Skeletal System Quiz 682 (20 MCQs)

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1. What is a Skeleton Made of?

Correct Answer: A) Bone.

2. Muscles are made up of groups of cells working together. What level of biological organization does this represent?

Correct Answer: B) Tissue.

3. What is the order of how are body's are organized?

Correct Answer: D) Cells, Tissues, Organs, Organ Systems.

4. These break down bone

Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts.

5. Which of the following shows the levels of organization of an organism from LEAST to MOST complex.

Correct Answer: D) Cells-tissues-organs-systems.

6. Where are the tibia and fibula located in the human body?

Correct Answer: B) Lower leg.

7. The ..... bone is located in the head and forms the forehead.

Correct Answer: B) Frontal.

8. The ..... is a hard bone that protects your brain.

Correct Answer: D) Skull.

9. Which one of the following bones is not part of the Appendicular Skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) Cranium.

10. The littlest bone in your body is located in your ..... ?

Correct Answer: B) Ear.

11. What is the name of the upper leg bone?

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

12. Cartilaginous joints are:

Correct Answer: B) Symphyses and synchondroses.

13. All bones of the body allow for protection

Correct Answer: B) False.

14. Process by which tissue and cartilage become bone

Correct Answer: D) Ossification.

15. Example of gliding joint is the backbone.

Correct Answer: A) True.

16. Bones can be classified by shape. Which of the following represents the 4 bone shapes described by the text?

Correct Answer: A) Long, Short, Flat, Irregular.

17. What helps skin feel heat and pressure?

Correct Answer: C) Nerve cells.

18. What is the purpose of the central canals in bone tissue?

Correct Answer: A) To hold nerves and blood vessels.

19. Where are secondary ossification centers found?

Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis.

20. What is the word for the definition ligament?

Correct Answer: A) Ligament/o.