This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 615 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 615 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the name of the bone behind your ear A) Mastoid. B) Humerus. C) Tibia. D) Stapes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mastoid. 2. The femur is classified as a ..... bone. A) Long. B) Short. C) Flat. D) Irregular. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Long. 3. Pivot joint A) Can be found in the shoulder and hip. Broad range of motion. B) Can be found in the elbow and knee. Forward and back motions only. C) Allows for rotation around the length of a bone, and only allows for rotation. Found in the neck. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Allows for rotation around the length of a bone, and only allows for rotation. Found in the neck. 4. One part of the bone slides over another bone. Ex. bones of wrist or ankle. A) Sliding joint. B) Hinge joint. C) Ball and socket joint. D) Fixed joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Sliding joint. 5. The bone mass in the skeleton reaches maximum density around age ..... A) 15. B) 18. C) 21. D) 33. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 21. 6. The substance found inside some long bones that makes blood cells is called? A) Cartilage. B) Marrow. C) Ligament. D) Spongy bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marrow. 7. What is the Skeletal System made up of? A) Bones. B) Joints. C) Tissue. D) Specialized Cells. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bones. 8. Veins carry oxygen-poor blood back to the heart. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 9. What are the connective bands that connect muscles to bones? A) Ligaments. B) Cartilage. C) Tendons. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tendons. 10. What is the spine for? A) For support. B) For bending. C) To connect your bones. D) A &B. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A &B. 11. Loss of bone health A) Fracture. B) Injury. C) Disease. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Disease. 12. What is the most solid part of bone WITHOUT visible holes? What is the most solid part of the bone WITHOUT visible holes? A) Articular cartilage. B) Compact bone. C) Spongy bone. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Compact bone. 13. A Colles' fracture, which is a fracture of the wrist, is associated with osteoporosis. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 14. Choose two body parts made of cartilage A) Nose and ear. B) Neck and nose. C) Ears and knee. D) Shoulder and back bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nose and ear. 15. How many bones in the adult human body? A) 300. B) 206. C) 260. D) 75. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 16. What is the main goal of treatment for osteogenesis imperfecta? A) Preventing fractures. B) Increasing collagen production. C) Improving joint flexibility. D) Reducing bone density. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Preventing fractures. 17. Which kind of joint is free moving? A) Fibrous. B) Cartilaginous. C) Synovial. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Synovial. 18. A patient's x-ray shows his fibula broken into many fragments. What type of fracture is this? A) Simple Fracture. B) Compound Fracture. C) Comminuted Fracture. D) Compression Fracture. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Comminuted Fracture. 19. Strips of connective tissues that holds muscle to bone is A) Tendon. B) Smooth muscle. C) Striated muscle. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tendon. 20. True or False:Cartilage is responsible for producing most of your blood cells and for storing fat. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. ← 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