This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 248 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 248 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The continuous breakdown and reforming of bone tissue is called ..... A) Remodeling. B) Rebuilding. C) Rehabituation. D) Renewal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Remodeling. 2. This is an autoimmune disorder that causes painful, stiff joints that become deformed: A) Arthritis. B) Osteoarthritis. C) Rheumatoid arthritis. D) Whiplash. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rheumatoid arthritis. 3. Connective tissue bands; help hold long bones together at joints A) Joints. B) Amphiarthrosis. C) Ligaments. D) Bursa. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 4. True or False:A pivot joint allows us to shake our head, "no." A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The bands of tissue that connect bones to muscle? A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. 6. What joint is found in the elbow and knee? A) Gliding. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Condylar. E) Ball & Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 7. How does calcium enter the body? A) Diet. B) Breathing. C) Blood. D) Sunlight. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diet. 8. Arjun, Mia and Elijah are building a robot. They are discussing what the skeletal system provides for the body. Arjun thinks it provides minerals, Mia thinks it provides structure and support, Elijah thinks it provides circulation, and their teacher thinks it provides nervous system paths. Who is correct? A) Minerals. B) Structure and support. C) Circulation. D) Nervous system paths. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Structure and support. 9. Name the largest organ and the largest gland in the human body respectively A) Heart, Brain. B) Skin, Brain. C) Skin, Liver. D) Liver, Skin. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin, Liver. 10. What is your pelvis shaped like? A) A plate. B) A bowl. C) A spoon. D) A fork. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A bowl. 11. What is the name of the largest bone in the human body? A) Femur. B) Ulna. C) Radius. D) Humor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 12. What suffix means slipping? A) -blast. B) -clasia. C) -hiss. D) -listhesis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) -listhesis. 13. This bone is also called the kneecap. A) Femur. B) Scapula. C) Pelvis. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Patella. 14. Which is not a type of bone shape? A) Long. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Flat. E) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Compact. 15. The picture shows lateral view of soft spot of fetal skull. Name thebone labelled with '' A" A) Anterolateral fontanelle. B) Anterior fontanels. C) Posterior fontanels. D) Posterior lateral fontanelle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Anterior fontanels. 16. Skull, vertebral column, and thorax A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. C) Skeleton. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 17. Muscle fibres that run at an angle on both sides of a tendon A) Fusiform, designed for power. B) Uni-pennate, large mobility. C) Bi-pennate, not much mobility. D) Multi-pennate, designed for power and strength. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bi-pennate, not much mobility. 18. Bone cells that liquefy or dissolve bone matrix and release calcium to the blood are called ..... A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteocytes. D) Osteobytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 19. The term for a broken bone A) Break. B) Fracture. C) Injury. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 20. Large hollow cylinder in the middle of the osteon A) Canals. B) Lacunae. C) Central Canal. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Central Canal. ← 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