This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 670 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 670 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. As a baby, you have more bones than as an adult. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 2. Lightweight (less dense) bone filled with open spaces located at the ends of the long bones A) Spongy bone. B) Cartilage. C) Compact bone. D) Red Marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Spongy bone. 3. An example of a flat bone is A) The sternum. B) The humerus. C) The carpals. D) The phalanges. E) The vertebrae. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The sternum. 4. A grown body should have ..... number of bones. A) 300. B) 200. C) 206. D) 306. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 5. Platelets that are involved in clotting are example of A) Positive feedback. B) Negative feedback. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Positive feedback. 6. Two bones are joined at ..... A) Ligaments. B) Tendon. C) Joints. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joints. 7. A cross country runner has a shin splint on her right shin only. This describes: A) Unilateral. B) Ipsilateral. C) Bilateral. D) Contralateral. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unilateral. 8. The ..... are the bones of the fingers and toes. A) Ribs. B) Phalanges. C) Talus. D) Tibia. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Phalanges. 9. Role played by a skeletal muscle acting to slow or stop a movement A) Agonist. B) Antagonist. C) Contractility. D) Extensibility. E) Irritability. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Antagonist. 10. Cavity in the bone shaft that contains yellow marrow A) Diaphysis. B) Epiphysis. C) Medullary Cavity. D) Articular Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Medullary Cavity. 11. The ..... is a bony structure and protects our brain. A) Skull. B) All of these. C) Cartilage. D) Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Skull. 12. One of the bones that makes up the backbone. A) Skull. B) Sternum. C) Vertebra. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Vertebra. 13. During a rigorous basketball training session, Benjamin noticed that Noah was experiencing tiny, painful cracks in a bone. What type of fractures could these be a result of overuse? A) Greenstick. B) Comminuted. C) Stress. D) Oblique. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Stress. 14. The scientific name for "shoulder blade" is A) Carpal. B) Scapula. C) Humerus. D) Tarsal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Scapula. 15. The skin contains ..... that provide information about external conditions. A) Nerve Receptors. B) Hair. C) Tendons. D) Ligaments. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nerve Receptors. 16. Pectoral girdles, arms, hands and wrists, pelvis, legs and feet all make up the ..... skeleton. A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 17. Which joint helps bones move in all directions? A) Ball and Socket Joint. B) Hinge Joint. C) Pivot Joint. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ball and Socket Joint. 18. Surgical correction of a broken bone A) Greenstick fracture. B) Open reduction. C) Closed reduction. D) Traction. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Open reduction. 19. What is the term used to describe the reduction in the size of an organ? A) Atrophy. B) Hypertrophy. C) Hyperplasia. D) Metaplasia. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Atrophy. 20. The soft inner center of bone, contains blood vessels & fat cells is called ..... A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Marrow. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marrow. ← 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