This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 457 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 457 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The xiphoid process is located on the bottom tip of ..... A) The vertebral column. B) Sacred. C) Sternum. D) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sternum. 2. The production of red and white blood cells in the bone marrow is called hematopoiesis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 3. What kind of bone cell responsible by initiating calcification process of bone? A) Osteocytes. B) Osteoblast. C) Osteoprogenitor cell. D) Osteoclast. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoblast. 4. An ..... is a type of bone cell that dissolves bone. A) Osteoblast. B) Osteoclast. C) Osteocyte. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclast. 5. How does the skeletal system protect vital organs? A) By creating a force field around them. B) By using muscles to shield them. C) By using the circulatory system to protect them. D) By surrounding them with bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) By surrounding them with bones. 6. A muscle that extends at a joint. A) Flexor. B) Tendon. C) Clavicle. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flexor. 7. How many cartilages are there in new born baby? A) 300. B) 200. C) 100. D) 50. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 8. The term "medial" refers to a position on the body that is A) Farther away from the midline. B) Farther away from the midaxillary line. C) Closer to the midaxillary line. D) Closer to the midline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Closer to the midline. 9. TRUE or FALSE:Bones are living tissue. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which of the following terms best matches the following function of the skeletal system: "The skeletal system provides protection for the body's internal organs." A) Support. B) Protection. C) Movement. D) Fat and Mineral Storage. E) Blood Cell Production. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protection. 11. From the limited (slightly) movable joints is (are) ..... A) Skull. B) Shoulder. C) Knee, elbow. D) Wrist, hip. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Knee, elbow. 12. What type of joint is our shoulder? A) Hinge. B) Pivot. C) Ball-and-socket. D) Fixed. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ball-and-socket. 13. Actin ..... A) Means to move away from the midline of the body. B) Is a contractile protein of a muscle. C) Is the change in electrical potential of a muscle fiber when stimulated. D) Means to move toward the midline. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Is a contractile protein of a muscle. 14. What is the name of the knee cap? A) Patella. B) Radius. C) Ulna. D) Carpals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Patella. 15. The skull, also called the cranium, protects what organ? A) Brain. B) Heart. C) Lungs. D) Stomach. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 16. In the top of the skull, bones are A) Broken apart. B) Dissolved. C) Stayed separate. D) Fused together. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fused together. 17. An organism with a backbone. Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals, including humans, are all? A) Vertebrae. B) Invertebrate. C) Animals. D) Mammals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Vertebrae. 18. Cartilagenous joints, like in between vertebrae, are classified as this type of joint A) Synarthrotic. B) Amphiarthrotic. C) Diarthrotic. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Amphiarthrotic. 19. A bone disease that is a result of too much calcium loss and not enough replacement is ..... A) Rickett's. B) Scoliosis. C) Osteoporosis. D) Rheumatoid arthritis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoporosis. 20. ..... is/are examples of involuntary muscles, A) Heart beating. B) Intestines moving food. C) Stomach churning. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. ← 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