This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 308 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 308 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the main function of the bones? A) Produces red blood cells. B) Support and give shape to the body. C) It is a place where two bones meet. D) Covers the bones with a fluid to make the movement easier. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Support and give shape to the body. 2. Amphiarthrotic joints are: A) Immovable. B) Slightly movable. C) Freely movable. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Slightly movable. 3. Which one is NOT a joint? A) Hip. B) Shoulder. C) Humerus. D) Wrist. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Humerus. 4. What is the main function of the axial skeleton? A) Producing blood cells. B) Facilitating movement of the body. C) Regulating body temperature. D) Support and protection for organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Support and protection for organs. 5. The shoulder is ..... to the elbow. A) Proximal. B) Dorsal. C) Distal. D) Ventral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Proximal. 6. Another name for the backbone A) Tibia. B) Sternum. C) Vertebral column. D) Back. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebral column. 7. Which type of bone canal is an opening at the center of osteons? A) Perforating canal (Volkmann's). B) Canaliculi. C) Lamellae. D) Central canal (Haversian). E) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Central canal (Haversian). 8. Strongest and longest bone in the body. A) Femur. B) Radius. C) Tibia. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 9. Where are your skeletal muscles? A) Attached to your bones. B) In your heart. C) In your stomach and veins. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Attached to your bones. 10. What type of cells are responsible for bone formation? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 11. Which describes a hematoma? A) Collection of blood in the body. B) Torn subdermal tissue. C) Loss of fibrouscartiliage. D) Damaged cartilage matrix. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Collection of blood in the body. 12. What is the blood clot that first form around a fracture? A) Cast. B) Callus. C) Hematoma. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hematoma. 13. You will need to know the five functions of the skeletal system. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 14. What bone is known as the kneecap? A) Femur. B) Sesamoid. C) Patella. D) Phalanx. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Patella. 15. What is almost like a rubber band that holds a bone to a bone? A) Ligament. B) Joints. C) Marrow. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligament. 16. Secures the periosteum to the underlying bone. A) Compact Bone. B) Perforating (Sharpey's) fibers. C) Medullary Cavity. D) Endosteum. E) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perforating (Sharpey's) fibers. 17. Red Bone Marrow is located in the A) Periosteum. B) Diaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Epiphyseal Plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 18. Muscles make up around ..... of your weight A) 1/100. B) 1/10. C) 1/4. D) 1/2. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 1/2. 19. What group of bones make-up the area of your hips and where your femurs are attached? A) Pelvic girdle. B) Parietal girdle. C) Patella girdle. D) Grandma's girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvic girdle. 20. Voluntary muscles are also called striped muscles A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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