This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 617 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 617 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The shaft, or long part, of a long bone is called A) Epiphysis. B) Epiphyseal plate. C) Epiphyseal line. D) Diaphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Diaphysis. 2. A place in the skeleton where two or more joins A) Ligament. B) Cartilage. C) Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joints. 3. Which of the following things is not an important job of your skeletal system? A) Hold your body up. B) Protect your organs. C) Keep you breathing. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Keep you breathing. 4. What are the three types of muscle? A) Smooth, Hard, Cardiac. B) Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal. C) Skeleton, Heart, Bladder. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cardiac, Smooth, Skeletal. 5. Articular cartilage lines the outside of A) Long bones. B) The diaphysis. C) The epiphysis. D) Flat bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The epiphysis. 6. What bone makes up the upper leg? A) Ulna. B) Femur. C) Radius. D) Humerus. E) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 7. How many thoracic vertebrae does a human have? A) 5. B) 7. C) 12. D) 14. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 12. 8. Articular cartilage is found: A) At the ends of bones. B) Between sutures. C) Surrounding long bones. D) At the growth plate. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) At the ends of bones. 9. Growth plates. The area between the knobby ends and long shaft of a long bone. A) Ephiphysis. B) Metaphysis (epiphyseal plate). C) Diaphysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphysis (epiphyseal plate). 10. Which part of the human body produces force to enable movement? A) Tendons. B) Ligaments. C) Bones. D) Muscles. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Muscles. 11. Which joint is found in the shoulder? A) Ball-and-Socket. B) Hinge. C) Fixed. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball-and-Socket. 12. Match the Long Bone Structures:H A) Distal Epiphysis. B) Diaphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Proximal Epiphysis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Distal Epiphysis. 13. PARTIAL KNEE REPLACEMENT A) PKR. B) PNR. C) PR. D) PKT. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) PKR. 14. What is another name for your voluntary muscles? A) Skeletal. B) Involuntary. C) Smooth. D) Cardiac. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skeletal. 15. Joints allow bones to move. There are two types of joints:movable and immovable. For movable joints, there are four types that are determined. Choose the joint that allows FORWARD AND BACKWARD movement A) Ball-and-Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) Gliding Joint. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Hinge Joint. 16. What organs do your RIBS protect? A) Heart and back. B) Heart and lungs. C) Lungs and brain. D) Stomach and heart. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Heart and lungs. 17. An exaggeration of the thoracic curve is called ..... A) Lordosis. B) Scoliosis. C) Kyphosis. D) Halitosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Kyphosis. 18. An example of a long bone A) Femur. B) Sternum. C) Ribs. D) Pelvis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Femur. 19. The small spaces in bone tissue that are holes in which osteocytes reside are called ..... A) Beams. B) Volkmann's canals. C) Haversian canals. D) Lacunae. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Lacunae. 20. Which specialized cell constantly removes minerals from bone? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteoclasts. C) Osteocytes. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteoclasts. ← 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