This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 215 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 215 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As we begin to age what happens to the marrow in our body. A) Changes from red to yellow. B) Changes from yellow to red. C) We lose the marrow. D) Nothing, it stays the same. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Changes from red to yellow. 2. Which bone is located in the lower leg? A) Tibia. B) Ulna. C) Clavicle. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tibia. 3. The thoracic cage does NOT protect this organ. A) Lower intestine. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Liver. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lower intestine. 4. What can be found in the central canal of osteons? A) Osteocytes. B) Lamella. C) Blood vessels and nerves. D) Red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood vessels and nerves. 5. Q2 to which body system do the bones belong to? A) Skeletal. B) Circulatory. C) Digestive. D) Muscular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 6. Is cartilage another name for bone? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 7. What type of cartilage would you find surrounding the ends of long bones? A) Hyaline. B) Fibrocartilage. C) Elastic cartilage. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyaline. 8. What is the movement called when the joint moves away from the midline of the body? A) Adduction. B) Abduction. C) Lateral rotation. D) Medial rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Abduction. 9. The small bones that make up the backbone ..... A) Sternum. B) Humerus. C) Vertebra. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebra. 10. Spinal cord, bone marrow A) Chondr/o. B) School. C) Spondyl/o. D) Myel/o. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Myel/o. 11. Short bones are found A) Carpals and Tarsals. B) Arms. C) Knees. D) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Carpals and Tarsals. 12. Whats protecting the brain A) Ossicle. B) Pelvic girdle. C) Skull. D) Everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 13. The 33 bones that make up the backbone are called ..... A) Bones. B) Carpals. C) Metatarsals. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebrae. 14. A 16 year old football quarterback was getting ready to throw the ball to his team mate. Before he could throw the ball, he was hit straight onto his arm that was up and ready to throw the ball. He screamed in pain as his humeral head was displaced from the socket. X-rays revealed that he has (a) ..... A) Fracture. B) Dislocation. C) Scoliosis. D) Osteoarthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Dislocation. 15. The clavicle is typically known as the ..... ? A) Funny Bone. B) Collarbone. C) Leg Bone. D) Ham Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collarbone. 16. Coccyg/o/e A) Coccyx (tailbone). B) Cartilage. C) Crooked, stiffening. D) Skull, head. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Coccyx (tailbone). 17. What Skeleton is this A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Body Planes. D) Tropical. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 18. What best describes collagen? A) Growth plate in long bones. B) Connective tissue in bones. C) Ring of bone tissue surrounding haversian canal. D) Canal housing blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Connective tissue in bones. 19. The parietal bones, which are cranial bones, are ..... A) Long Bones. B) Short Bones. C) Flat Bones. D) Irregular Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat Bones. 20. Nerves that carries message from different parts of the body to the brain or spinal cord is ..... A) Sensory. B) Motor. C) Mixed. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sensory. ← 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