This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 490 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 490 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the body is divided into front and back halves, the front half of the body is the A) Anterior. B) Inferior. C) Posterior. D) Superior. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Anterior. 2. Which type of break results in at least one end of bone tearing through the skin? A) Open/compound. B) Closed/simple. C) Hairline fracture. D) Stress fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Open/compound. 3. True or False:The sternum is a part of the axial skeleton. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 4. Which one is NOT a function A) Makes your body be able to breathe. B) Allows body to move. C) Provides support. D) Protection of vital organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Makes your body be able to breathe. 5. A surgical procedure that creates space within the spinal canal by removing part of the vertebra A) Arthrocentesis. B) Laminectomy. C) Vertebrectomy. D) Vitrectomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Laminectomy. 6. The main function of the arches of the foot are to act as shock absorbers: A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. How does skeletal muscle differ from smooth muscle A) Smooth Muscle is voluntary and skeletal muscle is not. B) Smooth Muscle is involuntary and skeletal muscle is not. C) Smooth muscle is bigger than skeletal muscle. D) Skeletal muscle is longer than smooth muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smooth Muscle is involuntary and skeletal muscle is not. 8. Where two bone surfaces meet. A) Articulations. B) Adduction. C) Osteoporosis. D) Extension. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articulations. 9. Any place where two or more bones meet is called a A) Ligament. B) Joint. C) Bone. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Joint. 10. This wraps the fascicles A) Epimysium. B) Perimysium. C) Endomysium. D) Idontseeum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Perimysium. 11. For a lever to be a first class lever the fulcrum needs to be ..... A) Between the load and the effort. B) On one side and the load and effort on the other side. C) On the same side as the load arm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Between the load and the effort. 12. List the 4 levels of organization from least basic to most complex A) Organ system, organ, tissue, cell. B) Cells, tissue, organ, organ system. C) Cells, prokaryotic, eukaryotic, organelle. D) Cell, tissue, skeleton, human. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cells, tissue, organ, organ system. 13. What is the condition called when a bone breaks? A) Arthritis. B) Fracture. C) Sprain. D) Strain. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 14. Which of the following part of our skeletal system protects our brain? A) Ribs. B) Muscles. C) Skull. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull. 15. Bones with roughly equal lengths and widths, such as the wrists (carpals) or the ankles (tarsals) A) Flat bones. B) Long bones. C) Irregular bones. D) Short bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Short bones. 16. Which bone is the radius? A) Number 9. B) Number 5. C) Number 14. D) Number 11. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Number 5. 17. The ..... look like a bunch of grapes and are where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes places. A) Alveoli. B) Bronchial tubes. C) Lung. D) Diaphragm. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Alveoli. 18. The major part of the skeletal system that includes the skull, vertebral column, sternum, and ribs A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial skeleton. 19. Skull protects our ..... A) Brain. B) Spine. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Brain. 20. How many main parts of skeletal system A) 1. B) 6. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. ← 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