Skeletal System Quiz 627 (20 MCQs)

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1. Water can be a solid, liquid, and a gas.

Correct Answer: A) True.

2. Where is the pivot found?

Correct Answer: A) Elbow joint.

3. The connective tissue membrane that covers the shaft (diaphysis) of long bone is called the

Correct Answer: C) Periosteum.

4. Motion that includes flexion, extension, adduction, and abduction

Correct Answer: A) Circumduction.

5. Bones in the ankles

Correct Answer: A) Tarsal.

6. Which of these is most closely associated with spongy bone tissue?

Correct Answer: A) Beams.

7. Ends of the bone

Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis.

8. The ribcage protects the delicate organs like the ..... and .....

Correct Answer: A) Lungs and heart.

9. Combining form that means bone.

Correct Answer: A) So that.

10. As we grow old, the number of bones

Correct Answer: B) Reduce.

11. Major muscle organs are attached to bones to provide .....

Correct Answer: A) Movement.

12. A fracture where a small process if broken off

Correct Answer: C) Avulsion.

13. The process of new mineral deposits forming new bone:

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.

14. The bones in main portion of the foot are called the

Correct Answer: B) Metatarsals.

15. Some of your bones are filled with a special material that make

Correct Answer: C) Blood cells.

16. Which bone is the longest and strongest bone in the human body?

Correct Answer: B) Femur.

17. How many bones are there in our skeleton?

Correct Answer: B) 206.

18. Swelling, warmth and pain in a joint that happens continuously is most likely because the person suffers from:

Correct Answer: B) Osteoarthritis.

19. What is the main purpose of the musculoskeletal system?

Correct Answer: D) Provide movement and support for the body.

20. What is commonly referred to as the "elbow bone" is actually .....

Correct Answer: B) The olecranon process of the ulna.