Muscuskeletal System

1. What makes up the skeletal system?

a. all the body organs
b. all the bones in the body
c. all the muscles and tendons
d. all the bones in the body and the tissue that connect them

2. What joins a bone to another bone?

a. cartilage c. muscle
b. ligament d. tendon

3. To which section of the human body does the humerus belong?

a. appendicular skeleton
b. axial skeleton
c. cranium
d. pelvic girdle

4. What is the difference between compact bone and spongy bone?

a. They have different bone marrow.
b. They are made of different materials.
c. They have different sizes for bone cells.
d. They have different arrangements of bone cells.

5. What is a joint?
a. a hinge
b. a ball-and-socket
c. the place where two bones meet
d. the place where tendons are fastened together

6. The muscles of your stomach and heart work even when you are sleeping. What are
these muscles called?
a. involuntary c. striated
b. smooth d. voluntary

7. In which organ can cardiac muscles be found?

a. heart c. lung
b. smooth d. stomach

8. Which of the following is made up of smooth muscles?

a. arm c. eye
b. blood vessel d. leg

9. What is an inherited disease of the muscular system in which the muscles become
weak?
a. cramps c. muscle strain
b. dystrophy d. torn muscle

10. Which muscle is used to straighten a joint?

a. extensor c. flexor
b. fixation d. involuntary

11. It is what you call the break in a bone.

a. rickets b. fracture c. muscle strains d. cramps
12. An adult human body is composed of ____________ bones.\
a. 336 c. 306
b. 206 d. 106