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Support and Movement

Practice Test
      
  1.What is the tissue that connects muscles to bones?  
  a.   cilia  
  b.   flagella  
  c.   tendons  
  d.   ligaments  
  Hint    
      
  2.What do we call muscles that we can move when we want to?  
  a.   involuntary muscles  
  b.   smooth muscles  
  c.   cardiac muscles  
  d.   voluntary muscles  
  Hint    
      
  3.What do we call the place where bones come together?  
  a.   a joint  
  b.   a hinge  
  c.   a segment  
  d.   a mantle  
  Hint    
      
  4.What kind of muscle moves bones in your body?  
  a.   involuntary muscle  
  b.   cardiac muscle  
  c.   skeletal muscle  
  d.   smooth muscle  
  Hint    
      
  5.What are the smallest bones in the body?  
  a.   the hammer, anvil, and stirrup  
  b.   toe bones  
  c.   wrist bones  
  d.   finger bones  
  Hint    
      
  6.What are injuries to the ligaments at a joint called?  
  a.   arthritis  
  b.   strains  
  c.   sprains  
  d.   muscle cramps  
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  7.Which of these is a disease of bone joints?  
  a.   arthropod  
  b.   arthritis  
  c.   hemophilia  
  d.   AIDS  
  Hint    
      
  8.What do we call a joint that does not allow bones to move relative to one another?  
  a.   hinge joint  
  b.   cilium  
  c.   fixed joint  
  d.   ball-and-socket joint  
  Hint    
      
  9.What do we call muscles that we do not control by our will?  
  a.   skeletal muscles  
  b.   striated muscle  
  c.   involuntary muscles  
  d.   voluntary muscles  
  Hint    
      
  10.What are the tough fibers that hold one bone to another?  
  a.   tentacles  
  b.   cartilage  
  c.   tendons  
  d.   ligaments  
  Hint    

 
   
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