This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 41 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 41 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is Kyphosis? A) An abnormal curve from side-to-side. B) An abnormal curve of the lumbar spine. C) An abnormal curve of the thoracic. D) An abnormal curve of the thoracic and lumbar spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) An abnormal curve of the thoracic. 2. Our wrists and ankles have ..... joints. A) Pivot. B) Ball and socket. C) Gliding. D) Hinge. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Gliding. 3. Cockroaches have an outer skeleton. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What is the main mineral that is added to bone tissue in ossification? A) Calcium. B) Magnesium. C) Sodium. D) Potassium. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcium. 5. What type of muscle(s) is involuntary? A) Skeletal and smooth. B) Cardiac and skeletal. C) Smooth and cardiac. D) Skeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth and cardiac. 6. The skeleton provides a structural framework that gives the body a certain shape A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. An injury is when our body is: A) Hurt. B) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Hurt. 8. Which type of joint gives you the largest range of motion? A) Pivot. B) Ball and socket. C) Hinge. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket. 9. The form of the bones in the axial skeleton functions to do what? A) Protect the body organs. B) Produce blood cells. C) Move the body. D) Store nutrients. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Protect the body organs. 10. What is the anatomical term of movement/motion for moving a limb towards your midline/torso? A) Adduction. B) Flexion. C) Abduction. D) Pronation. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Adduction. 11. The cranial bones are considered ..... A) Long bones. B) Short bones. C) Flat bones. D) Irregular bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat bones. 12. 3) This connective tissue is found in between bones to allow bones to smoothly moves against each other. A) Cartilage. B) Ligament. C) Bone Marrow. D) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cartilage. 13. Identify the stimulus that restores homeostasis. Scenario:A person begins to exercise which causes their body temperature to increase. The temperature change is noticed (sensed) and the person begins to sweat and their body temperature decreases. A) Temperature changes is noticed. B) A person begins to exercise. C) Body temperature increases. D) Body temperature decreases. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Body temperature decreases. 14. Bone cells that build bone-producing collagen and calcium and phosphate salts A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Osteogenic cells. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblasts. 15. In compact bone, the osteocytes are connected to each other by tiny cell processes extending through tiny canals called A) Lamellae. B) Lacunae. C) Central canals. D) Canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Canaliculi. 16. All examples are diarthrosis A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 17. Is cardiac and skeletal involuntary or voluntary A) Cardiac is involuntary, Skeletal is voluntary. B) Cardiac is voluntary, skeletal is involuntary. C) Both is involuntary. D) Both is voluntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cardiac is involuntary, Skeletal is voluntary. 18. What organ system allows movement of the body? Joints, connective tissues and muscle make it possible for body parts to be mobile. A) Integumentary System. B) Muscular System. C) Skeletal System. D) Lymphatic System. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal System. 19. Which of the following is an example of a long bone? A) Patella. B) Tarsals(ankle bones). C) Femur. D) Carpals(wrist bones). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Femur. 20. The number of bones in an Human body. A) 206. B) 205. C) 333. D) 302. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. ← 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