This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 401 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 401 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Define voluntary muscles A) Are under your control and known as skeletal muscles. B) Are not under your control, by contracting and relaxing automatically. C) Are only found in the walls of the cardiac muscle. D) Relating to blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Are under your control and known as skeletal muscles. 2. Without red marrow, bones would not be able to A) Store phosphate. B) Store calcium. C) Make blood cells. D) Move like levers. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Make blood cells. 3. What does the Muscles do? A) Contract and relax in order to create movement within the body. B) Involuntary muscles that control many types of movement within the body (like digestion). C) Involuntary muscle that forms the heart. D) Voluntary muscles attached to bones and provide the force needed to move the bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Contract and relax in order to create movement within the body. 4. The pelvic girdle connects the upper limb, whereas the pectoral girdle connects the lower limb to the axial skeleton. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 5. What are the side effects of Osteogenesis Imperfecta? A) Bones are strong and overgrow. B) Bones easily break and fracture. C) Lack of calcium. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bones easily break and fracture. 6. 65 year old male has ridden his bike over heavy, mountainous terrain for over 30 years. He has noted increasing knee and hip pain in both legs. The doctor took Xrays and noted that there was significant breakdown of cartilage between the joints and his bones were rubbing together. The doctor diagnosed the man with ..... A) Myalgia. B) Rheumatoid arthritis. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Osteoporosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis. 7. What is the process by which a bone is formed, renewed, and repaired called? A) Digestion. B) Ossification. C) Formation. D) Collagen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 8. Did you enjoy? A) Yes. B) Now. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Yes. 9. The bones are also responsible for making red blood cells. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Name for the longest bone in the arm. A) Humerus. B) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 11. The enlarged end of a long bone A) Synovial joint. B) Diaphysis. C) Osteoid. D) Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Epiphysis. 12. Nick is making a model to show how human skin covers the body. What material would work best? A) A sheet of rubber. B) A sheet of paper. C) A sheet of metal. D) A sheet of wood. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A sheet of rubber. 13. What is the function of the pivot? A) Allow a person to twist the lower arm. B) Helps in breathing. C) Allows the neck to bend. D) Enables the foot to rotate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Allow a person to twist the lower arm. 14. Bone growth is known as: A) Osteoblasts. B) Epiphysis. C) Ossification. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 15. How many bones does the human skeleton have? A) 307. B) 308. C) 206. D) 176. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 16. Which type of bone fracture is associated with chronic, excessive impact? A) Colles' fracture. B) Spiral fracture. C) Stress fracture. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stress fracture. 17. Bone softening A) Osteosclerosis. B) Osteomalacia. C) Osteonecrosis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteomalacia. 18. Inside bones is a spongy layer called ..... where blood cells are found. A) Pivot joint. B) Marrow. C) Ligaments. D) Tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 19. What is the esophagus connected to? A) Liver. B) Mouth. C) Gallbladder. D) Pancreas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mouth. 20. Bones that originate within sheetlike layers of connective tissue. A) Partial bones. B) Chondritic bones. C) Intramembranous bones. D) Endochondral bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Intramembranous bones. ← 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