This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 499 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 499 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. A balanced ..... keeps bones healthy A) Diet. B) Workout. C) Meal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Diet. 2. Movements like bending, and straightening of fingers are made possible by these kind of joints. A) Fixed Joints. B) Gliding Joints. C) Hinge Joints. D) Ball-and-socket Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge Joints. 3. Flat A) Support weight and facilitate movement. B) Complex formation with variance in shape and structure. C) Protects while providing a broad surface for muscle attachment. D) Embedded in tendons. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protects while providing a broad surface for muscle attachment. 4. A brace or splint used to correct or prevent deformities. A) Orthotic. B) Prosthesis. C) Sling. D) Xray. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Orthotic. 5. Blood within a joint, from an injury or blood thinners. A) Polymyalgia. B) Hemarthrosis. C) Sprain. D) Gray furrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hemarthrosis. 6. Tendons connect ..... to ..... A) Bone:Bone. B) Bone:Joint. C) Muscle:Bone. D) Muscle:Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Muscle:Bone. 7. The end of a long bone is called the ....., and the shaft of the long bone is called the ..... A) Diaphysis; epiphysis. B) Epiphysis; diaphysis. C) Medullary canal; Haversian system. D) Diaphysis; medullary canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphysis; diaphysis. 8. What is the proper name for your ankle bone? A) Radius. B) Tibia. C) Phalanx. D) Talus. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Talus. 9. Tendons and muscles work together to pull on the bone and make it move. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 10. What is the typical healing time for a bone fracture? A) 6-8 weeks. B) 10-12 weeks. C) 3-4 weeks. D) 1-2 weeks. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 6-8 weeks. 11. How are osteoblasts different from osteoclasts? A) Osteoblasts build bones, osteoclasts recycle old bone tissue. B) Osteoblasts are in compact tissue, osteoclasts are in spongy tissue. C) Osteoclasts build bones, osteoblasts recycle old bone tissue. D) Osteoclasts are in compact tissue, osteoblasts are in spongy tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts build bones, osteoclasts recycle old bone tissue. 12. Which part of the long bone allows for growth in length? A) Periosteum. B) Red Bone Marrow. C) Medullary Cavity. D) Compact bone. E) Epiphyseal plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Epiphyseal plate. 13. The only movable head bone is the lower jaw, which allows us to eat, breath, and speak. A) Skull. B) Ulna. C) Mandible. D) Radius. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mandible. 14. An example of a flat bone would be? A) Femur. B) Vertebra. C) Skull bones. D) Patella. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skull bones. 15. Outside covering of the diaphysis. Made of a connective tissue membrane. A) Epiphysis. B) Sharpley's Fibers. C) Arteries. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 16. ..... makes bones able to absorb or release calcium into the blood, so our body maintains a stable environment. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Scoliosis. D) Homeostasis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Homeostasis. 17. Your skull is known as your A) Carpals. B) Cranium. C) Mandible. D) Tarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cranium. 18. Movement of a limb anteriorly; a forward motion; decreases angle between two bones. A) Adduction. B) Abduction. C) Flexion. D) Extension. E) Hyperextension. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flexion. 19. ..... connect bones together at joints. A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Marrow. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ligaments. 20. The cranium is this type of bone. A) Flat. B) Short. C) Irregular. D) Sesamoid. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flat. ← 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