Skeletal System Quiz 79 (20 MCQs)

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1. What structure is at the center of the osteon and houses blood vessels?

Correct Answer: E) Haversian Canals.

2. True or False the skull protects the brain?

Correct Answer: A) True.

3. Definition of Synovial Joints

Correct Answer: C) Freely movable, however defined by the structure of joints.

4. Tissue that connects bone to muscle.

Correct Answer: A) Tendon.

5. Which of the following contains an immovable joint

Correct Answer: C) Skull.

6. The main structural protein in the extracellular matrix of bone that is responsible for its flexibility.

Correct Answer: C) Collagen.

7. Which of the following is a suffix that means softening?

Correct Answer: D) -Malacia.

8. What are spongy bones?

Correct Answer: D) Spongy bones are less dense and have many cavities that contain bone marrow.

9. Bone forming cells

Correct Answer: C) Osteoblasts.

10. The formal name for your skull is .....

Correct Answer: C) Cranium.

11. Ulna and Radius are present in the .....

Correct Answer: C) Lower arm.

12. What are these bones called?

Correct Answer: A) Scapula.

13. Which is an example of a gliding joint

Correct Answer: D) Ankle and wrist.

14. The Axial skeleton is comprised of ..... bones

Correct Answer: B) 80.

15. The layer directl below the bone's outer membrane is called

Correct Answer: B) Compact bone.

16. What is another name for the kneecap?

Correct Answer: A) Patella.

17. Yellow Bone Marrow function is to store

Correct Answer: B) Fat.

18. X-rays CANNOT easily pass through which of the following?

Correct Answer: B) Bone.

19. Together with skeletal muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints, the bones form the ..... machinery of human body.

Correct Answer: B) Moving.

20. The following are the bones that make up the axial skeleton, EXCEPT ONE:

Correct Answer: C) Hip Bone.