Skeletal System Quiz 544 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. ..... allow your bones to bend.

Correct Answer: B) Joints.

2. Which part of your body stores minerals?

Correct Answer: C) Bones.

3. The suffix "-desis" means:

Correct Answer: B) Bind, tie together.

4. A freely movable joint that allows bones to turn into any direction is a

Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint.

5. What is the key to good body mechanics and protecting your spine?

Correct Answer: D) "Good posture".

6. TRUE OR FALSEGirdles Protects and gives shape

Correct Answer: A) True.

7. What is the word for the definition Singular noun ending

Correct Answer: A) -one.

8. TOTAL HIP ARTHROPLASTY

Correct Answer: A) THA.

9. What is one thing that does not prevent osteoporosis?

Correct Answer: A) Drinking soda.

10. Spongy bone is mostly found in the appendicular skeleton

Correct Answer: B) False.

11. Why do we need bones in our body?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

12. What is the name of the highlighted are? d

Correct Answer: D) D Axial skeleton.

13. Which term means an inflammation of bone marrow and adjacent bones?

Correct Answer: C) Osteomyelitis.

14. Side to side or lateral curvature of the spine

Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis.

15. What is the definition of a ligament?

Correct Answer: A) A type of connecting tissue that holds bones together at the joint.

16. Percentage of ..... determines the color of our skin

Correct Answer: C) Melanin.

17. Are bones:

Correct Answer: A) Hard.

18. Starting from the outside of the bone, which represents the correct order of bone tissue layers? (Not all the layers are listed.)

Correct Answer: A) Periosteum, compact bone, spongy bone, medullary cavity.

19. B1. A vertebra is part of the

Correct Answer: B) Backbone.

20. The uppermost and largest bone of the arm, extending from the elbow to the shoulder is the?

Correct Answer: B) Humerus.