Skeletal System Quiz 76 (20 MCQs)

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1. Which of the following is NOT an example of a long bone?

Correct Answer: C) Scapula.

2. Which is NOT a function of synovial fluid?

Correct Answer: D) Keeps the bones from being pulled apart.

3. What percent bone loss is experienced by astronauts in space?

Correct Answer: A) 1-2% per month.

4. How many bones are found in the adult human body?

Correct Answer: C) 206.

5. Calcium

Correct Answer: A) What your bones are made of.

6. What is not a function of the skeletal system?

Correct Answer: B) Break down nutrients.

7. The doctor who deals with bones is called

Correct Answer: A) Orthopedic surgeon.

8. What type of Joint? ELBOWS AND KNEES

Correct Answer: B) Hinge Joint.

9. What is the connective tissue cord that attaches muscle to bone?

Correct Answer: D) Tendon.

10. Flow

Correct Answer: A) Bones making up fingers or toes.

11. Bones are held together by tendon.

Correct Answer: B) No.

12. What type of skeletal joint is the knee?

Correct Answer: C) Hinge.

13. How many connecting tissues are there?

Correct Answer: D) 3.

14. The shaft or the central part of a long bone is called

Correct Answer: B) Diaphysis.

15. Yellow bone marrow is located in the ..... and contains .....

Correct Answer: A) Medullary cavity; fat.

16. Where are many small bones situated in our body?

Correct Answer: C) Palm and fingers.

17. Two bones in the skull

Correct Answer: A) Cranium and Mandible.

18. Carpals and tarsals (flat bones) are examples of this type of joint

Correct Answer: B) Gliding.

19. A ..... joint can be found in the elbow and the knee.

Correct Answer: A) Hinge.

20. You should always splint joints ..... and ..... the injured site.

Correct Answer: C) Above and below.