Skeletal System Quiz 693 (20 MCQs)

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1. ..... is the double layered structure that encloses a joint.

Correct Answer: A) Joint capsule.

2. Which is not considered a type of bone

Correct Answer: D) Small.

3. Which type of bones are the limbs like arms and legs classified as?

Correct Answer: C) Long bones.

4. What tissue acts as a cushion on the ends of bones?

Correct Answer: A) Cartilage.

5. The thigh bone, longest bone in the body is .....

Correct Answer: D) Femur.

6. Found at end of epiphysis and functions to reduce friction

Correct Answer: B) Articular cartilage.

7. These bones protect the spinal cord.

Correct Answer: B) Vertebra.

8. Which body system gives our body structure and protects the major organs?

Correct Answer: D) Skeletal System.

9. Where are your tibia and fibula found?

Correct Answer: C) Leg.

10. Which type of joint twists?

Correct Answer: A) Pivot joint.

11. ..... is the location of a union of bone or cartilage

Correct Answer: D) Joint.

12. Name the most flexible bone in the body?

Correct Answer: C) Spine.

13. Bone category that protect elicate organs in the body that consists of 80 bones including skull, backbone, breastbone, and ribs

Correct Answer: B) Axial.

14. What are bones in your ankle called?

Correct Answer: D) Tarsals.

15. Extension is?

Correct Answer: D) Straightening a joint.

16. This is the bone of the base of the cranium; holds together the frontal, occipital, and the ethmoid bones.

Correct Answer: A) Sphenoid.

17. What type of doctor deals with broken bones

Correct Answer: B) Orthopedist.

18. Bones united by cartilage with no joint cavity present

Correct Answer: A) Cartilaginous joint.

19. The hinge joint which is found in the elbow, knees, fingers and toes allow what kind of movement?

Correct Answer: B) Back and forth.

20. The Appendicular Skeleton is made up of all of the following EXCEPT!!!

Correct Answer: D) The vertebrae.