Practice Quiz from Skeletal and Muscle Systems

Question 1

The most caudal of the sternabra

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xiphoid process

Question 2

The “pacemaker” of the heart is the sinoatrial node located in the wall of the

Answer 2

right atrium

Question 3

____refers to either extremity of a long bone.

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Question 4

makes up the hooks

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Question 5

The contracting unit of a skeletal muscle is the

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sarcomere

Question 6

___is the second of the cervical vertebrae.

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the axis

Question 7

___a mature bone cell

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osteocyte

Question 8

Believed to be the vestigial remnants of carpal and tarsal bones or extra toes possessed by ancestors of the modern horse.

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ergots

Question 9

____dense or cortical bone.

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Compact bone

Question 10

Cardiac muscle is classified as

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involuntary striated muscle

Question 11

Joint 12 of the cow

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Question 12

identify vertebrae, region of the cow

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Question 13

_____ refers to either extremity of a long bone.

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epiphysis

Question 14

____ area dorsal to the scapulas.

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withers

Question 15

In muscle the source of a phosphate molecule needed to recharge an ADP molecule to an ATP molecule is

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creatine phosphate

Question 16

Believed to be the vestigial remnants of metacarpal and metatarsal pads located behind the fetlocks of all equids.

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ergots

Question 17

spongy bone

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cancellous

Question 18

cylindrical shaft of a long bone.

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diaphysis

Question 19

The internal abdominal oblique muscle is partially named based on

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the direction its fibers run

Question 20

A skeletal muscle that contracts at the same time as the prime mover muscle and assists in carrying out the prime mover’s action is a/an

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synergist

Question 21

When skeletal muscle contracts, which site undergoes the greatest movement?

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insertion of the muscle

Question 22

Which motor unit would an animal most likely use to move its eyeball?

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1 nerve fiber, 2 muscle fibers

Question 23

The outermost connective tissue layer of a muscle is the

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epimysium

Question 24

_In young animals is filled with red bone marrow.

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Medullary cavity

Question 25

The most cranial of the sternebrae

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manubrium

Question 26

where is the dens located?

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atlas

Question 27

largest foramen in the body.

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Question 28

identify bone 15 in the cow

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Question 29

shoulder blade.

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scapula

Question 30

_calcaneus bone projects upward and backward to form this area.

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Question 31

the knee is ___ to the foot

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Question 32

Groups of cardiac muscle cells adapt their contraction rate to

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the contraction rate of the fastest cell.

Question 33

_____ splint bones in a horse in forelegs

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2nd and 4th metacarpals

Question 34

The average muscle fiber contraction cycle lasts about

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0.1 second

Question 35

______also called the coffin bone.

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distal phalanx

Question 36

T-bone steak from these vertebrae

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Question 37

____ fibrous membrane that lines the marrow cavity.

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endosteum

Question 38

also called the distal sesamoid bone.

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navicular bone

Question 39

The all-or-nothing principle of muscle physiology refers to

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CHECK the contraction of a muscle fiber

Question 40

The three bones uniting at the acetabulum

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ilium, ischium, and pubis.

Question 41

Type of cartilage found in the external ear and in the epiglottis

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elastic

Question 42

The triceps brachii muscle is partially named based on

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its location

Question 43

How many cervical vertebra are in a manatee

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6

Question 44

The ______________ _______________ is a pair of large holes in the pelvis located on either side of the pelvic symphysis.

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obturator symphysis

Question 45

connects bone to bone.

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ligament

Question 46

The goat’s knee is ____________ to its hoof.

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proximal CHECK

Question 47

Sloth has ________ (a number) Cervical vertebrae.

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5-6 CHECK

Question 48

___ and ____ are two main minerals making up bone.

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Ca, P CHECK

Question 49

makes up the pins.

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ischium? CHECK

Question 50

The skull, vertebrae, ribs, sternum make up this major skeleton part _____________.

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Question 51

vertebrae in the rump region.

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