This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Biology > Skeletal System – Quiz 72 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 72 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the purpose of the joints in the skeletal system? A) To provide nutrients to the body. B) To help with digestion. C) To regulate body temperature. D) To allow movement and provide stability. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To allow movement and provide stability. 2. Where are red blood cells made in a long bone? A) Diaphysis. B) Red bone marrow. C) Yellow bone marrow. D) Periosteum. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Red bone marrow. 3. Scoliosis is also known as sway back. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 4. The muscular organ that pumps blood through out your body is your A) Arteries. B) Diaphragm. C) Heart. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Heart. 5. How many bones are in your body when you are first born? A) 300. B) 200. C) 130. D) 145. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 300. 6. Intestines are an organ that helps break down food so that the body can use it for energy. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 7. Alice is a dancer and is really good at pointing her toes downward. She is good at performing which muscle movement? A) Inversion. B) Flexion. C) Plantar Flexion. D) Supination. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Plantar Flexion. 8. The synovial joints are freely movable joints? A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 9. How many bones are in an average adult? A) 405. B) 353. C) 206. D) 59. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) 206. 10. Which type of bone fills the cavities of spongy bone and creates blood cells? A) Compact bone. B) Spongy bone. C) Periosteum. D) Bone marrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Bone marrow. 11. Made up from tough connective tissue.consist of 2 layers:outer fibrous layer and inner osteogenic layerThis statement above is referring to ..... of bone A) Endosteum. B) Metaphysis. C) Periosteum. D) Medulla cavity. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Periosteum. 12. After the boney callus is formed when a bone heals, the next step is ..... A) The bone then becomes inflammed. B) The bone is 100% healed. C) The bone begins to remodel. D) The bone doesn't form a callus. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The bone begins to remodel. 13. Why are collagen fibers a critical component of bone? A) Collagen fibers help trap water in the ECM. B) Collagen fibers help the bone resist compression. C) Collagen fibers act as "glue" to bind components together. D) Collagen fibers help bone resist twisting, pulling, or stretching forces. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Collagen fibers help bone resist twisting, pulling, or stretching forces. 14. True or false? The shoulder girdles, arms, pelvic girdle, and legs are all part of the axial skeleton. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 15. The skeletal system is made up of ..... bones A) 206. B) 26. C) 1000. D) 110. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 16. What type of tissue responds to stimulation and contracts to provide movement? A) Muscle. B) Epithelial. C) Connective. D) Nervous. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Muscle. 17. Fingers and toes A) Phalanges. B) Metacarpals. C) Metatarsals. D) Fibula. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Phalanges. 18. Your bones produce Red and White blood cells, and bone marrow A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 19. Which bone cell is responsible to maintaining healthy bone structures? A) Osteoblasts. B) Osteocytes. C) Osteoclasts. D) Macrophages. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Osteocytes. 20. Cartilagenous bones are found in? A) Tongue, ear. B) Ear, nose. C) Skull. D) Thigh. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ear, nose. ← 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