Skeletal System Quiz 615 (20 MCQs)

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1. BONUS QUESTION:WHAT TOPIC ARE WE LEARNING?

Correct Answer: B) SKELETON SYSTEM.

2. What is the Medical Abbreviation for the definition Total knee arthroplasty?

Correct Answer: A) TKA.

3. Which form of fracture fixation is not usually removed after the fracture has healed?

Correct Answer: B) Internal fixation.

4. The total number of bones in the human body are

Correct Answer: B) 206 bones.

5. Bone tissue is also called osseous tissue and there are two types, compact and cancellous.

Correct Answer: A) True.

6. The two key minerals stored in bone are

Correct Answer: C) Calcium and phosphorus.

7. Another name for hunchback is what?

Correct Answer: C) Kyphosis.

8. Loss of bone tissue particularly in elderly people.

Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis.

9. Child and and adult have the same number of bones

Correct Answer: B) False.

10. The bone that runs from the shoulder to the elbow is known as .....

Correct Answer: B) Humerus.

11. Lateral curvature of the spine.

Correct Answer: A) Scoliosis.

12. The bone that supports the spinal column and protects the organs in the lower body is called .....

Correct Answer: A) The pelvis.

13. Flexors are muscles that ..... a limb at a joint.

Correct Answer: C) Bend.

14. Which part of the skeleton protects the heart and lungs?

Correct Answer: A) Ribs.

15. Which one of these is not a cranial bone?

Correct Answer: A) Gladiolus.

16. What material is know as a shock absorber and covers the ends of bones?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

17. The function of an osteoblast

Correct Answer: D) Creates & lays down new bone material.

18. Articular cartilage can be found .....

Correct Answer: B) On the epiphysis of long bones.

19. The shaft, or long part, of a long bone is called

Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis.

20. A place in the skeleton where two or more joins

Correct Answer: C) Joints.