This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 543 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 543 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Example of Gliding Joints A) Shoulder. B) Wrist. C) Elbow. D) Neck. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wrist. 2. Which term best describes the joints at the top of your skull? A) Motionless. B) Flexible. C) Rubbery. D) Elastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Motionless. 3. The scientific name for "finger bone" is A) Carpal. B) Phalanx. C) Patella. D) Tarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanx. 4. What type of muscle is a smooth muscle? A) Involuntary Muscle. B) Voluntary Muscle. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Involuntary Muscle. 5. When calcium levels are low in the blood, which of the following will happen: A) Osteoclasts will be stimulated to start breaking down bone tissue. B) Osteoblasts will be stimulated to start laying extracellular matrix with more calcium in it. C) None of these events will occur. D) Osteocyctes will leave their lacunae and enter the blood stream which restores normal calcium levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts will be stimulated to start breaking down bone tissue. 6. Most insects and crustaceans have this type of skeleton A) Endoskeleton. B) Exoskeleton. C) Axial Skeleton. D) Appendicular Skeleton. E) Musculoskeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Exoskeleton. 7. What is the process of bone formation? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Ossification. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ossification. 8. The arm is partially supported by the scapula. The scapula is part of the: A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. C) Hydrostatic skeleton. D) Exoskeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 9. How does the skeletal system help maintain homeostasis? A) Producing new blood cells. B) Break down waste. C) Produces ATP. D) Produce Carbon. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Producing new blood cells. 10. The prefix intra-means what? A) Outside. B) Above. C) Beyond. D) Within or into. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Within or into. 11. What is the anatomical term of motion/movement for straightening a limb? A) Flexion. B) Extension. C) Adduction. D) Rotation. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Extension. 12. Central portion of the long bone that contains the yellow marrow. A) Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Red Marrow. D) Medullary canal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Medullary canal. 13. True or False. It is possible to be completely still? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Band-like elastic structures that surround joints to hold them together A) Cartilage. B) Ligaments. C) Bone. D) Muscle. E) Tendon. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligaments. 15. Cells that make bone matrix A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Chondrocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 16. What are common bone injuries? A) Fracture. B) Sprain. C) Bruise. D) Cut. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fracture. 17. Extracellular matrix contains collagen and minerals; including calcium and phosphate. A) Bones. B) Tendons and ligaments. C) Cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 18. Imagine you are an anatomy student and your professor asks you during a lecture, 'How many bones are there in the human body?' You remember studying that the correct number is not 210. How do you respond? A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 19. What is ossification? A) The growth of cartilage in the body. B) The formation of bone from osteoblasts. C) The breakdown of bone by osteoclasts. D) The process of turning into a fossil. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The formation of bone from osteoblasts. 20. Disorders in which the immune system overreacts and begins to attack itself. A) Autoimmune diseases/disorders. B) Amphiarthrosis. C) Osteosarcoma. D) Flexion. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Autoimmune diseases/disorders. ← 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