This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 515 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 515 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The skeletal system works with the muscular system to give the body structure and help the body move. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Cartilagenous joints are connected by A) Synovial fluid. B) Fibrous connective tissue. C) Hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage. D) A joint capsule. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hyaline cartilage or fibrocartilage. 3. The shoulder is an example of which synovial joint? A) Ball & Socket. B) Condyloid. C) Gliding. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball & Socket. 4. Bone of the lower leg that bears little to no weight. A) Fibula. B) Tibia. C) Tarsals. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibula. 5. ..... give the body shape and protect the organs insides. A) Joints. B) Muscles. C) Skins. D) Hair. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Muscles. 6. The medullary cavity by the diaphysis of and adult bone would contain? A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. C) Red bone marrow. D) Yellow bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Yellow bone marrow. 7. What do osteoclasts do? A) Produce new bone. B) Re-absorb bone. C) Replaces calcified bone matrix. D) Lines medullary cavity . Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Re-absorb bone. 8. The axial skeleton is composed of ..... ? A) Vertebrae, arms, legs. B) Shoulders, forelimbs, and pelvis. C) Head, pelvis, legs. D) Head, vertebrae, ribs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Head, vertebrae, ribs. 9. The bones of the lower limb are attached to the pelvic girdle, which consists of two hip bones. A) Ribs. B) Hips. C) Vertebrae. D) Sacred. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hips. 10. Provides a living structure for the body. A) Muscular system. B) Digestive system. C) Skeletal system. D) Nervous system. E) Lymphatic system. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeletal system. 11. Longest bone in the human body A) Pectoral girdle. B) Clavicle. C) Pelvic girdle. D) Pelvic bone. E) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Femur. 12. Bone Structure from end to the entire bone A) Epiphysis, Diaphysis, Articular Cartilage, and Periosteum. B) Periosteum, Diaphysis, Epiphysis, Articular Cartilage. C) I don't know. D) Diaphysis, Epiphysis, Articular Cartilage, Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Epiphysis, Diaphysis, Articular Cartilage, and Periosteum. 13. The mass of bone tissue that forms at a fracture site during healing is: A) Callus. B) Chondromalacia. C) Exostosis. D) Tumor. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Callus. 14. Bone tissue is also called osseous tissue. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 15. What are the basic bone shapes? A) Long, short, flat and irregular. B) Long, square, flat and irregular. C) Rectangular, short, flat and round. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long, short, flat and irregular. 16. What is a greenstick fracture? A) When a bone cracks all the way through. B) When a bone cracks on one side only, not all the way through. C) When your bone turns green. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When a bone cracks on one side only, not all the way through. 17. Movement in the sagittal plane that decreases the angle of a joint (bends the joint). A) Flexion. B) Bursitis. C) Vertebroplasty. D) Osteocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Flexion. 18. When your muscles are bending or contracting. they are ..... A) Contracting. B) Flexing. C) Extending. D) Stretching. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexing. 19. Longitudinal growth stops when ..... plates ossify. A) Endosteal. B) Epiphyseal. C) Articular. D) Calcitonic. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal. 20. What 3 bones make up the Pelvic Girdle A) Hyoid, Ilium, Ischium. B) Pubis, Ilium, Ischia. C) Pubis, ileum, ischium. D) Scaphoid, Lunate, Triquetrum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Pubis, Ilium, Ischia. ← 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