This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 367 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 367 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The "sternum" is a very important bone that protects the following EXCEPT A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 2. What is the basic unit of structure in the skeletal system? A) Tendon. B) Muscle. C) Bone. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bone. 3. What is the name for the bones in your fingers and toes? A) Phalanges. B) Metacarpal. C) Carpals. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges. 4. ..... is made up of tough, flexible tissue. Your nose and ears have this. A) Cartilage. B) Joints. C) Marrow. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 5. What type of joint is at your hips and shoulders? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Ball and socket. D) Fixted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball and socket. 6. Produces synovial fluid A) Articular Cartilage. B) Synovial Membrane. C) Synovial Fluid. D) Articular Capsule. E) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Synovial Membrane. 7. True or false:When a bone breaks, it will stay broken forever. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 8. How is a gas defined? A) No shape, no volume. B) Definite shape, definite volume. C) Found in stars. D) Definite volume, no shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No shape, no volume. 9. How many bones is a baby born with? A) 300. B) 206. C) 126. D) 80. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 10. What term means bone disease? A) Osteopathy. B) Ostectomy. C) Osteotomy. D) Osteomalacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteopathy. 11. Cancellous bone within epiphysis A) Spongy. B) Compact. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy. 12. All babies are born with spaces between the skull bones. As they grow, the spaces ..... between the bones. A) Grow. B) Shrink. C) Disappear. D) Develop extra spaces. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disappear. 13. The classification of joints is based on what two things? A) Structure and Function. B) Movement and Muscle. C) Location and Shape. D) Structure and Shape. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Structure and Function. 14. What is the name of the bone that forms the lower jaw? A) Maxilla. B) Mandible. C) Temporal bone. D) Zygomatic bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mandible. 15. .... attach muscles to bones or other parts of the body. A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Bone marrow. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendons. 16. Osteocytes synthesize bones. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Bones of the spine could be classified as A) Short Bones. B) Long Bones. C) Irregular Bones. D) Flat Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Irregular Bones. 18. When arteries begin to harden A) Stroke. B) Anemia. C) Leukemia. D) Arteriosclerosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Arteriosclerosis. 19. Which type of bone cell(s) is/are involved in BUILDING of bone during bone remodeling, bone modeling, or when there is too much calcium in the blood and therefore needs to be stored in the bone? A) Osteocyte. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoclast. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. 20. Each end of the shaft is called the ..... A) Red marrow. B) Yellow marrow. C) Epiphysis. D) Diaphysis. E) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. ← 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