Skeletal System Quiz 667 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is osteology?

Correct Answer: B) It is the study of bone structures.

2. Ribcage is part of which skeleton

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

3. Elbows and knees have this type of joint

Correct Answer: C) Hinge joint.

4. A bone that is longe than it is wide

Correct Answer: C) Long.

5. Glucose supplies your muscles with:

Correct Answer: B) Energy.

6. What is the word for the definition rib?

Correct Answer: C) Cost/o.

7. These joints allow very little movement

Correct Answer: C) Slightly movable joints.

8. What do the valves in the body do?

Correct Answer: A) Helps prevent the back flow of blood.

9. Which main joint is classified as freely moveable?

Correct Answer: A) Synovial Joint.

10. A fragment of the bone breaks off with this fracture

Correct Answer: A) Avulsion.

11. Which one is a voluntary muscle?

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.

12. What is moving a limb away from the midline of the body along the frontal plane called?

Correct Answer: A) Abduction.

13. This hormone stimulates osteoclasts

Correct Answer: A) Parathyroid Hormone.

14. A disease that results in soft bones that bend and caused by a lack of vitamin D

Correct Answer: C) Rickets.

15. Characterized by decreased bone mass and density

Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis.

16. You move your palms to face anteriorly

Correct Answer: C) Supination.

17. Which of the following bones function for SUPPORT but NOT protection?

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

18. The Radius is the bone that follows the thumb in the arm.

Correct Answer: A) True.

19. Bones store what mineral

Correct Answer: A) Calcium.

20. How many bones are there in an adult skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) 206.