Skeletal System Quiz 582 (20 MCQs)

Quiz Instructions

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1. Thumb

Correct Answer: C) Saddle.

2. Cells that dissolve bone tissue

Correct Answer: A) Osteoclast.

3. Joint allows the bones move freely.

Correct Answer: C) Movable (Synovial Joints).

4. What is a exoskeleton?

Correct Answer: B) A skeleton outside your body.

5. Which of these planes is horizontal and divides the body into a top half and bottom half?

Correct Answer: A) "Transverse".

6. The thumb is an example of this joint that allows movement in all directions

Correct Answer: D) Saddle.

7. Attached to the sternum, it is the only long bone in the human body that lieshorizontally.

Correct Answer: C) Clavicle.

8. Based on the identifying key. Which animals do not have feathers?

Correct Answer: B) Reptiles, fish and amphibians.

9. Sarcopenia is the loss of muscle mass and function

Correct Answer: A) True.

10. Articulation which is immovable. Examples include the sutures of the skull.

Correct Answer: A) You got it together.

11. What is an exercise that would strengthen skeletal muscles?

Correct Answer: A) Push-ups.

12. Do your bones store fat cells?

Correct Answer: A) True.

13. How many carpal bones form the wrist?

Correct Answer: A) 8.

14. Where would you find your ulna?

Correct Answer: B) Lower arm.

15. A long and flat bone in the centre of the chest

Correct Answer: A) Sternum.

16. Which curvature of the spine makes the upper back appear hunched over?

Correct Answer: B) Kyphosis.

17. A condition that affects the bone remodeling process

Correct Answer: A) Paget's disease.

18. Another name for fingers and toes.

Correct Answer: B) Phalanges.

19. Which is not an example of involuntary muscle?

Correct Answer: A) Skeletal.

20. This muscle is a two headed muscle that is located on the upper arm between the shoulder and elbow

Correct Answer: A) Bicep.