Skeletal System Quiz 689 (20 MCQs)

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1. Move away from midline

Correct Answer: A) Abduction.

2. A tendon connects which of the following .....

Correct Answer: C) Muscle to bone.

3. What would your tarsals be called

Correct Answer: D) Ankle.

4. Fibrous joints are?

Correct Answer: C) Immovable.

5. Cause:Bacterial infection.

Correct Answer: E) Osteomyelitis.

6. It attaches to the sternum.

Correct Answer: A) True Ribs.

7. Choose the correct answer:Collar bone

Correct Answer: A) Clavicle.

8. The human skeleton can be subdivided into two parts. What part is made up of the skull, sternum, vertebral column and rib cage?

Correct Answer: B) Axial.

9. What is the primary organic component of bone?

Correct Answer: B) Collagen.

10. Small, round bone that is shaped like a sesame seed

Correct Answer: C) Sesamoid bone.

11. Nerves and blood vessels within osteons travel through hollow passageways called?

Correct Answer: A) Haversian canals.

12. What material is found between the tibia and femur and acts as padding?

Correct Answer: B) Cartilage.

13. What type of muscle are voluntary that provides the force needed to move the bones?

Correct Answer: C) Skeletal.

14. Your backbone is called

Correct Answer: D) The vertebral column.

15. Select an example of a short bone

Correct Answer: A) Phalanges.

16. Moves back and forth only

Correct Answer: C) Hinge joint.

17. What is the section of vertebrae in the lower back called?

Correct Answer: D) Lumbar.

18. The muscle which causes movement is the .....

Correct Answer: B) Agonist.

19. The type of muscle contraction where the muscle tenses but does not shorten.

Correct Answer: A) Isometric.

20. Which part of the bone is responsible for making blood cells?

Correct Answer: B) Red marrow.