Skeletal System Quiz 559 (20 MCQs)

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1. Long, short, flat, and irregular are all:

Correct Answer: A) Types of bone.

2. Which of the following cells creates bone?

Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts.

3. Abnormal curvature of the spine or backbone.

Correct Answer: D) Scoliosis.

4. The name of the covering of the bone is the periosteum.

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. What is the internal structure that protects and supports the soft organs, tissues, and other parts of the vertebrate organism>

Correct Answer: D) Skeletal System.

6. The ball end of one bone fits into a cuplike cavity on another bone.

Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint.

7. If my blood calcium levels rise, what effector will the brain stimulate?

Correct Answer: C) Thyroid gland.

8. Tissues that hold bones together at a joint are called .....

Correct Answer: C) Ligament.

9. Outard curve of the thoracic spine

Correct Answer: C) Kyphosis.

10. What are the two type of osseous tissues (bone tissue)?

Correct Answer: A) Compact and spongy.

11. This type of joint is also called a fibrous joint due to the fibrous connective tisse keeping the bones together and does not allow movement

Correct Answer: B) Assembly.

12. Which the following descrbes the location where bones increase in length?

Correct Answer: B) Secondary ossification center.

13. The largest bones in human's body are .....

Correct Answer: B) Femurs.

14. Which term means an inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum?

Correct Answer: B) Costochondritis.

15. This part of the bone is lightweight but still strong. Located on the ends of bone

Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone.

16. How many bones are there in a adult and baby's skeleton respectively?

Correct Answer: A) 206, 300.

17. An exoskeleton is on the

Correct Answer: B) Outside.

18. What Is The Bone In Your Finger Called?

Correct Answer: B) Phalanges.

19. Pain in the fibers of the muscles

Correct Answer: A) Fibromyalgia.

20. Junction between 2 or more bones that includes the cartilage, ligaments and tendons needed to allow movement and flexibility in the body

Correct Answer: A) Joint (articulation).