This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Science > Skeletal System – Quiz 150 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Skeletal System Quiz 150 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. How many bones does an adult has A) 300. B) 206. C) 100. D) 400. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 206. 2. What is the correct term for:hemat/o A) Bone. B) Tissue. C) Blood. D) Surrounding. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Blood. 3. Which term means the surgical fusion of two bones to stiffen a joint? A) Ankylosing spondylitis. B) Arthrodesis. C) Arthrolysis. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Arthrodesis. 4. Dense connective tissue that connects bone to bone A) Muscle. B) Tendon. C) Nerve. D) Ligament. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ligament. 5. Your skull shields your brain, your ribs protect your heart and lungs, and your backbone protects your spine. What type of function describes the explanation above? A) Gives the body its shape. B) Allows the body to move. C) Protects and supports organs. D) Produces blood cells in bone marrow. E) Stores and releases minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Protects and supports organs. 6. ..... is the coloring in skin and is found in the epidermis. A) Melanin. B) Oil. C) Perspiration. D) Pores. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Melanin. 7. Joint that only allow bending and straightening movements such as in the elbow, knees, upper and lower arm A) Ball-and-socket. B) Gliding. C) Hinge. D) Pivot. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Hinge. 8. Bones store calcium and release some into the bloodstream when it's needed by other parts of the body. What type of function describes the explanation above? A) Gives the body its shape. B) Allows the body to move. C) Protects and supports organs. D) Produces blood cells in bone marrow. E) Stores and releases minerals. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Stores and releases minerals. 9. Bones on the thighs A) Humerus. B) Femur. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Femur. 10. What happens when bones break? A) They are broken forever. B) They repair themselves. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They repair themselves. 11. Which type of bone is the scapula, ribs and sternum? A) Long Bone. B) Short Bone. C) Flat Bone. D) Irregular Bone. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Flat Bone. 12. ..... are mostly made of Spongy Bone Tissue A) Long Bones. B) Bone Marrow. C) Short Bones. D) Cartilage. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Short Bones. 13. Which type of bones are longer than they are wide? A) Short Bones. B) Flat Bones. C) Irregular Bones. D) Long Bones. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Long Bones. 14. Radius, phalanges, ulna A) Short. B) Long. C) Flat. D) Spongey. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Long. 15. Which skeletal system do the bones of the hand belong? A) Axial. B) Appendicular. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Appendicular. 16. The bone posterior and interior to the Parietal bone of the skull is called the ..... bone. A) Parietal. B) Occipital. C) Temporal. D) Foramen. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Occipital. 17. There are ..... bones in an adult A) 206. B) 300. C) 600. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 206. 18. Cells A) The smallest units that make up living things. B) To move around. C) The actions that something was designed to do. D) Major parts of the body that perform specific functions. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The smallest units that make up living things. 19. Softening of bone A) Osteomalacia. B) Chondromalacia. C) Encephalitis. D) Tendotomy. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Osteomalacia. 20. How do you know the meaning of the word femur? A) An antonym is given in the text. B) An example is given in the text, but I had to make an inference. C) The definition and an example is given in the text. D) I just know because I'm smart like that. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The definition and an example is given in the text. ← PreviousNext →Related 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 9Skeletal System Quiz 10 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books