This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 552 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 552 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When describing the bones of the skeleton, it is important to differentiating between paired and unpaired bones. A) Describing. B) It. C) Differentiating. D) Paired . Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Differentiating. 2. It includes the bones of the upper and lower limbs, the shoulder and the hips. A) Axial skeleton. B) Appendicular skeleton. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular skeleton. 3. What are the structures of the Integumentary System? A) Bones, cartilage, ligaments, joints. B) Skeletal muscle, smooth muscle, cardiac muscle. C) System skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands. D) Protection, sensation (feeling), temperature regulation, vitamin d production, excretion (remove wastes). Show Answer Correct Answer: C) System skin, hair, nails, sweat glands, oil glands. 4. Which connective tissue attaches bone to bone? A) Tendon. B) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ligament. 5. How many irregularly-shaped bones or vertebrae does a spine consists? A) 16. B) 22. C) 26. D) 36. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 26. 6. There are ..... types of joints in the human body A) 1. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 4. 7. Sternum is an example of ..... bone. A) Short. B) Sesamoid. C) Flat. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat. 8. The following are bones found in the legs EXCEPT ONE A) Humerus. B) Tibia. C) Fibula. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Humerus. 9. Symptoms:Bone Pain, fever/chills, sensitive to the touch. A) Ricketts. B) Osteogenesis Imperfecta. C) Osteoporosis. D) Achondroplasia. E) Osteomyelitis. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Osteomyelitis. 10. Which part of bone makes it strong but lightweight A) Compact bone. B) Marrow. C) Membrane. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Spongy bone. 11. The femur is what type of bone? A) Sesamoid. B) Irregular. C) Short. D) Long. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long. 12. Where is smooth muscle found? A) Muscles attached to bones my tendons. B) Heart. C) Lining of organs. D) Brain. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lining of organs. 13. A specialized cell that can receive information and transmit to other cells A) Receptor. B) Main purposes. C) Neutron. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Neutron. 14. What do you call the connective tissues that holds the joints together? A) Bone marrow. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 15. Your wrists and ankles are an example of what type of joint? A) Ball and Socket. B) Pivot. C) Hinge. D) Gliding. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gliding. 16. What is the role of synovial fluid? A) Stops unwanted movement. B) Prevents the bones from breaking. C) Lubricates the joint. D) Helps to joins tendons to bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Stops unwanted movement. 17. Blood cells are formed in the center of many bones in soft tissue called red marrow. Blood cells form in the center of many bones in soft tissue called red marrow. A) True True. B) False False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True True. 18. Which suture joins the parietal and occipital bones together? A) Coronal. B) Sagittal. C) Lambdoid. D) Squamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lambdoid. 19. Scientific name for "joints" A) Articulations. B) Bone connectors. C) Haversian Systems. D) Volkmann Connectors. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Articulations. 20. How many cranial bones are there in the human body? A) 5. B) 10. C) 8. D) 12. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 8. ← 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