This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 103 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 103 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which joint under normal conditions produces no movement? A) Synovial Joint. B) Fixed Joint. C) Slightly movable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fixed Joint. 2. What type of joint is located in your shoulder? A) Hinge. B) Gliding. C) Ball and Socket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and Socket. 3. The inner framework of bones and cartilage in vertebrate animals. A) Bones. B) Muscular. C) Skeleton. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeleton. 4. What ties muscles to bones? A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Ligaments. D) Flexors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 5. We use jaw muscles to: A) Walk. B) Talk. C) Hear. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Talk. 6. What is the purpose of the rib bones? A) Help us to think. B) Carry blood throughout the body. C) Protect our brain. D) Protect our lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Protect our lungs. 7. Collagen A) For protection. B) Bone flexibility. C) Bone strength/ firm. D) Fights off infection. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone flexibility. 8. Where does hematopoiesis occur? A) In the epiphysis. B) In the diaphysis. C) In the lordosis. D) In the kyphosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) In the diaphysis. 9. Incomplete dislocation or where the bone comes out of the joint but does back in on its own. A) Subluxation. B) Dislocation. C) Sprain. D) Strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subluxation. 10. What type of joint has a wide range of motion except for the ability to pivot? A) Gliding. B) Ellipsoidal. C) Fixed. D) Ball and Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ellipsoidal. 11. What type of bone is the Carpals (Wrist)? A) Flat. B) Irregular. C) Long. D) Short. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short. 12. Harper, Benjamin, and Liam are having a debate about the human skull. They want to know how many different types of bones and the total number of bones it consists of. Can you help them? The skull is comprised of ..... different types of bones for a total of ..... bones. A) 8, 6. B) 8, 8. C) 6, 4. D) 6, 8. E) 4, 6. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8, 8. 13. -itis A) Inflammation. B) Bone. C) Skull. D) Joint. E) Bad/abnormal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Inflammation. 14. The major function of the axial skeleton is to: A) Give the body resilience. B) Provide an attachment point for muscles that allow movement. C) Provide a space for the heart and lungs. D) Provide central support for the body and protect organs. E) Hematopoiesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Provide central support for the body and protect organs. 15. The hollow center of the bones are filled with a jellylike substance called this. A) Marrow. B) Muscle. C) Oatmeal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 16. Name of the smallest bone in your body. A) Stirrup. B) Femur. C) Ear bone. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stirrup. 17. A fibrous cord of tissue that attaches bone to bone A) Ligament. B) Sutures. C) Epiphyseal plate. D) Bursa sac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligament. 18. Which body organ is responsible for digesting the food we eat? A) Heart. B) Brain. C) Lungs. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Stomach. 19. Fragile, porous bones caused by higher osteoclast activity, most common in older females. A) Osteoporosis. B) Kyphosis. C) Lordosis. D) Rickets. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoporosis. 20. What is the main function of flat bones? A) Protection. B) Movement. C) Blood cell production. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protection. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesScience QuizzesSkeletal System Quiz 1Skeletal System Quiz 2Skeletal System Quiz 3Skeletal System Quiz 4Skeletal System Quiz 5Skeletal System Quiz 6Skeletal System Quiz 7Skeletal System Quiz 8Skeletal System Quiz 9 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books