This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 335 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 335 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Abigail, Aiden, and Aria are having a debate about the temporal and parietal bones. Can you help them understand how these bones are different from the other skull bones? A) They make up the orbit of the eyes. B) They are unpaired bones. C) They are paired bones. D) They are located at the base on the skull. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) They are paired bones. 2. The flexible rubbery tissue that helps cushion bones where they meet is A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) Knee pads. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 3. Spondyl/o means: A) Vertebrae. B) Bone. C) Crooked. D) Broken. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 4. We use levers to make work easier.? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 5. The upper long bone of the arm is called: A) Femur. B) Humerus. C) Radius. D) Clavicle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Humerus. 6. Which of the bones do not come under the axial skeleton? A) Vertebral column. B) Skull bones. C) Ribs & sternum. D) Pectoral girdle. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pectoral girdle. 7. Describe the difference between osteoporosis and arthritis. A) O:Inflamed bursa of the kneeA:Severe blow or twisting of the knee. B) O:Loss of bone massA:Inflammation in one or more joints. C) O:Crunched Toes due to tight fitting shoesA:When a bone is out of socket. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) O:Loss of bone massA:Inflammation in one or more joints. 8. I am any of the bones located between the ankle and the toes. A) Phalanges. B) Patella. C) Cranium. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metatarsals. 9. True or False:Bone is a type of connective tissue. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Deep pressure receptors A) Meissner's Corpuscles. B) Cutaneous Membrane. C) Pacinian Corpuscles. D) Parietal Layer. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Pacinian Corpuscles. 11. This cushions the joint and keeps the bones from rubbing against one another. A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 12. Substance in the center of bones that makes blood cells A) Tendons. B) Muscle. C) Periosteum. D) Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Marrow. 13. Which system controls the working of the internal organs, our movements and even our thoughts and emotions? A) Organ system. B) Nervous system. C) Muscular system. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nervous system. 14. Anterior thigh muscles serve as prime movers of: A) Flexion of the leg at the knee joint. B) Abduction of the thigh at the hip joint. C) Extension of the leg at the knee joint. D) Adduction of the thigh at the hip joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Extension of the leg at the knee joint. 15. Bone that is composed of small needlelike pieces of bone and lots of open space? A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Long bone. D) Flat bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Spongy bone. 16. A ball and socket joint are found? A) At the knee. B) At the hip. C) At the elbow. D) Ankle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At the hip. 17. Which of the following is NOT a bone found in your leg? A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Radius. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Radius. 18. There are ..... many bones in a baby A) 200. B) 250. C) 206. D) 300. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300. 19. The scientific name for "bone of the upper arm" is A) Metatarsal. B) Tibia. C) Ulna. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Humerus. 20. The periosteum is a membranous tissue that covers all of the surfaces of your bones except the A) Articular cartilage. B) Bone marrow. C) Canaliculi. D) Lacuna. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articular cartilage. ← 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