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Questions About Skeletal System with Answers Questions
Question 1 of 5
Which of the following is NOT a depression or cavity on a bone?
Correct Answer: A
Rationale: A tuberosity is a projection for muscle attachment, not a depression. Facet (flat surface), meatus (tube), and sinus (cavity) are depressions/cavities. Answer is A, per the document.
Question 2 of 5
Freely moveable joints are also known as
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Synovial joints are freely movable (diarthrotic) due to synovial fluid, unlike fibrous (immovable), cartilaginous (slightly movable), or amphiarthroses (slightly movable). Answer is D, per the document.
Question 3 of 5
Which of the following is an example of a synovial joint? The joint between the:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: The proximal radioulnar joint (synovial) allows pronation/supination. Tibia-fibula (syndesmosis), sternum-rib (cartilaginous), and vertebrae (cartilaginous) aren’t synovial. Answer is D, per the document.
Question 4 of 5
On which bone is the greater trochanter found?
Correct Answer: B
Rationale: The greater trochanter is a lateral projection on the proximal femur for muscle attachment. Only the femur has trochanters. Answer is B, per the document.
Question 5 of 5
Synovial joints differ from the other types of joint between bones in the body because:
Correct Answer: D
Rationale: Synovial joints are freely movable, with hyaline cartilage on bone ends reducing friction (unlike fibrous or cartilaginous joints). A and B are wrong types, C is cartilaginous. Answer is D, per the document.