musculo-skeletal system - Statistics

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question	Answer	% Correct
the skeleton _______ vital organs	protects	74%
when the muscles ________ the bone moves	contract	70%
our muscles are attached to bones by _______	tendons	67%
name a long bone	femur \| radius \| tibia	63%
name a flat bone	ribs \| cranium \| sternum	52%
skeleton allows movement at ____	joints	48%
turning about the vertical axis of your body	rotation	37%
straightening a limb to increase the angle at a joint	extension	33%
bending a limb to decrease the angle at a joint	flexion	33%
like very strong string that holds bones together	ligaments	33%
can be found at the shoulder and hip and allow movement in almostevery direction	ball and socket joint	26%
4 fused vertebrae	coccyx	26%
name an irregular bone	vertebrae	26%
forms a cushion between bones to stop them rubbing	cartilage	22%
circular movement of a body part	circumduction	22%
these can be found in the elbow and ankle allow movement in onedirection only	hinge joint	22%
found only in the heart-this is involuntary	cardiac muscle	19%
have a flat surface. their function is to protect you internal organs	flat bones	19%
5 fused vertebrae	sacrum	19%
compex individual shapes and perform a variety of functions including protection and muscle attachment	irregular bones	15%
cylindrical in shape and found in the limbs, their main functionis movement, by acting as a lever	long bones	15%
small and compact often equal in length and width. they are designed for strength and weight bearing,	short bones	15%
attached to the skeleton/bones-this is voluntary	skeletal muscle	15%
relaxes,becomes longer	antagonist	11%
similar to a ball and socket joint. found at the wrist	condyloid	11%
decreasing the angle at the ankle joint	dorsi flexion	11%
what does synovial fluid do	lubricates the joint	11%
the upper 24 vertebrae allow ________	movement	11%
this joint can be found in the neck. it allows only rotational movement	pivot joint	11%
increasing the angle at the ankle joint	plantar flexion	11%
found in the internal organs and blood vessels-this is involuntary	smooth muscle	11%
contracts,shortens	agonist	7%
muscle work in ____________ pairs	antagonistic	7%
the skeleton stores two different minerals called?	calcium and phosphorous	7%
vertebral column (7 vertebrae)	cervical vertebrae	7%
vertebral column (5 vertebrae)	lumbar vertebrae	7%
name a short bone	carpals and tarsals	4%
name three things the skeleton produces	red blood cells white blood cells platelets	4%
the lower nine vertebrae are _____	fused	4%
phosphorous helps reduce ______ ____	muscle pain	4%
moving a limb away from the mid line of the body	shoulder abduction	4%
moving a limb towards the mid line of the body	shoulder adduction	4%
vertebral column (12 vertebrae)	thoraic vertebrae	4%

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