This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 560 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 560 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. This part of the skeleton has over half of the bones in the human body A) Endoskeleton. B) Exoskeleton. C) Axial Skeleton. D) Appendicular Skeleton. E) Musculoskeletal. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Appendicular Skeleton. 2. Long, short, flat, and irregular are all: A) Types of bone. B) Functions of the bone. C) Bones. D) Types of bone tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Types of bone. 3. Which of the following cells creates bone? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocyte. D) Fibroblast. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoblasts. 4. Abnormal curvature of the spine or backbone. A) Rickets. B) Osteoporosis. C) Arthritis. D) Scoliosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scoliosis. 5. The name of the covering of the bone is the periosteum. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 6. What is the internal structure that protects and supports the soft organs, tissues, and other parts of the vertebrate organism> A) Muscular System. B) Respiratory System. C) Cardiovascular system. D) Skeletal System. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Skeletal System. 7. The ball end of one bone fits into a cuplike cavity on another bone. A) Hinge joint. B) Ball and socket joint. C) Fixed joint. D) Sliding joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ball and socket joint. 8. If my blood calcium levels rise, what effector will the brain stimulate? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Thyroid gland. D) Parathyroid gland. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thyroid gland. 9. Tissues that hold bones together at a joint are called ..... A) Joint. B) Tendon. C) Ligament. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligament. 10. Outard curve of the thoracic spine A) Lordosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Kyphosis. D) Lumbago. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kyphosis. 11. What are the two type of osseous tissues (bone tissue)? A) Compact and spongy. B) Compact and periosteum. C) Long and spongy. D) Marrow and spongy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Compact and spongy. 12. This type of joint is also called a fibrous joint due to the fibrous connective tisse keeping the bones together and does not allow movement A) Diarthrosis. B) Assembly. C) Amphiarthrosis. D) Cartilaginous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Assembly. 13. Which the following descrbes the location where bones increase in length? A) Primary ossification center. B) Secondary ossification center. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary ossification center. 14. The largest bones in human's body are ..... A) Humor. B) Femurs. C) Tarsals. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femurs. 15. Which term means an inflammation of the cartilage that connects a rib to the sternum? A) Synovitis. B) Costochondritis. C) Paget's disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Costochondritis. 16. This part of the bone is lightweight but still strong. Located on the ends of bone A) Spongy bone. B) Compact bone. C) Outer bone. D) Light bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 17. How many bones are there in a adult and baby's skeleton respectively? A) 206, 300. B) 300, 206. C) 500, 100. D) 400, 600. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206, 300. 18. An exoskeleton is on the A) Inside. B) Outside. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Outside. 19. What Is The Bone In Your Finger Called? A) Finger Bone. B) Phalanges. C) Small Bones. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 20. Pain in the fibers of the muscles A) Fibromyalgia. B) Fasciitis. C) Polymyositis. D) Myasthenia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Fibromyalgia. ← 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