Skeletal System Quiz 644 (20 MCQs)

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1. This joint can move up and down, side to side, and rotate forward and backward

Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket.

2. What does the term 'oid' mean?

Correct Answer: A) Like, resembling.

3. Which vitamin is necessary for proper absorption?

Correct Answer: D) Vitamin D.

4. The human skeletal system is divided into

Correct Answer: A) The axial and appendicular.La axial y apendicular.

5. How many bones are in the adult appendicular skeleton?

Correct Answer: B) 126.

6. What is the main function of Ligaments?

Correct Answer: B) To protect the joints.

7. The diagram depicts

Correct Answer: C) An appendicular skeleton.

8. Why is a fracture on the epiphyseal plate dangerous for children?

Correct Answer: C) It will stop the growth of the limb.

9. The suffix-tomy means what?

Correct Answer: B) Process of cutting, incision.

10. True or false:Bones create blood cells in bone marrow.

Correct Answer: A) True.

11. A condition in which the body's bones become weak and break easily. porous bones

Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis.

12. What is the correct term for:um

Correct Answer: A) Noun ending.

13. What bone disorder resulting from a loss of calcium and phosphorus is common among the elderly?

Correct Answer: D) Osteoporosis.

14. What are the movements of breath?

Correct Answer: C) Inhalation and Exhalation.

15. Backbone is made up of vertebrae which forms a strong column called the .....

Correct Answer: A) Vertebral column.

16. A tarsal is an example of this type of bone

Correct Answer: B) Short.

17. The skull, spinal column, chest, and rib cage are bones in the .....

Correct Answer: B) Axial skeleton.

18. Which suture joins the frontal to the 2 parietal, is also the most anterior

Correct Answer: A) Coronal.

19. A ..... is where two or more bones meet.

Correct Answer: D) Joint.

20. True or False. Elderly people have very strong bones.

Correct Answer: B) False.