Skeletal System Quiz 691 (20 MCQs)

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1. If you touch the middle of your chest you feel your breastbone, also known as

Correct Answer: B) Sternum.

2. Red bone marrow functions to

Correct Answer: B) Produce blood cells.

3. The thumb and big toe are similar because

Correct Answer: B) They both have two phalanges.

4. This is the outer surface of bone that covers the diaphysis and supports the attachments of tendons and ligaments.

Correct Answer: B) Periosteum.

5. What is the bone the largest bone in the body?

Correct Answer: D) Femur.

6. How many bones are there in skeletal system

Correct Answer: A) 206.

7. Bone cells are known as

Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes.

8. What is the skeletal system's function?

Correct Answer: D) All of the above.

9. Type of cancer where white blood cells are produced abnormally.

Correct Answer: B) Leukemia.

10. -al, -ic

Correct Answer: B) Pertaining to.

11. Inflammation of bone and bone marrow.

Correct Answer: A) Osteomyelitis.

12. How many bones in an adult human body?

Correct Answer: B) 206.

13. Which bone has fixed joints?

Correct Answer: D) Cranium.

14. Which type of muscle is adapted to be highly resistant to fatigue?

Correct Answer: C) Cardiac.

15. Joint that can rotate in all directions found in shoulder and hips

Correct Answer: A) Ball and socket.

16. Where is the red bone marrow found in the human body?

Correct Answer: D) Humerus, femur, pelvis, and vertebrae.

17. Is located on the back side of the ribcage and helps provide part of the shoulder joint and movement for the arms.

Correct Answer: A) Scapula.

18. Straight

Correct Answer: B) Right.

19. Bones that surround the spinal cord are classified as ..... bones.

Correct Answer: A) Irregular.

20. The axial skeleton refers to the

Correct Answer: D) The skull, spine, sternum, and ribs.