This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 511 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 511 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The "wear and tear" type of arthritis associated with aging is called ..... A) Rheumatoid. B) Gouty. C) Osteoarthritis. D) Chondromalacia. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoarthritis. 2. The rib cage is part of the ..... skeleton. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. 3. Which is NOT a function of your skin? A) Protecting your body from outside invaders. B) Regulating temperature. C) Taking in oxygen. D) Sensing touch and temperature. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Taking in oxygen. 4. What does the bone serve as a storehouse for? A) Vitamins and proteins. B) Water and fat. C) Minerals like calcium and phosphorous. D) Carbohydrates and enzymes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Minerals like calcium and phosphorous. 5. Which of the following tissues are voluntary? A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) Spikes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 6. One of Ms. Haude's kids goes to Hendrickson. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Soft, netlike mass of connective tissue A) Marrow. B) Periosteum. C) Endosteum. D) Inorganic salts. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Marrow. 8. The bones in moveable joints are held together with ..... A) Cartilage. B) Witchcraft!. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligaments. 9. Chondr/o means A) Rib. B) Cartilage. C) Joint. D) Fused. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilage. 10. A localized clotted mass of blood found in an organ, tissue or space. It is caused by a traumatic injury, such as a blow, that can cause a blood vessel to rupture A) Sickle Cell Anemia. B) Hematoma. C) Septicemia. D) Aneurysm. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hematoma. 11. Writing a letter uses all of the following types of joints EXCEPT A) Saddle. B) Ball & socket. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. E) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Gliding. 12. What is the primary function of osteocytes in bone tissue? A) Production of bone matrix. B) Resorption of bone tissue. C) Maintenance of bone tissue. D) Production of red blood cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Maintenance of bone tissue. 13. "Crani/o" means: A) Rib. B) Skull. C) Pain. D) Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Skull. 14. The end of your bones are surrounded by ..... to help protect the bones. A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 15. What bones are in the green? A) Patellas. B) Phalanges. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 16. Abnormally low bone mass or bone mineral density. A) Osteopenia. B) Lumbar. C) Chondromalacia. D) Synovial sarcoma. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteopenia. 17. Noah, Lily, and Arjun are playing a trivia game about bones. They come across a question:Which of the following is an example of an irregular bone? A) Ulna. B) Invertebrate. C) Clavicle. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Invertebrate. 18. Cords of dense connective tissue connecting muscles to bone A) Joint. B) Tendon. C) Cartilage. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tendon. 19. If calcium levels are too high in the body fluids, this produces calcitonin, which causes increased excretion of calcium by kidneys, and calcium deposition in bones, resulting in lower calcium levels. A) Heart. B) Nervous System. C) Thyroid Gland. D) Pineal Gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thyroid Gland. 20. Cavity in the diaphysis that contain red or yellow marrow. A) Medullary Cavity. B) Marrow cavity. C) Nerve cavity. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Medullary Cavity. ← 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