This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 272 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 272 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the role of the osteoclasts? A) Bone makers. B) Bone breakers. C) Bone remodelers. D) Cell makers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone breakers. 2. This type of marrow stores fat for energy. A) Yellow. B) Red. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yellow. 3. What do you call strong bands of connective tissue that connect bones to other bones? A) Bones. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 4. What can you do to take care of your muscular system? A) Stretch and follow a healthy diet. B) Have your strength tested regularly. C) Do not lift heavy because it damages muscles. D) Eat a lot of protein and saturated fat. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stretch and follow a healthy diet. 5. Which of the following is an organ in the skeletal system? A) Quadriceps. B) Spinal Chord. C) Finger Nails. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Femur. 6. In comparitive anatomy, which part in the chicken wing matches closest to the humerus? A) A. B) B. C) C. D) D. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A. 7. I am a hard covering that holds a broken bone in place while it heals. What am I? A) Cast. B) Tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cast. 8. What are the bottom two pairs of ribs called? A) Floating Ribs. B) False ribs. C) True Ribs. D) Connected Ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Floating Ribs. 9. What direction does ossification occur in? A) From the middle at the diaphysis. B) From the top of the diaphysis. C) From the bottom of the diaphysis. D) From the middle in the epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) From the middle at the diaphysis. 10. Not under control A) Voluntary. B) Involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Involuntary. 11. The tissue that attaches bone to bone is ..... A) Tendon. B) Ligament. C) Cartilage. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 12. Bones are made of the following, EXCEPT: A) Bone tissue. B) Blood vessels. C) Muscle tissue. D) Nerves. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle tissue. 13. Where are red blood cells formed? A) Red bone marrow. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Compact bone. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Red bone marrow. 14. Bones are made of calcium A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. The three major groups of joints include all of the following, except: A) Diarthroses. B) Condrioarthroses. C) You jointed. D) Amphiarthroses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Condrioarthroses. 16. Which type of joint are the knees, elbows and ankles? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Ball and socket. D) Condyloid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hinge. 17. Soft connective tissue that produces blood cells, found inside the pores of spongy bone. A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Bone marrow. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone marrow. 18. Hair grows from ..... located in the skin A) Pores. B) Dermis. C) Hair follicle. D) Oil follicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hair follicle. 19. What is the word for the definition Foot? A) Under/o. B) -one. C) Cost/o. D) -hiss. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Under/o. 20. What is the axial skeleton made up of? A) Skull, ribs, vertebrae. B) Skull, ribs, vertebrae, clavicle. C) Skull ribs, vertebrae, pelvis. D) Skull, sternum, spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull, ribs, vertebrae. ← 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