Skeletal System Quiz 645 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which type of joint allows the greatest degree of movement?

Correct Answer: D) Ball and socket.

2. What type of cells are produced in bone marrow?

Correct Answer: C) Blood.

3. How many bones are present in the human face?

Correct Answer: B) 14.

4. What causes bones density to decrease and make bones brittle?

Correct Answer: B) Osteoporosis.

5. The mass of fibrocartilage that fills the gap between two ends of a broken bone in the early stages of healing is called .....

Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous callus.

6. The ..... primary job is to protect and house vital organs.

Correct Answer: A) Axial Skeleton.

7. What does your body need to make strong bones?

Correct Answer: D) All of these.

8. A patient sustained a fracture in the area indicated in the diagram. Name the area.

Correct Answer: C) Syndesmosis.

9. The place at which two bones meet is called

Correct Answer: B) Joints.

10. B2 The soft material inside a bone is

Correct Answer: C) Marrow.

11. Teeth and nails are in the skeletal system

Correct Answer: B) False.

12. Choose the correct answer:Jawbone

Correct Answer: B) Mandible.

13. Crist-

Correct Answer: A) Crest.

14. Our..... provides support and protection.

Correct Answer: A) Skeleton.

15. Where red blood cells are made

Correct Answer: D) Red bone marrow.

16. Which of these function descriptions is PROTECTION?

Correct Answer: B) Acts as a shield for internal organs from external force i.e. contact sports.

17. Membrane that lines the inside of the medullary canal.

Correct Answer: A) Endosteum.

18. The bone that protects the brain is called the

Correct Answer: C) Skull.

19. All limb bones except for the patella would be classified as .....

Correct Answer: C) Long.

20. These are the bones of the fingers or toes.

Correct Answer: A) Phalanges.