This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 613 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 613 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. We can stand straight and walk due to our ..... A) Cells. B) Muscles. C) Skeleton. D) Tissues. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skeleton. 2. You have ..... bones in your body. A) 260. B) 206. C) 216. D) 261. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 3. Heel bone A) Calcaneus. B) Tarsals. C) Clavicle. D) Metatarsals. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Calcaneus. 4. Blood cells are made in A) Osteocytes. B) Yellow bone marrow. C) Red bone marrow. D) Compact bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Red bone marrow. 5. The ..... covers our bones and muscles. A) Cartilage. B) Tendons. C) Skin. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Skin. 6. Which cells are responsible for breaking down and resorbing bone tissue? A) Osteoclasts. B) Osteoblasts. C) Monocytes. D) Osteocytes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteoclasts. 7. Fibrous dysplasia destroys bone tissue and replaces it with ..... A) Scar-like tissue. B) Abnormal bone tissue. C) Cartilage tissue. D) New soft tissue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Scar-like tissue. 8. The muscle that makes up the heart is called ..... A) Striated. B) Cardiac. C) Skeletal. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac. 9. What type of fracture breaks part of the bone and then the other side is bent? A) Compound Fracture. B) Greenstick Fracture. C) Complete Fracture. D) Comminuted Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Greenstick Fracture. 10. Which is not a substance found in intercellular substance of cartilage A) Collagen fiber. B) Proteoglycan. C) Phosphate. D) Elastic fiber. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Phosphate. 11. What is the scientific name for a bone cell? A) Fibrocyte. B) Fibroblast. C) Osteocyte. D) Chondrocyte. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Osteocyte. 12. Lower, narrow part of the breastbone A) Tuberosity. B) Clavicle. C) Rib. D) Xiphoid Process. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Xiphoid Process. 13. After an accident, a person lost his speech and memory. Which part of his brain was affected? A) Medulla. B) Cerebrum. C) Reflex action. D) Nervous system. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cerebrum. 14. What can bone mineral density (BMD) be used to estimate? A) Risk of fracture. B) Strength of bone. C) Calcium reservoir. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 15. Match the Structures of a Typical Bone:C A) Central Canal. B) Lamellae. C) Artery/Vein. D) Endosteum. E) Osteons. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Endosteum. 16. The attachment of the LIGAMENT which act as an anchor point is called the origin. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 17. Joint types, appendicular A) Mostly fixed joints (like suturesin the skull). B) Includes a variety of movable joints like ball-and-socket, pivot, hinge, and gliding joints. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Includes a variety of movable joints like ball-and-socket, pivot, hinge, and gliding joints. 18. The femur fits into the hip girdle with a ball-and-socket joint and is connected to the lower leg at the knee joint. Is it true or false? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. This suture separates the frontal bone from the two parietal bones A) Lambdoid. B) Sagittal. C) Coronal. D) Squamous. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Coronal. 20. The ..... skeleton is made up of the bones that serve as the axis of the body ..... the cranium, vertebrae and the rib cage. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. C) Cartilaginous. D) Fibrous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Axial. ← 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