This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 271 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 271 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What does the term 'tomy' mean? A) Surgical removal, excision. B) Abnormal condition. C) Like, resembling. D) Deficiency. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Surgical removal, excision. 2. The temporal lobe is the auditory cortex which allows you to A) Smell. B) See. C) Balance. D) Hear. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hear. 3. An infection or inflammation of the bone A) Paget's disease. B) Osteonecrosis. C) Osteomyelitis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteomyelitis. 4. Which is an example of an immovable joint? A) Knee. B) Shoulder. C) Elbow. D) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skull. 5. Which is the hardest substance in our body? A) Enamel coating on our teeth. B) Bones. C) Skull. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Enamel coating on our teeth. 6. The name for the long bone in the upper part of your leg. A) Tibia. B) Fibula. C) Femur. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 7. What is this condition that is characterized by a chronic inflammatory disease in which the immune system attacks the joints and sometimes other parts of the body? A) Patellar Tendon Tear. B) Rheumatoid Arthritis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Gout. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rheumatoid Arthritis. 8. TRUE OR FALSE. The name of your clavicle is called your Scapula, A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 9. Q3 What enables us to swing our arms from our shoulders? A) Pivot joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Hinge joint. D) No joint is required. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 10. What is a cavity within a bone, filled with air and lined with mucous membrane? A) Whole. B) Foramen. C) Sinus. D) Fontanel. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sinus. 11. Which joint exists between the metacarpals and the phalanges? A) Plane. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) Condylar. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Condylar. 12. Has a fulcrum point A) First Class Lever. B) Second Class Lever. C) Third Class Lever. D) All Types of Levers. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All Types of Levers. 13. The adult skeleton has how many bones? A) 199. B) 206. C) 250. D) 433. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 14. The leg is a ..... A) Long bone. B) Short bone. C) Flat bone. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bone. 15. ..... is the number of bones in the human body A) 400. B) 365. C) 206. D) 307. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 16. There are two types of bones in our body. Axial bones are one type. In general, what is their most important function? A) They protect our inner organs. B) They help us move. C) The keep our bodies upright. D) They don't do anything. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They protect our inner organs. 17. Many cells form ..... that perform the same function. A) Cells. B) Tissues. C) Organs. D) Organ systems. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tissues. 18. Name the joint that is found in wrists and ankles. A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding Joint. 19. Shock absorbing gel between joints A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 20. What is a place where to bones meet? A) Joint. B) Cartilage. C) Marrow. D) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joint. ← 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