs when we breathe.

15. Blood and yellow bone marrow are examples of what type of tissue

Correct Answer: A) Connective.

16. A group of organs working together as a team to perform a function

Correct Answer: A) Organ system.

17. A softening of bone tissue in children due to a vitamin D deficiency

Correct Answer: B) Rickets.

18. Which type of bone is found in the wrist?

Correct Answer: A) Short.

19. From which system does the body get the message to move?

Correct Answer: D) Nervous System.

20. What type of bone is humerus?

Correct Answer: C) Long bone.