This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 282 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 282 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The bone that protects your brain A) Cranium. B) Scapula. C) Radius. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cranium. 2. These cells are mature bone cells (a) A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) A osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A osteocytes. 3. The bone found in the shoulder is called: A) Clavicle. B) Scapula. C) Sternum. D) Carpus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 4. What makes our wrist very flexible? A) Cartilage. B) 8 bones. C) Ulna. D) Rotors. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 8 bones. 5. What helps the bones to work? A) Joints. B) Skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Joints. 6. How do Calcium and Phosphorus relate to the skeletal system? A) Calcium and Phosphorus are made by the skeletal sytem. B) Calcium and Phosphorus are stored in the skeletal system. C) Calcium and Phosphorus are toxic to the skeletal system. D) There is no connection between the skeletal system, Calcium and Phosphorus. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Calcium and Phosphorus are stored in the skeletal system. 7. Present in joints to protect the bone and to evenly distribute forces to the underlying bone. A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Bone. D) Muscle. E) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 8. Spine-35 small bones A) Rib cage. B) Pelvis. C) Vertebrae. D) Scapula. E) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebrae. 9. Cell A) -clast. B) -blast. C) -cyte. D) -gram. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -cyte. 10. The rib cage of a female is more rounded and smaller. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 11. In the skeletal system the function of bones is to A) Protect organs, make blood, store calcium and minerals. B) Help our bodies make atp. C) Diffusion. D) Make plasma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protect organs, make blood, store calcium and minerals. 12. When someone in class asked if they could go to lunch early and Mrs. Rivera turned her head side to side indicating "no" the movement occurring here would be considered in which anatomical plane? A) Cornal plane. B) Sagittal plane. C) Transverse plane. D) Frontal plane. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Transverse plane. 13. The function of the integumentary system includes all of these except what? A) Homeostasis. B) Cooling system. C) Synthesis of Vitamin A. D) Excretion of wastes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synthesis of Vitamin A. 14. Muscles you can control A) Cramp. B) Strain. C) Involuntary. D) Voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Voluntary. 15. What is the shape of the sternum, ribs, scapulae, and some skull bones? A) Long. B) Flat. C) Short. D) Sesamoid. E) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 16. Which of the following bones listed is an example of a "long" bone? A) Ribs. B) Ulna. C) Tarsals. D) Mandible. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulna. 17. What makes up the skeleton? A) The bones in our arms. B) The bones in our legs. C) All the bones in our body. D) Most of the bones in our body. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) All the bones in our body. 18. Largest and strongest bone in the body A) Sternum. B) Femur. C) Tibia. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 19. The bones that make up the lower leg are the ..... A) Radius and ulna. B) Radius and tibia. C) Tibia and ulna. D) Tibia and fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Tibia and fibula. 20. What is the name of the pigment in the skin that protects the cells from UV damage? A) Keratin. B) Melanin. C) Sebaceous. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melanin. ← 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