This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 376 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 376 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Spongy bone tissue. A) Contains interconnecting rods called trabeculae. B) Is very dense. C) Contains concentric lamellae. D) Is the primary component of bone. E) Has many spaces and lacks osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contains interconnecting rods called trabeculae. 2. What is located at number 5? A) Pelvis. B) Femur. C) Sacred. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pelvis. 3. Long bones are called long bones because they are longer than other bones. A) True. B) Also true. C) True again!. D) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) False. 4. Infants have ..... bones A) 300. B) 206. C) 250. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 5. The main purpose of synovial fluid is: A) Keeping bones moist. B) Lubrication. C) Strengthening tendons and cartilage. D) Protecting the spinal cord. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Lubrication. 6. Which type of joints has the head of bone that fits into a round socket of another? A) Hinge Joints. B) Ball and Socket Joint. C) Pivot Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and Socket Joint. 7. What are the three types of joints in the human body? A) Hinge, ball and socket, opposable thumb. B) Movement, protection, support. C) Hinge, ball and socket, gliding. D) Gliding joint, opposable thumb, articulate. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge, ball and socket, gliding. 8. How many bones are found, on average, in an adult? A) 216. B) 270. C) 106. D) 206. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 206. 9. When a bone is splintered or crushed, it is a ..... fracture. A) Open. B) Comminuted. C) Closed. D) Greenstick. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Comminuted. 10. What type of cells does calcitonin stimulate. A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 11. The outer covering of the bone; it covers the diaphysis ..... A) Articular cartilage. B) Osteon. C) Haversian canal. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 12. Opening through a bone serves as passageway for blood vessels or nervess A) Condyle. B) Tuberosity. C) Facet. D) Foramen. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foramen. 13. Which kind of muscle is responsible for walking A) Cardiac. B) Striated. C) Smooth. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Striated. 14. The hard, outer portion of bones is made of ..... bone tissue A) Support. B) Compact. C) Protect. D) Combine. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact. 15. It protects the eyeball A) Eye socket. B) Mandible. C) Nasal bone. D) Maxilla. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Eye socket. 16. The wrist is an example of which type of joint? A) Hinge. B) Ball and Socket. C) Ellipsoid/Condyloid. D) Pivot. E) Saddle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ellipsoid/Condyloid. 17. Based on its shape, Bone can be classified as ..... types A) 4. B) 3. C) 2. D) 1. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 4. 18. What type of cartilage covers the end of the bone (protects against bone on bone contact)? A) Hyaline Cartilage. B) Fibrocartilage. C) Elastic Cartilage. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hyaline Cartilage. 19. A synovial joint is..... A) An area where 3 or more bones meet together within a joint capsule and inhibits many movement from occurring. B) An area where two or more bones meet within a joint capsule and allows a wide range of movement to occur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) An area where two or more bones meet within a joint capsule and allows a wide range of movement to occur. 20. These arteries penetrate the bone througha hole in the compact bone and branch to feed theosteons. A) Epiphysis. B) Nutrient artery. C) Medullary cavity. D) Coronary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nutrient artery. ← 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