Skeletal System Quiz 698 (20 MCQs)

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1. Compact Bones

Correct Answer: A) Dense bone in which the bony matrix is solidly filled with organic ground substance and inorganic salts.

2. The largest bone of the leg is the:

Correct Answer: C) Femur.

3. What is the correct name of this bone (in red):

Correct Answer: C) Sternum.

4. Bones are Organs

Correct Answer: A) True.

5. A bone that breaks through the skin is

Correct Answer: A) An open fracture.

6. What is main function of the skull?

Correct Answer: C) Protects the brain from injury.

7. ..... helps us to feel, touch and sense heat and forms a continuous layer around our entire body

Correct Answer: C) Skin.

8. What is the formation of blood cells called?

Correct Answer: D) Hematopoiesis.

9. Bone formation is called .....

Correct Answer: A) Ossification.

10. Bone markings are put into two categories:

Correct Answer: B) Projections and Depressions.

11. True/False:Break and fracture mean the same thing

Correct Answer: A) True.

12. This is an important mineral found in bones.

Correct Answer: A) Calcium.

13. Which type of fracture is due to weakness caused by a disease process?

Correct Answer: D) Pathologic.

14. Our hands are the ..... limbs

Correct Answer: A) Fore.

15. The shoulder blade is called the

Correct Answer: C) Scapula.

16. WHERE ARE THE NEW BLOOD CELLS FORMED?

Correct Answer: C) BONE MARROW.

17. Which type of joint is found between the carpals and metacarpals in the wrist?

Correct Answer: D) Condyloid joint.

18. How do the dead cells of the epidermis help the body?

Correct Answer: B) Becoming part of the epidermal surface layer that protects skin.

19. The increase in the angle of a joint is .....

Correct Answer: D) Extension.

20. True or false-The skeletal system produces blood cells

Correct Answer: A) True.