This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 242 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 242 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which one of these IS a function of the skeletal system A) Vitamin D production. B) Fat storage. C) Movement. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 2. Which of the following terms best matches the following function of the skeletal system: "The bones of the skeletal system serve as points of attachment for muscles, which then pull on the bones to produce the body's movement." A) Support. B) Protection. C) Movement. D) Fat and Mineral Storage. E) Blood Cell Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Movement. 3. The largest bone in your body located at your thigh A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Ulna. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 4. -tomy A) Anatomical structure. B) Painful condition. C) Process of cutting; incision. D) Swelling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Process of cutting; incision. 5. An example of an irregular bone within the human skeleton is: A) Scapula. B) Humerous. C) Carpals. D) Vertebra. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Vertebra. 6. What does the appendicular skeleton consist of? A) Bones of the ribs, neck bone, and skull. B) Bones of the arms and legs. C) Bones of the legs, hips, and skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones of the arms and legs. 7. Where does the bone get its nutrients? A) Yellow marrow. B) Arteries. C) Red marrow. D) Calcium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arteries. 8. What is a bursae? A) Large sacs of fluid located in joints. B) Small fluid filled sacs located in and around joints. C) Tough fibrous tissue in joints. D) Inelastic bands of supportive tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Small fluid filled sacs located in and around joints. 9. Where are three places you can find cartilage? A) Nose, tongue and eyes. B) Nose, ears and joints. C) Fingernails, lips and eyes. D) Skin, eyes and lungs. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nose, ears and joints. 10. Benjamin, Mia, and Charlotte are having a debate about the number of vertebrae in the neck. Can you help them settle the argument? A) 2. B) 4. C) 7. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 7. 11. Ligaments hold bones in alignment to allow for ..... A) Movement. B) Air circulation. C) Blood flow. D) Cushioning of bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Movement. 12. The creation of bone by osteoblasts is known as? A) Ossification. B) Bonafide. C) Fibrosis. D) Hardifiication. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ossification. 13. Protects the end of bones A) Marrow. B) Periosteum. C) Compact bone. D) Spongy bone. E) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Cartilage. 14. Within diaphysis, contains bone marrow A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Medullary Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medullary Cartilage. 15. Your fingertips and toes A) Clavicle. B) Mandible. C) Phalanges. D) Metacarpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phalanges. 16. Cataplexy A) Muscle paralysis without loss of consciousness. B) Decrease in size of normal developed muscle tissue. C) Defective growth of the muscles and skeletal system. D) Muscle disorder caused by the lack of acetylcholine. E) Muscle paralysis with loss of consciousness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle paralysis without loss of consciousness. 17. Which term means an inflammation of a bone? A) Osteitis. B) Osteomalacia. C) Osteonecrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteitis. 18. ..... is a protein found within the connective tissue of bones which gives them a certain degree of flexibility. A) Calcium. B) Collagen. C) Cartilage. D) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Collagen. 19. Choose the correct answer:Finger Tips A) Metacarpals. B) Phalanges. C) Tibia. D) Frontal bone. E) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 20. Which of the following is not found associated with spongy bone? A) Beams. B) Osteons. C) Canaliculi. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteons. ← 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