This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 467 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 467 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The band of cartilage in the epiphysis where lengthwise bone growth occurs in children is known as the ..... A) Zone of ossification. B) Ephiphyseal plate. C) Hyaline plate. D) Z line. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ephiphyseal plate. 2. Found in the epiphysis and produces red blood cells, platelets, and some white blood cells. A) Yellow marrow. B) Fat cells. C) Endosteum. D) Red marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Red marrow. 3. 1) What system works as a support structure for your body A) Nervous System. B) Skeletal System. C) Muscular System. D) Respiratory System. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skeletal System. 4. Which joint is slightly movable? A) Sutures. B) Synarthrosis. C) Amphiarthrosis. D) Diathrosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Amphiarthrosis. 5. What is the definition of the skull? A) Bone that surrounds the brain of a person or animal. B) A nutrient that helps make bones and teeth strong. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bone that surrounds the brain of a person or animal. 6. What do you call an organ system that protects internal the internal organ of the body? A) Bones. B) Skeleton. C) Skeletal System. D) Joints and Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal System. 7. The "cracks" in osteons which radiate from the center allowing for the diffusion of nutrients to the osteocytes. A) Canals. B) Lacunae. C) Central Canal. D) Lamellae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Canals. 8. This type of joint is located in our elbow and knee? Hint:these are on doors also A) Ball and socket. B) Hinge. C) Pivot. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 9. Name the joint that is found in wrists and ankles between the carpals and tarsals. A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding Joint. 10. Which of the following bones in an example of a flat bone? A) Femur. B) Patella. C) Rib Cage. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Rib Cage. 11. What is the function of the skeletal system in protection? A) Regulation of body temperature. B) Production of red blood cells. C) Transportation of nutrients. D) Structural support and protection of organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Structural support and protection of organs. 12. Pointing at the sky A) Flexion. B) Extension. C) Rotation. D) Dorsiflexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extension. 13. The Humerus, radius and ulna are examples of A) Long bones. B) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bones. 14. What does the spongy bone acts like? A) Shock absorber. B) Cleaner. C) Filter. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Shock absorber. 15. Which of the following is a hard substance that keeps bones from rubbing together? A) Joint. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cartilage. 16. My nose is ..... to my shoulders A) Inferior. B) Superior. C) Proximal. D) Distal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Superior. 17. ..... is the largest bone in the rear leg of an animal A) Femur. B) Mandible. C) Flat bones. D) Joint. E) Synovial joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 18. The knee is made up of tendons, several ligaments, and the patella (the knee cap). What type of joint is the knee? A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Gliding. D) Ball and socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge. 19. The wrist is called the A) Tarsal. B) Metacarpal. C) Carpal. D) Metatarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Carpal. 20. Bones vary in size and shape depending on their location in the body. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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