This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 500 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 500 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The structural unit of compact bone is: A) Osseous matrix. B) Spongy bone. C) The osteon. D) Lamellar bone. E) The canaliculi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The osteon. 2. Classifying joints as synarthrotic, amphiarthrotic, or diarthrotic represents A) Location in the body. B) The composition of the joint. C) The number of bones that joint affects. D) Degree of movement possible at the joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Degree of movement possible at the joint. 3. Why didn't the skeleton play football? A) Because his heart wasn't in it! Ha Ha!. B) Don't pick this choice. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because his heart wasn't in it! Ha Ha!. 4. All of the following are true of cardiac muscle EXCEPT that it ..... A) Is found in the heart. B) Contracts about 30 times a minute. C) Has striations. D) Is involuntary. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Contracts about 30 times a minute. 5. The skeletal system contains bones as well as other structures that connect and protect the bones and support other functions in the body A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 6. Lymphatic nodes in your throat A) Thymus. B) Spleen. C) Tonsils. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tonsils. 7. Short bones are shaped like ..... and are mainly found in ..... A) Cuboid; Wrists and Ankles. B) Cube; Wrists and ankles. C) Cube; Hands and knees. D) Cuboid; Hands and knees. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cube; Wrists and ankles. 8. All matter is made of what A) Energy. B) Atoms. C) Electrons. D) Compounds. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Atoms. 9. The action of rotating around an axis or centre A) Adduction. B) Rotation. C) Abduction. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Rotation. 10. The soft connective tissue that fills the internal spaces in bone. A) Marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Joints. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 11. Layla A, Layla G, and Abdiel were asked to identify a bone that is NOT in the human body. Can you help them out? A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Xrays. D) Sternum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Xrays. 12. The smallest bone in our body is found in our fingers. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 13. Which list represents the components of the human skeleton? A) Bones, tendons, ligaments, cartilage. B) Bones, tendons, ligaments, muscles. C) Tendons, teeth, ligaments, cartilage. D) Bones, tendons, teeth, ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones, tendons, ligaments, cartilage. 14. Where are new blood cells produced? A) In the heart. B) Spongy Bone. C) Compact Bone. D) Bone Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone Marrow. 15. Fascia A) Movement/o. B) Beam. C) -plegia. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Beam. 16. What is another function of Cartilage? A) To absorb shock. B) To protect the joints. C) To bring about movement. D) To be salt. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To absorb shock. 17. Osteomalacia A) Begins shortly after birth or before the age of five years. B) Degenerative joint disease. C) Affects lower end of the femur. D) Softening bone. E) Wasting or deterioration of bone density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Begins shortly after birth or before the age of five years. 18. Cushioning pads that absorb shock and protect against tension or torsion between the vertebrae of the vertebral column A) Joint (articulation). B) Intervertebral discs. C) Sesamoid bones. D) Osteon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Intervertebral discs. 19. Diaphysis is broken..... A) Fissure. B) Fracture. C) Hairline. D) Break. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Fracture. 20. Muscles are fastened to bones by tough cords called ..... A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) None of them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendons. ← 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