This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 289 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 289 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the difference between compact bone and spongy bone? A) They are made of different materials. B) They have different bone marrow. C) They have a different layout of bone cells. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They have a different layout of bone cells. 2. Process of breaking down food mechanically and chemically A) Deteriorate. B) Digestion. C) Involuntary. D) Elastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Digestion. 3. What is the definition of a fracture? A) A complete or incomplete break in a bone. B) The stretching and/or damaging of a ligament. C) The stretching and/or damaging of a tendon. D) A joint injury where bones are not in their normal position. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A complete or incomplete break in a bone. 4. Bones that are flat and have a thin layer of compact bone around a layer of spongy bone such as the skull bones, sternum and ribs are classified as ..... bones. A) Vertebral. B) Flat. C) Irregular. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flat. 5. Connects bones to other bones A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendon. D) Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 6. The upper arm is made up of a single bone which is called A) Humerus. B) Femur. C) Spinal Chord. D) Vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 7. What connective tissue holds the bones together at the joints? A) Tendons. B) Adipose. C) Cartilage. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 8. Forms the extremities and is composed of the shoulder girdle, arm bones, pelvic girdle, and leg bones A) Axial skeleton. B) Medullary skeleton. C) Appendicular skeleton. D) Verrucae skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Appendicular skeleton. 9. Commonly called the elbow bone, one of the two bones of your forearm. A) Humerus. B) Ulna. C) Patella. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ulna. 10. What is the name used for the frog to swim? A) Foreleg. B) Hind Leg. C) Webbed Toes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Webbed Toes. 11. What connective tissues make up your skeletal system? A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, and blood vessels. B) Brain, heart, lungs, and stomach. C) Head, shoulders, knees, and toes. D) Eyes, ears, mouth, and nose. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, and blood vessels. 12. These are the functions of bone and the skeletal system A) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase), blood cell production, and triglyceride storage. B) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase). Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Support, protection, assistance in movement, mineral homeostasis (storage and relase), blood cell production, and triglyceride storage. 13. Harry is a cookie monster. His parents have put the biscuits out of reach, on the top shelf. Harry needs to stand on his "tippy toes" to reach the cookie jar. What is the movement of his ankles? A) Plantar Flexion. B) Extension. C) Dorsiflexion. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plantar Flexion. 14. How does the musculoskeletal system help control homeostasis of the body? A) By regulating blood flow. B) By supporting and protecting internal ogans. C) By removing minerals and waste. D) By controlling nerve impulses. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By supporting and protecting internal ogans. 15. Another name for your backbone. A) Spine. B) Foot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spine. 16. What is the body system that is responsible for support, protection, and movement, storing minerals, and making blood cells? A) Skeletal system. B) Nervous system. C) Circulatory system. D) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal system. 17. Skin color is due to a pigment called A) Keratin. B) Melanin. C) Chromatin. D) Epithelium. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Melanin. 18. Your food can spend up to this long in your small intestine? A) 4 minutes. B) 4 months. C) 4 seconds. D) 4 hours. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4 hours. 19. Suffix that means softening. A) -ation. B) -per cent. C) -Malacia. D) -osis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) -Malacia. 20. Which of the following is the simplest level of organization? Cuál de los siguientes es el nivel de organización más simple? A) Chiss got it. B) Cell cell. C) Organism. D) Organism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cell cell. ← 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