Skeletal System Quiz 686 (20 MCQs)

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1. This type of joint is in our neck and can rotate side to side?

Correct Answer: B) Pivot.

2. Bones are filled with a jelly like substance called .....

Correct Answer: B) Bone marrow.

3. What are the two most common joint replacements?

Correct Answer: D) Hip and knee.

4. Bones doesn't change when our body grows.

Correct Answer: B) False.

5. The spinal column is part of the ..... skeleton.

Correct Answer: A) Axial.

6. Which bone is in the lateral (thumb) side of the arm?

Correct Answer: D) Radius.

7. What do we call the bones that make up our fingers and toes?

Correct Answer: B) Phalanges.

8. What can be found in the central canal of the haversian canal system?

Correct Answer: C) Blood vessels and nerves.

9. What type of muscles form the heart?

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac.

10. The process where old bone tissue is destroyed & new bone tissue is created.

Correct Answer: B) Remodeling.

11. Which bone protects your brain?

Correct Answer: D) Skull.

12. PURPOSE OF NITRIC ACID

Correct Answer: B) DECALCIFIES BONE.

13. Which of the following is found at the tip of the nose and the ears?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

14. Which of the following is a function of the axial skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) Supports trunk of body.

15. Answer for #17:

Correct Answer: C) Tibia.

16. Shaft of the bone that contains the medullary cavity

Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis.

17. The process by which bones increase in diameter:

Correct Answer: C) Appositional growth.

18. The section of the skeleton that contains the skull, spinal column, and rib cage.

Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton.

19. What classification of bones provides leverage?

Correct Answer: A) Long.

20. Which does NOT compose the Skeletal System?

Correct Answer: D) Heart.