Skeletal System Quiz 585 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which best describes how the muscular system impacts movement of the human body?

Correct Answer: B) When a muscle contracts, it pulls on the bone it is connected to and the bone moves.

2. How many bones make up the average human skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) 206.

3. Which of the following bones protect the lungs?

Correct Answer: B) Ribs.

4. The cranium is the correct name for the?

Correct Answer: A) Skull.

5. Humans are made of many cells, or .....

Correct Answer: B) Multicellular.

6. Bringing appendage closer to the midline

Correct Answer: A) Adduction.

7. True or false:There are 206 bones in the body, and more than half of these are in your hands and feet.

Correct Answer: A) True.

8. What part of skeletal muscle attaches to the bone that moves when a muscle contracts?

Correct Answer: C) Insertion.

9. Carpals and tarsals are examples of ..... bones.

Correct Answer: A) Short.

10. Diffusion is .....

Correct Answer: B) Movement of gas from an area of high concentration to low.

11. Connects arteries and veins

Correct Answer: A) Capillaries.

12. Now you have ..... bones.

Correct Answer: A) 206.

13. The babies bones are around .....

Correct Answer: B) 206 bones.

14. A ..... allows one bone to slide over another

Correct Answer: C) Gliding joint.

15. The ..... is composed of twelve pairs of ribs and the .....

Correct Answer: B) Thorax/ sternum.

16. C1, articulates with the head

Correct Answer: B) Atlas.

17. What is the structure of a long bone?

Correct Answer: D) The structure of a long bone consists of a diaphysis, epiphyses, and a medullary cavity.

18. What is the function of bones?

Correct Answer: A) All of Choices.

19. The two pair of ribs joined only to the vertebral column are known as:

Correct Answer: B) Floating ribs.

20. What is the role of the bone marrow in a bone?

Correct Answer: D) Produces blood cells.