Skeletal System Quiz 74 (20 MCQs)

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1. Skin barrier protects you from

Correct Answer: A) Bacteria, changing temperatures, and chemical exposure.

2. Why are joints very important to our body?

Correct Answer: B) They allow movement and flexibility of the body.

3. Ulna/o

Correct Answer: A) The lower arm bone that lines up with your pinky.

4. Liam, Elijah, and William are playing a trivia game about bones. They come across a question:What type of bone cell breaks down bone material?

Correct Answer: C) Osteoclast.

5. Which of these is not a function of the skeleton?

Correct Answer: A) Power.

6. How many bones are in an Adult human Skeleton?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

7. The lambdoid suture joins the parietal bone to the .....

Correct Answer: B) Occipital bone.

8. Cells that build new bone cells are caled

Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts.

9. The inner lining of long bones is the:

Correct Answer: B) Endosteum.

10. ..... are mature cells that have become embedded in the bone matrix.

Correct Answer: A) Osteocytes.

11. 20

Correct Answer: A) Fibula.

12. Whats all the little bones in your finger called

Correct Answer: C) Phalanges.

13. Allows for long bone growth in childhood?

Correct Answer: A) Epipheseal plate/line.

14. A characteristic of all organisms is that they-

Correct Answer: C) Are made up of one or more cells.

15. Which muscle is found in your legs?

Correct Answer: D) Quadriceps.

16. The skull is what classification of joint?

Correct Answer: B) Fixed.

17. How many bones does a child have?

Correct Answer: A) 300.

18. What are the five functions of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) SupportProtectionMovementStorageManufacturing.

19. The longest bone in the upper limbs.

Correct Answer: B) Humerus.

20. Bone is what percentage water?

Correct Answer: A) 50%.