Skeletal System Quiz

Which function of the skeletal system would be especially important if you were in a car accident?

• storage of minerals

• protection of internal organs

• facilitation of movement

• fat storage

Without red marrow, bones would not be able to ________.

• store phosphate

• store calcium

• make blood cells

• move like levers

Yellow marrow has been identified as ________.

• an area of fat storage

• a point of attachment for muscles

• the hard portion of bone

• the cause of kyphosis

Which of the following can be found in areas of movement?

• hematopoiesis

• cartilage

• yellow marrow

• red marrow

The skeletal system is made of ________.

• muscles and tendons

• bones and cartilage

• vitreous humor

• minerals and fat

Most of the bones of the arms and hands are long bones; however, the bones in the wrist are categorized as ________.

• flat bones

• short bones

• sesamoid bones

• irregular bones

Bones that surround the spinal cord are classified as ________ bones.

• irregular

• sesamoid

• flat

• short

Which category of bone is among the most numerous in the skeleton?

• long bone

• sesamoid bone

• short bone

• flat bone

Long bones enable body movement by acting as a ________.

• counterweight

• resistive force

• lever

• fulcrum

Which of the following occurs in the spongy bone of the epiphysis?

• bone growth

• bone remodeling

• hematopoiesis

• shock absorption