This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 581 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 581 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Which type of bone is the femur? A) Long bone. B) Flat bone. C) Sesamoid bone. D) Short bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long bone. 2. What is the function of osteoblasts? A) To build new bone tissue. B) To break down old bone tissue. C) To produce blood cells. D) To regulate blood calcium levels. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To build new bone tissue. 3. What is the main function of the Flat bones. A) To absorb nutrients. B) To help bone mobility. C) To connect muscles to bones. D) To flatten everything. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To connect muscles to bones. 4. Your vertebrae is an example of: A) Fibrous Joints. B) Cartilaginous Joints. C) Synovial Joints. D) Condylar Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cartilaginous Joints. 5. Away from midline A) Proximal. B) Midline. C) Lateral. D) Inferior. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Lateral. 6. These are examples of smooth muscles, except ..... A) Stomach muscle. B) Intestine muscle. C) Diaphragm. D) Triceps. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Triceps. 7. You have broken a bone and your body must break down old/damaged bone cells before beginning to produce new ones. This would be accomplished by: A) Osteocytes. B) Canaliculi. C) Osteoclasts. D) Osteoblasts. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteoclasts. 8. Cord-like tissues that connect the bones in each joint A) Tendons. B) Cartilage. C) Ligaments. D) Joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ligaments. 9. What is found at the end of long bones to reduce friction and absorb shock? A) Red marrow. B) Yellow marrow. C) Cartilage. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Cartilage. 10. Tendons are: A) Tough, flexible fibrous bands that connect two bones and hold our joints together. B) Flexible, but not elastic, cords of fibre that attaches muscle to bone and helps produce movement on the body. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Flexible, but not elastic, cords of fibre that attaches muscle to bone and helps produce movement on the body. 11. A fracture that protrudes out of the skin is called: A) Greenstick. B) Compound. C) Closed. D) Simple. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compound. 12. There are how many bones in the adult skeleton? A) 100. B) Over 300. C) 206. D) 250. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 13. Made of two thin layers of compact bone sandwiching a layer of spongy bone between them A) Long Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Irregular Bone. D) Flat Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat Bone. 14. Name the red area, "e" . A) Spongy Bone. B) Compact Bone. C) Endosteum. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy Bone. 15. What are large, strong, flat bones that protect the organs? A) Short Bones. B) Strong Bones. C) Long Bones. D) Flat Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Flat Bones. 16. 17 year old MJ is a long distance runner, and runs at least 8 miles a day, often running 10 miles a day. MJ started noticing foot pain at the base of his fifth metatarsal, and the pain became so severe he could no longer run or walk. MJ went to the doctor and Xray revealed a small fracture in the bone due to overuse. This type of fracture is called a ..... fracture. A) Commintuted. B) Impacted. C) Stress. D) Transverse. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stress. 17. Bone cell formation is called A) Hematopoiesis. B) Ossification. C) Homeostasis. D) Metabolism. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ossification. 18. What is the hard layer of bone? A) Spongy Bone. B) Compact Bone. C) Salty Bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact Bone. 19. Cartilaginous layer within the long bone epiphysis that grows A) Articular cartilage. B) Epiphyseal plate. C) Endochondral bone. D) Intramembranous bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Epiphyseal plate. 20. What is the hard outer covering of a bone called? A) Spongy bone. B) Bone marrow. C) Periosteum. D) Blood vessels. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. ← 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