This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 655 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 655 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The outer covering of a bone is the: A) Pericardium. B) Periwinkle. C) Periophysis. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Periosteum. 2. Crepitation is heard when ..... move together. A) Joints. B) Damaged cartilage. C) Broken bones. D) Arthritic bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Broken bones. 3. White blood cells fight disease and infection. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 4. What is the best/most realistic way to reduce the risk of bone fractures during sports? A) Telling your coach you are sick. B) Wearing Protective Gear. C) Not Playing. D) Avoiding Contact. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wearing Protective Gear. 5. Why is bone marrow important to the body? A) It stores much fats. B) It makes the bone strong. C) It produces red blood cells. D) It produces new bone cell. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It produces red blood cells. 6. The skeletal system works with the muscular system to (a) A) A help you move. B) Help you digest food. C) Pump blood throughout your body. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A help you move. 7. Spongy bone appearance A) Dense, solid, and smoothwith a white surface.Microscopically showstightly packed tissue withHaversian systems. B) Porous, lattice-likestructure with visiblespaces. Appears lessdense with trabeculaeunder a microscope. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Porous, lattice-likestructure with visiblespaces. Appears lessdense with trabeculaeunder a microscope. 8. Which is a characteristic of a slightly moveable joint? A) Allow for many movements to occur. B) Can move only left and right. C) Bones are seperated by a layer of cartilage. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bones are seperated by a layer of cartilage. 9. How many bones in adult human ..... A) 300. B) 206. C) 0. D) 500. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 10. What includes a single Haversian canal along with its multiple canaliculi, which branch out to join with lacunae, forming a comprehensive transportation matrix for supply of nutrient and removal of water products A) Haversian canals. B) Haversian system. C) Bone marrow. D) Perforating (Volkmann's canals). Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Haversian system. 11. The shoulder blade is what bone? A) Femur. B) Tibia. C) Scapula. D) Humerus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Scapula. 12. An example of flat bone. A) Skull. B) Humerus. C) Carpals. D) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 13. Easily stretched A) Brittle. B) Myosin. C) Contract. D) Elastic. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Elastic. 14. The distal or proximal end of a long bone is called the ..... A) Diaphysis. B) Metaphysis. C) Epiphysis. D) Medullary cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Epiphysis. 15. Radius & Ulna A) Pivot. B) Hinge. C) Saddle. D) Ball-and-Socket. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Pivot. 16. A baby's Skeletal is made mostly of cartilage. As this grows, the cartilage is gradually replaced by ..... A) Cartilage. B) Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Bone. 17. Postmenopausal osteoporosis is usually due to a lack of: A) Natural heparin in the blood. B) Progesterone. C) Estrogen. D) Testosterone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Estrogen. 18. What is an X-ray used for? A) To provide strength and stability. B) To form blood. C) To cushion and provide flexibility. D) To make an image of bones and organs. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To make an image of bones and organs. 19. The external obliques have their insertion at the A) Sternum. B) Upper ribs. C) Of them. D) Ischium. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Of them. 20. Which type of muscle is found in veins and the digestive tract? A) Skeletal. B) Cardiac. C) Smooth. D) Rough. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Smooth. ← 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